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       METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JANUARY 2003
                                     
   In January, 164 metropolitan areas recorded lower unemployment rates
than a year earlier, 139 areas had higher rates, and 28 areas had rates
that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Thirteen metropolitan areas reported jobless
rates of at least 10.0 percent, nine of which were located in California
and three of which were along the Mexican border in other states.  Six
areas posted rates below 3.0 percent, with five of these in the South.  
The national unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in January, not seasonally
adjusted.
   
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Seventy-one metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least
7.0 percent in January, down from 81 a year ago, while 42 areas had rates
below 4.0 percent, almost the same number of areas as in January 2002.
The five highest jobless rates were again recorded in California areas--
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, 17.7 percent, Merced, 17.4 percent, Fresno and 
Salinas, 16.7 percent each, and Yuba City, 15.8 percent.  Bryan-College 
Station, Texas, and Columbia, Mo., continued to register the lowest
rates, 2.1 percent each.  (See table 1 and the map.)
   
   In January, Shreveport-Bossier City, La., and Danville, Va., reported
the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases (-3.4 and -3.3 per-
centage points, respectively).  The next largest declines were recorded
in Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (-2.6 percentage points), and Yakima, Wash. 
(-2.2 points).  Another 26 areas registered jobless rate decreases of a 
full percentage point or more, with 13 of these located in the South and 
10 in the West.  An additional 47 areas posted decreases from last January 
of at least one-half percentage point.  Tulsa, Okla., recorded the largest 
over-the-year unemployment rate increase (+1.7 percentage points), followed
closely by Florence, S.C. (+1.6 points).  Seven additional areas reported
increases of at least 1.0 percentage point, and 36 other areas had increases 
of 0.5 point or more.
   
   Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 1990 census population of 1 million
or more, San Jose, Calif., recorded the highest unemployment rate, in 
January, 8.6 percent.  The next highest rates were registered in New York,
N.Y., 8.3 percent, and Portland-Vancouver, Ore.-Wash., 8.1 percent.  Among
these large areas, Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., continued to post the
lowest unemployment rate, 3.5 percent, followed by Orange County, Calif.,
4.0 percent.  Over the year, jobless rates were down in 24 of these areas,
up in 24 areas, and unchanged in 3 areas.  The largest over-the-year
unemployment rate decreases were reported in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, 
N.C.-S.C., Miami, Fla., Orlando, Fla., and Portland-Vancouver, Ore.-Wash. 
(-0.9 percentage point each), followed by two other areas with rate declines 
of at least one-half point.  Two areas recorded jobless rate increases from 
January 2002 of at least a full percentage point--Hartford, Conn. (+1.2 per-
centage points), and New York, N.Y. (+1.1 points).  Five additional areas 
registered rate increases of 0.5 percentage point or more.
   
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Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Among the 272 metropolitan areas for which over-the-year comparisons 
could be made, 168 reported over-the-year increases in employment, 98 re-
corded decreases, and 6 had no change. (See note below on boundary changes 
in the Denver and Boulder-Longmont metropolitan areas.)  The largest over-
the-year employment increases were reported in Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.- 
W.Va. (+42,900), River-side-San Bernardino, Calif. (+26,500), and Las Vegas, 
Nev.-Ariz. (+22,500).  The largest percentage increases in employment oc-
curred in Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (+6.8 percent), Houma, La. (+4.6 percent), 
and Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, Texas (+4.4 percent).
   
   The largest over-the-year employment declines were posted in San Jose,
Calif. (-44,100), New York, N.Y. (-38,400), and Boston, Mass.-N.H. (-35,200).  
The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment were reported 
in San Jose, Calif. (-4.8 percent), Tulsa, Okla. (-4.7 percent), Flint, Mich. 
(-4.2 percent), and Lowell, Mass.-N.H. (-4.1 percent).  (See table 2.)
   
   Over-the-year nonfarm employment comparisons could be made in 37 metro-
politan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2002. 
(See note below.)  Employment declined in 22 of these 37 areas.  The largest 
over-the-year percentage declines in employment in these large metropolitan 
areas were posted in San Jose, Calif. (-4.8 percent), Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. 
(-2.3 percent), and San Francisco, Calif. (-2.2 percent).  Among the largest 
areas, Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz., had the highest over-the-year percentage in-
crease in employment (+2.9 percent), followed by Riverside-San Bernardino, 
Calif. (+2.6 percent), and Orlando, Fla. (+1.9 percent).
   
   Manufacturing was the weakest industry, with 209 metropolitan areas
experiencing employment losses over the year, followed by the information
industry and by trade, transportation, and utilities with employment losses 
in 152 and 138 metropolitan areas, respectively.  Employment growth was most 
prevalent in education and health services, in the leisure and hospitality 
industry, and in government, with increases occurring in 230, 185, and 168 
metropolitan areas, respectively.
   
                       _____________________________
   
   The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for February
is scheduled to be issued on April 15.  The Metropolitan Area Employment 
and Unemployment release for February is scheduled to be issued on April 22.


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  |            Change in Definitions of the Boulder-Longmont           |
  |                    and Denver Metropolitan Areas                   |
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  |     Effective with data for January 2003, the boundaries for the   |
  |  Boulder-Longmont, Colo., and Denver, Colo., PMSAs reflect the     |
  |  recognition of Broomfield City/County Colo.  The Denver PMSA now  | 
  |  includes all of the newly recognized Broomfield City/County and   |
  |  the Boulder-Longmont PMSA reflects a corresponding loss of terri- |
  |  tory.  The boundary definitions for each of these areas no longer | 
  |  match the official Office of Management and Budget definitions.   |
  |  Because of these changes, 2003 data for Boulder-Longmont and      |
  |  Denver are not strictly comparable with data for earlier years.   |        
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   |        Revisions to State and Metropolitan Area Data Series       |
   |                                                                   |
   | Labor Force Data Series                                           |
   |                                                                   |
   |    Labor force estimates for all states, the District of Columbia,| 
   | the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area, and New York City   |
   | presented in table 1 of this release have been revised to incor-  |
   | porate population controls reflecting the results of Census 2000, |
   | reestimation of models, and benchmarking to Current Population    |
   | Survey annual averages.  Labor force estimates for the remaining  |
   | metropolitan areas have been revised to reflect updated inputs and| 
   | the new statewide estimates.  Data back to 2000 are subject to    |
   | revision.  Questions about these changes to the labor force data  |
   | series can be directed to the Division of Local Area Unemployment |
   | Statistics at 202-691-6392.                                       |
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   | Nonfarm Payroll Data Series                                       |
   |                                                                   |
   |    All nonfarm payroll series for states and metropolitan areas,  |
   | produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program and |
   | presented in table 2, have been converted from a 1987 Standard    |
   | Industrial Classification (SIC) system basis to a 2002 North      |
   | American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis.  NAICS is  |
   | the product of a cooperative effort on the part of the statisti-  |
   | cal agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  NAICS     |
   | uses a production-oriented approach to categorize economic units. | 
   | Units with similar production processes are classified in the same| 
   | industry.  NAICS focuses on how products and services are created,| 
   | as opposed to the SIC focus on what is produced.  This approach   |
   | yields significantly different industry groupings than those      |
   | produced by the SIC approach.  Consequently, the NAICS-based data |
   | by industry are not comparable with the previously published SIC- |
   | based data; SIC-based data series are no longer being produced or |
   | published.  See http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics.htm for complete  |
   | information on the conversion of the CES state and area data to   |
   | NAICS.  Also, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/saewhatis.htm for an     |
   | overview of NAICS classification and its differences from the SIC |
   | system.  All state and metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employ-  |
   | ment estimates have a NAICS-based history extending back to       |
   | January 1990, except for total nonfarm employment estimates which |
   | have retained their beginning dates.  State and metropolitan esti-|
   | mates of average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and other |
   | data series begin on a NAICS basis in January 2001.               |
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   |    In addition, the nonfarm payroll data series reflect March     |
   | 2002 benchmark levels, the completion of the conversion of the    |
   | CES survey sample from a quota-based basis to a probability-based |
   | basis, and the introduction of the use of small-domain models as  |
   | the official estimators for the approximately 10 percent of CES   |
   | published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-|
   | based estimates.                                                  |
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   |    Additional information on the changes to the nonfarm payroll   |
   | data series for states and metropolitan areas will appear in an   |
   | article in the March 2003 issue of Employment and Earnings or can |
   | be obtained 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.  Persons are counted at their place of work 
rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than 
one payroll are counted on each payroll.  Industries are classified on 
the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 
version of the North American Industry Classification System.
     
     Method of estimation.  The employment data are estimated
using a "link relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative)
of current-month employment to that of the previous month is
computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both
months.  The estimates of employment for the current month are
obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by
these ratios.  Small-domain models are used as the official
estimators for the approximately 10 percent of CES published
series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based 
estimates.
     
     Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually
to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived
principally from tax reports 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 error.  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 will be
available for state CES data at the supersector level and for  
metroplitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level.  Information 
on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS
Web site at (http://www.bls.gov/sae/).
     
     Area definitions.  The substate area data published in this
release reflect the standards and definitions established by the
U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 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://www.bls.gov/lau/).  Employment data from the CES
program are available at (http://www.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)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                            Unemployed                     
                                                                                                                           
                                              Civilian labor force                                                         
              State and area                                                                                               
                                                                                Number             Percent of labor force  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                             Jan.     Dec.     Jan.      Jan.     Dec.     Jan.    Jan.     Dec.     Jan.  
                                             2002     2002     2003p     2002     2002     2003p   2002     2002     2003p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Alabama...................................  2,091.6  2,100.8  2,133.6    123.0    115.8    120.2    5.9      5.5      5.6  
  Anniston................................     51.6     51.9     52.4      3.1      2.6      2.8    6.1      5.0      5.3  
  Auburn-Opelika..........................     49.8     52.0     52.4      1.9      1.9      2.0    3.9      3.7      3.8  
  Birmingham..............................    469.8    470.7    479.1     18.6     20.0     20.3    3.9      4.3      4.2  
  Decatur.................................     72.4     72.1     72.4      5.2      4.6      4.8    7.2      6.4      6.6  
  Dothan..................................     65.1     65.6     66.2      3.2      2.7      2.9    4.9      4.1      4.4  
  Florence................................     64.6     61.9     62.1      6.7      5.2      5.6   10.4      8.5      9.0  
  Gadsden.................................     46.7     47.7     47.8      3.0      2.7      2.8    6.5      5.6      5.9  
  Huntsville..............................    174.4    175.6    177.1      7.6      7.2      7.7    4.4      4.1      4.4  
  Mobile..................................    263.6    266.3    270.8     16.0     15.3     16.0    6.1      5.7      5.9  
  Montgomery..............................    161.1    161.3    163.8      6.8      7.7      7.7    4.2      4.7      4.7  
  Tuscaloosa..............................     83.4     84.6     85.6      3.0      2.7      2.9    3.6      3.2      3.4  
                                                                                                                           
Alaska....................................    315.0    322.1    334.3     27.2     27.7     28.9    8.6      8.6      8.6  
  Anchorage...............................    144.8    149.9    154.0      8.0      8.7      8.9    5.5      5.8      5.8  
                                                                                                                           
Arizona...................................  2,624.5  2,680.1  2,642.2    159.0    152.5    145.1    6.1      5.7      5.5  
  Flagstaff...............................     67.9     68.4     68.3      4.7      4.2      4.7    6.9      6.1      6.9  
  Phoenix-Mesa............................  1,766.7  1,798.0  1,774.1    103.2     95.4     91.4    5.8      5.3      5.2  
  Tucson..................................    426.3    432.8    426.3     21.0     19.9     18.6    4.9      4.6      4.4  
  Yuma....................................     64.1     72.0     66.7      9.1     12.8     10.2   14.1     17.8     15.3  
                                                                                                                           
Arkansas..................................  1,240.5  1,280.4  1,275.8     81.4     66.7     76.0    6.6      5.2      6.0  
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..........    157.0    168.6    166.6      4.5      4.1      4.5    2.9      2.4      2.7  
  Fort Smith..............................     97.2     99.7     99.8      5.2      4.8      5.5    5.4      4.8      5.5  
  Jonesboro...............................     43.4     45.0     44.9      2.6      1.9      2.1    5.9      4.2      4.8  
  Little Rock-North Little Rock...........    303.0    312.1    311.3     15.1     13.2     14.6    5.0      4.2      4.7  
  Pine Bluff..............................     35.7     36.9     36.8      3.4      3.1      3.4    9.4      8.5      9.2  
                                                                                                                           
California................................ 17,214.1 17,459.4 17,458.9  1,201.3  1,152.9  1,229.6    7.0      6.6      7.0  
  Bakersfield.............................    291.8    298.3    299.4     37.5     39.5     40.5   12.8     13.2     13.5  
  Chico-Paradise..........................     89.1     91.4     90.8      8.2      7.2      8.4    9.2      7.9      9.3  
  Fresno..................................    442.9    459.4    460.3     71.2     70.1     77.0   16.1     15.3     16.7  
  Los Angeles-Long Beach..................  4,646.1  4,716.6  4,679.6    322.1    289.1    310.5    6.9      6.1      6.6  
  Merced..................................     86.4     91.7     92.5     15.4     14.1     16.1   17.9     15.4     17.4  
  Modesto.................................    210.0    218.0    217.8     26.9     25.7     27.9   12.8     11.8     12.8  
  Oakland.................................  1,278.4  1,303.0  1,305.9     76.1     77.2     82.2    6.0      5.9      6.3  
  Orange County...........................  1,546.7  1,573.5  1,570.8     62.2     60.8     62.2    4.0      3.9      4.0  
  Redding.................................     79.5     82.4     83.3      7.4      5.9      7.7    9.3      7.2      9.2  
  Riverside-San Bernardino................  1,620.4  1,670.8  1,676.0     90.7     94.6     96.8    5.6      5.7      5.8  
  Sacramento..............................    854.8    871.6    877.4     45.5     45.1     49.4    5.3      5.2      5.6  
  Salinas.................................    195.2    198.2    200.5     32.0     29.5     33.4   16.4     14.9     16.7  
  San Diego...............................  1,452.4  1,478.9  1,483.3     60.3     62.5     64.6    4.2      4.2      4.4  
  San Francisco...........................    946.0    925.8    928.6     56.3     51.0     53.4    6.0      5.5      5.8  
  San Jose................................    977.5    938.0    937.0     78.7     77.8     80.6    8.1      8.3      8.6  
  San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles..    119.4    122.3    122.5      4.1      4.5      4.4    3.4      3.7      3.6  
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc........    201.0    204.6    204.4      9.7     10.2     10.0    4.8      5.0      4.9  
  Santa Cruz-Watsonville..................    140.8    140.2    142.2     15.0     13.7     15.9   10.7      9.8     11.2  
  Santa Rosa..............................    263.2    265.3    265.4     12.0     11.9     13.4    4.5      4.5      5.1  
  Stockton-Lodi...........................    268.8    275.3    278.1     31.3     29.4     31.9   11.6     10.7     11.5  
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa..................    270.5    280.8    283.1     14.9     15.4     17.0    5.5      5.5      6.0  
  Ventura.................................    422.3    424.2    424.4     23.7     24.7     23.8    5.6      5.8      5.6  
  Visalia-Tulare-Porterville..............    173.1    178.0    178.1     31.6     30.3     31.5   18.3     17.0     17.7  
  Yolo....................................     94.0     95.4     96.3      6.0      5.6      6.5    6.4      5.9      6.8  
  Yuba City...............................     58.0     59.6     60.1      9.0      8.3      9.5   15.6     13.9     15.8  
                                                                                                                           
Colorado..................................  2,393.0  2,435.3  2,423.4    146.6    138.9    142.5    6.1      5.7      5.9  
  Boulder-Longmont(1).....................    196.5    197.7    174.2     11.6     10.5      9.7    5.9      5.3      5.6  
  Colorado Springs........................    275.0    281.7    279.5     19.3     17.8     17.8    7.0      6.3      6.4  
  Denver(1)...............................  1,195.2  1,211.1  1,234.6     73.6     71.0     73.0    6.2      5.9      5.9  
  Fort Collins-Loveland...................    149.7    156.4    152.3      8.4      8.2      8.6    5.6      5.2      5.7  
  Grand Junction..........................     62.1     65.0     64.1      3.7      3.3      3.9    6.0      5.1      6.1  
  Greeley.................................     93.7     97.7     95.5      6.1      6.1      6.4    6.5      6.3      6.7  
  Pueblo..................................     61.4     62.1     61.4      5.1      4.4      4.7    8.3      7.1      7.7  
                                                                                                                           
Connecticut...............................  1,741.1  1,768.8  1,757.8     79.4     75.5     94.0    4.6      4.3      5.3  
  Bridgeport..............................    220.7    224.7    223.5     12.7     11.5     14.2    5.7      5.1      6.4  
  Danbury.................................    111.5    116.3    115.0      4.0      3.4      4.2    3.6      2.9      3.6  
  Hartford................................    595.0    603.7    600.8     27.5     27.7     34.8    4.6      4.6      5.8  
  New Haven-Meriden.......................    279.0    286.5    282.0     11.8     11.5     14.2    4.2      4.0      5.0  
  New London-Norwich......................    161.1    165.1    164.1      6.0      6.2      7.7    3.8      3.8      4.7  
  Stamford-Norwalk........................    190.4    189.5    187.5      6.6      5.6      6.5    3.5      3.0      3.4  
  Waterbury...............................    115.3    116.1    117.8      7.5      6.7      8.5    6.5      5.8      7.2  
                                                                                                                           
Delaware..................................    424.2    420.5    418.1     19.9     16.2     17.3    4.7      3.8      4.1  
  Dover...................................     74.2     74.5     73.2      3.3      2.8      3.0    4.4      3.8      4.0  
  Wilmington-Newark.......................    317.8    309.9    309.7     15.6     12.1     14.4    4.9      3.9      4.7  
                                                                                                                           
District of Columbia......................    304.2    299.5    297.2     20.8     18.5     19.0    6.8      6.2      6.4  
  Washington..............................  2,786.1  2,801.4  2,824.8    108.7     89.4     98.2    3.9      3.2      3.5  
                                                                                                                           
Florida...................................  7,966.3  8,043.2  8,013.3    474.9    399.2    448.8    6.0      5.0      5.6  
  Daytona Beach...........................    209.7    212.3    212.0     12.3     10.6     12.0    5.9      5.0      5.7  
  Fort Lauderdale.........................    850.4    858.5    854.6     55.0     47.0     52.5    6.5      5.5      6.1  
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral...................    204.9    210.1    209.9      8.1      8.4      9.4    3.9      4.0      4.5  
  Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie..............    138.3    141.6    141.0      9.3      8.7      9.0    6.7      6.1      6.4  
  Fort Walton Beach.......................     84.8     86.4     85.4      3.8      2.7      3.2    4.5      3.1      3.7  
  Gainesville.............................    110.6    110.9    109.6      3.2      2.5      2.9    2.9      2.3      2.6  
  Jacksonville............................    578.6    582.8    579.3     32.4     27.7     31.4    5.6      4.7      5.4  
  Lakeland-Winter Haven...................    218.1    219.5    218.8     12.9     11.3     12.4    5.9      5.1      5.7  
  Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay...........    219.2    217.6    216.3     12.9     11.3     12.7    5.9      5.2      5.9  
  Miami...................................  1,114.6  1,113.2  1,109.4     96.7     77.8     86.8    8.7      7.0      7.8  
  Naples..................................    115.2    121.4    122.6      4.3      4.8      5.0    3.7      3.9      4.1  
  Ocala...................................    102.9    102.9    103.0      5.8      4.7      5.1    5.6      4.6      4.9  
  Orlando.................................    941.6    949.8    944.2     59.6     44.4     51.2    6.3      4.7      5.4  
  Panama City.............................     67.3     67.1     67.6      5.9      4.8      5.6    8.8      7.1      8.2  
  Pensacola...............................    175.1    174.6    174.1      8.8      7.0      8.2    5.0      4.0      4.7  
  Punta Gorda.............................     55.6     57.7     58.6      2.4      2.2      2.7    4.3      3.8      4.5  
  Sarasota-Bradenton......................    288.3    290.9    291.5     11.1      9.5     11.2    3.8      3.3      3.8  
  Tallahassee.............................    152.2    154.8    151.6      5.6      5.3      5.9    3.7      3.4      3.9  
  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.........  1,299.9  1,316.3  1,309.5     63.8     56.6     64.0    4.9      4.3      4.9  
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton..............    572.8    583.3    583.6     34.3     29.4     32.6    6.0      5.0      5.6  
                                                                                                                           
Georgia...................................  4,209.7  4,340.5  4,306.7    200.8    219.4    193.7    4.8      5.1      4.5  
  Albany..................................     54.0     56.5     55.7      3.0      2.9      2.6    5.6      5.2      4.7  
  Athens..................................     74.0     77.3     76.5      2.3      2.4      2.1    3.1      3.1      2.8  
  Atlanta.................................  2,341.4  2,398.4  2,379.5    111.3    125.2    112.0    4.8      5.2      4.7  
  Augusta-Aiken...........................    204.0    209.3    208.3     10.1     11.2     10.1    5.0      5.3      4.9  
  Columbus................................    125.5    126.3    126.5      6.5      6.9      6.5    5.1      5.5      5.1  
  Macon...................................    151.5    157.7    157.0      5.6      6.9      6.0    3.7      4.4      3.8  
  Savannah................................    137.3    144.3    143.7      4.9      5.7      4.9    3.6      4.0      3.4  
                                                                                                                           
Hawaii....................................    588.9    583.7    597.0     28.9     21.0     21.9    4.9      3.6      3.7  
  Honolulu................................    416.7    414.4    421.8     19.1     13.5     14.2    4.6      3.3      3.4  
                                                                                                                           
Idaho.....................................    675.8    680.6    681.6     48.2     43.7     47.8    7.1      6.4      7.0  
  Boise City..............................    248.8    250.0    249.2     14.7     14.2     14.9    5.9      5.7      6.0  
  Pocatello...............................     40.1     39.1     38.9      3.1      2.4      2.5    7.6      6.0      6.6  
                                                                                                                           
Illinois..................................  6,350.0  6,349.1  6,332.0    435.0    407.7    448.5    6.9      6.4      7.1  
  Bloomington-Normal......................     94.8     95.7     95.3      2.9      2.6      3.1    3.0      2.7      3.3  
  Champaign-Urbana........................     97.2    101.6     98.2      3.4      3.0      3.6    3.5      3.0      3.7  
  Chicago.................................  4,257.2  4,263.8  4,249.8    291.9    280.2    302.1    6.9      6.6      7.1  
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island............    187.3    187.5    187.5     12.3      9.5     12.1    6.6      5.1      6.4  
  Decatur.................................     56.8     55.9     55.9      5.0      4.2      4.6    8.8      7.5      8.3  
  Kankakee................................     52.6     52.9     53.0      4.2      3.9      4.5    7.9      7.4      8.4  
  Peoria-Pekin............................    181.1    180.6    181.5     10.4     10.0     11.6    5.7      5.6      6.4  
  Rockford................................    197.2    197.1    198.3     16.7     15.5     17.3    8.5      7.9      8.7  
  Springfield.............................    107.6    107.2    107.7      5.2      4.9      5.8    4.8      4.6      5.4  
                                                                                                                           
Indiana...................................  3,114.7  3,160.0  3,145.9    183.6    152.8    168.5    5.9      4.8      5.4  
  Bloomington.............................     63.2     63.6     62.8      2.6      1.9      2.3    4.1      3.0      3.7  
  Elkhart-Goshen..........................     92.4     96.5     97.9      6.6      4.3      4.5    7.2      4.4      4.6  
  Evansville-Henderson....................    163.1    163.4    163.6      7.5      7.0      7.3    4.6      4.3      4.5  
  Fort Wayne..............................    266.4    271.0    272.2     15.2     13.4     14.2    5.7      4.9      5.2  
  Gary....................................    302.1    298.3    297.3     23.0     16.4     17.6    7.6      5.5      5.9  
  Indianapolis............................    874.4    881.8    883.6     40.2     39.5     42.2    4.6      4.5      4.8  
  Kokomo..................................     50.0     50.6     51.0      3.3      2.8      3.1    6.7      5.6      6.1  
  Lafayette...............................     93.4     96.0     93.1      4.0      3.4      3.9    4.2      3.5      4.2  
  Muncie..................................     60.5     60.6     61.0      3.6      3.1      3.9    6.0      5.1      6.4  
  South Bend..............................    134.8    137.5    137.7      8.0      6.4      6.8    5.9      4.6      4.9  
  Terre Haute.............................     70.4     70.9     70.8      4.8      3.7      4.3    6.8      5.2      6.1  
                                                                                                                           
Iowa......................................  1,643.2  1,670.8  1,643.9     77.9     69.1     81.3    4.7      4.1      4.9  
  Cedar Rapids............................    118.7    120.6    119.0      5.4      5.4      6.2    4.6      4.4      5.2  
  Des Moines..............................    271.6    278.9    276.0     10.3     10.1     11.4    3.8      3.6      4.1  
  Dubuque.................................     50.3     50.4     50.2      2.6      1.9      2.5    5.2      3.8      5.0  
  Iowa City...............................     73.8     77.8     76.4      2.3      2.3      2.5    3.1      2.9      3.3  
  Sioux City..............................     65.2     67.4     66.6      2.8      2.8      3.0    4.4      4.2      4.5  
  Waterloo-Cedar Falls....................     71.1     72.9     72.2      3.5      3.3      3.8    4.9      4.5      5.2  
                                                                                                                           
Kansas....................................  1,388.8  1,420.4  1,459.8     76.7     67.6     76.1    5.5      4.8      5.2  
  Lawrence................................     57.1     58.1     59.6      2.8      2.4      2.7    5.0      4.1      4.5  
  Topeka..................................     89.7     91.3     93.4      4.0      3.8      4.1    4.4      4.1      4.4  
  Wichita.................................    283.1    289.5    299.1     16.2     17.7     20.5    5.7      6.1      6.8  
                                                                                                                           
Kentucky..................................  1,957.9  1,954.1  1,963.0    133.9    101.4    123.0    6.8      5.2      6.3  
  Lexington...............................    251.4    252.8    253.4     11.9      8.9     11.2    4.7      3.5      4.4  
  Louisville..............................    556.9    556.9    560.3     32.4     27.3     29.6    5.8      4.9      5.3  
  Owensboro...............................     48.6     48.7     49.1      3.2      2.6      3.1    6.6      5.4      6.3  
                                                                                                                           
Louisiana.................................  1,997.7  1,983.2  2,017.2    142.9    121.0    127.4    7.2      6.1      6.3  
  Alexandria..............................     58.3     58.6     59.7      3.9      3.4      3.4    6.8      5.7      5.8  
  Baton Rouge.............................    296.4    298.0    302.0     18.3     16.9     17.8    6.2      5.7      5.9  
  Houma...................................     93.4     96.7     98.4      4.2      3.4      3.7    4.5      3.5      3.8  
  Lafayette...............................    175.5    175.4    178.2     11.4      9.3      9.7    6.5      5.3      5.4  
  Lake Charles............................     88.4     86.0     88.0      5.2      5.0      5.3    5.9      5.8      6.1  
  Monroe..................................     72.0     71.7     71.9      4.2      3.8      4.1    5.8      5.3      5.7  
  New Orleans.............................    592.5    584.0    593.7     34.6     31.4     31.9    5.8      5.4      5.4  
  Shreveport-Bossier City.................    183.5    178.3    181.8     19.4     12.3     13.1   10.6      6.9      7.2  
                                                                                                                           
Maine.....................................    671.6    680.8    684.3     34.5     31.6     38.1    5.1      4.6      5.6  
  Bangor..................................     52.3     53.6     53.7      1.8      1.7      2.0    3.4      3.1      3.8  
  Lewiston-Auburn.........................     54.6     54.1     55.4      2.5      2.3      2.7    4.5      4.2      4.9  
  Portland................................    137.7    140.9    141.4      4.0      3.6      4.2    2.9      2.6      3.0  
                                                                                                                           
Maryland..................................  2,854.5  2,873.6  2,896.3    141.0    113.5    130.0    4.9      4.0      4.5  
  Baltimore...............................  1,330.4  1,330.9  1,343.9     71.7     58.3     67.1    5.4      4.4      5.0  
  Cumberland..............................     44.2     44.8     44.4      4.1      2.7      3.4    9.2      6.0      7.6  
  Hagerstown..............................     71.2     70.9     72.1      4.5      2.9      3.8    6.3      4.1      5.2  
                                                                                                                           
Massachusetts.............................  3,423.8  3,494.0  3,427.2    189.3    177.4    199.0    5.5      5.1      5.8  
  Barnstable-Yarmouth.....................     75.2     80.2     78.5      4.9      3.9      5.1    6.5      4.9      6.5  
  Boston..................................  1,899.8  1,926.7  1,890.4     92.0     87.9     94.8    4.8      4.6      5.0  
  Brockton................................    138.7    146.0    142.8      7.6      7.1      8.1    5.5      4.9      5.7  
  Fitchburg-Leominster....................     70.8     72.5     72.7      5.1      5.0      5.4    7.2      6.9      7.4  
  Lawrence................................    221.1    221.8    220.4     17.4     16.9     17.7    7.9      7.6      8.0  
  Lowell..................................    183.7    183.0    178.9     11.8     11.1     12.1    6.4      6.1      6.8  
  New Bedford.............................     84.2     85.4     85.4      7.2      6.2      7.8    8.6      7.2      9.1  
  Pittsfield..............................     40.9     42.1     41.7      2.3      2.1      2.5    5.6      4.9      6.0  
  Springfield.............................    291.6    305.7    297.7     16.1     15.7     18.2    5.5      5.1      6.1  
  Worcester...............................    265.3    267.8    262.9     15.6     15.1     16.9    5.9      5.6      6.4  
                                                                                                                           
Michigan..................................  4,997.6  4,929.1  5,028.3    359.6    286.3    362.0    7.2      5.8      7.2  
  Ann Arbor...............................    310.8    308.8    311.8     13.3      9.8     12.5    4.3      3.2      4.0  
  Benton Harbor...........................     78.9     78.1     80.8      5.9      4.4      5.5    7.4      5.6      6.9  
  Detroit.................................  2,226.8  2,180.3  2,236.2    148.2    123.6    154.2    6.7      5.7      6.9  
  Flint...................................    191.1    181.5    182.5     21.8     14.0     17.9   11.4      7.7      9.8  
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland...........    603.9    601.7    614.9     41.8     36.5     45.5    6.9      6.1      7.4  
  Jackson.................................     77.6     79.0     80.1      5.6      5.0      6.1    7.2      6.3      7.6  
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek..................    227.9    225.0    226.3     13.6     11.6     14.6    6.0      5.2      6.4  
  Lansing-East Lansing....................    247.3    246.9    251.2     11.2      9.3     11.6    4.5      3.8      4.6  
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland................    196.4    197.7    201.1     15.1     12.3     16.4    7.7      6.2      8.1  
                                                                                                                           
Minnesota.................................  2,877.7  2,888.1  2,870.9    149.1    115.8    147.3    5.2      4.0      5.1  
  Duluth-Superior.........................    130.9    131.2    132.2      8.2      5.8      7.8    6.3      4.4      5.9  
  Minneapolis-St.Paul.....................  1,814.0  1,828.9  1,814.6     82.4     68.8     82.8    4.5      3.8      4.6  
  Rochester...............................     81.8     80.9     82.5      3.1      2.6      3.4    3.8      3.2      4.1  
  St. Cloud...............................    105.3    104.5    105.0      5.8      4.6      6.1    5.5      4.4      5.8  
                                                                                                                           
Mississippi...............................  1,293.6  1,304.4  1,314.1     92.6     84.7     92.5    7.2      6.5      7.0  
  Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula..............    172.2    169.2    174.5      9.3      8.7      9.1    5.4      5.1      5.2  
  Hattiesburg.............................     53.8     54.8     56.0      2.4      2.3      2.4    4.4      4.2      4.2  
  Jackson.................................    231.3    235.6    230.9     10.4     10.5     11.3    4.5      4.5      4.9  
                                                                                                                           
Missouri..................................  2,994.9  2,958.3  2,937.3    178.8    160.1    168.6    6.0      5.4      5.7  
  Columbia................................     90.4     88.6     86.2      2.1      1.8      1.8    2.3      2.0      2.1  
  Joplin..................................     84.9     82.8     80.4      4.1      4.5      4.3    4.8      5.5      5.3  
  Kansas City.............................    996.0  1,000.3  1,008.3     58.2     55.7     56.8    5.8      5.6      5.6  
  St. Joseph..............................     54.1     52.3     51.4      3.5      3.0      3.2    6.5      5.7      6.2  
  St. Louis LMA...........................  1,375.7  1,372.0  1,380.8     79.9     76.1     78.4    5.8      5.5      5.7  
  Springfield.............................    174.2    175.7    178.7      8.1      7.2      7.5    4.7      4.1      4.2  
                                                                                                                           
Montana...................................    455.3    460.3    463.7     25.9     23.5     24.6    5.7      5.1      5.3  
  Billings................................     67.5     68.4     69.5      2.9      2.5      2.6    4.3      3.6      3.8  
  Great Falls.............................     36.2     37.3     36.9      1.8      1.7      1.8    5.1      4.6      4.8  
  Missoula................................     52.0     53.3     53.4      2.6      2.3      2.5    5.0      4.4      4.7  
                                                                                                                           
Nebraska..................................    945.3    956.7    966.8     37.8     32.4     37.1    4.0      3.4      3.8  
  Lincoln.................................    148.5    155.4    157.2      5.4      4.6      5.6    3.6      3.0      3.6  
  Omaha...................................    407.2    419.4    424.2     16.7     15.1     17.2    4.1      3.6      4.1  
                                                                                                                           
Nevada....................................  1,115.9  1,109.1  1,106.9     80.9     53.6     63.0    7.3      4.8      5.7  
  Las Vegas...............................    881.0    877.3    877.8     64.0     44.1     48.7    7.3      5.0      5.6  
  Reno....................................    197.1    197.7    195.1     12.3      7.5     10.4    6.3      3.8      5.3  
                                                                                                                           
New Hampshire.............................    695.8    704.2    711.8     33.4     33.7     34.8    4.8      4.8      4.9  
  Manchester..............................    112.5    113.8    115.7      5.2      5.3      5.7    4.7      4.7      4.9  
  Nashua..................................    107.4    108.2    110.0      6.7      6.7      6.8    6.2      6.2      6.1  
  Portsmouth-Rochester....................    128.6    134.9    133.5      5.6      6.0      5.8    4.4      4.5      4.3  
                                                                                                                           
New Jersey................................  4,315.6  4,374.2  4,365.2    248.6    248.3    257.8    5.8      5.7      5.9  
  Atlantic-Cape May.......................    168.7    176.0    176.3     15.7     14.4     16.0    9.3      8.2      9.1  
  Bergen-Passaic..........................    677.3    681.1    679.8     38.7     37.3     38.1    5.7      5.5      5.6  
  Jersey City.............................    301.0    295.2    295.7     23.5     23.1     22.4    7.8      7.8      7.6  
  Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon............    669.2    679.9    677.0     31.0     32.1     32.2    4.6      4.7      4.8  
  Monmouth-Ocean..........................    546.4    565.2    560.7     30.4     30.1     31.9    5.6      5.3      5.7  
  Newark..................................  1,052.6  1,066.5  1,064.0     61.8     62.2     64.1    5.9      5.8      6.0  
  Trenton.................................    186.6    186.1    186.6      8.8      9.3      9.5    4.7      5.0      5.1  
  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton............     64.5     65.7     65.7      6.0      5.6      6.1    9.2      8.5      9.2  
                                                                                                                           
New Mexico................................    860.1    882.1    882.7     47.4     44.0     53.5    5.5      5.0      6.1  
  Albuquerque.............................    379.6    389.8    390.2     17.2     16.8     19.7    4.5      4.3      5.1  
  Las Cruces..............................     73.4     75.7     76.6      5.4      4.1      5.6    7.4      5.4      7.3  
  Santa Fe................................     76.1     79.3     79.8      2.1      2.0      2.4    2.7      2.5      3.0  
                                                                                                                           
New York..................................  9,183.1  9,440.3  9,295.6    595.1    591.6    640.9    6.5      6.3      6.9  
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy.................    458.9    473.3    471.5     21.3     17.8     20.9    4.6      3.8      4.4  
  Binghamton..............................    126.0    126.1    126.3      8.7      7.8      8.6    6.9      6.2      6.8  
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls...................    568.0    576.5    576.6     39.1     35.5     38.5    6.9      6.2      6.7  
  Dutchess County.........................    126.2    131.1    129.8      5.6      5.0      5.6    4.4      3.8      4.4  
  Elmira..................................     43.3     43.1     43.6      3.3      2.8      3.0    7.5      6.6      7.0  
  Glens Falls.............................     58.3     59.1     59.8      4.2      3.5      4.1    7.1      6.0      6.9  
  Jamestown...............................     65.4     66.1     65.9      4.8      4.2      4.5    7.3      6.3      6.9  
  Nassau-Suffolk..........................  1,436.2  1,490.8  1,468.6     64.7     60.9     66.5    4.5      4.1      4.5  
  New York................................  4,340.1  4,476.4  4,367.6    314.0    340.5    362.5    7.2      7.6      8.3  
     New York City........................  3,677.5  3,789.9  3,685.0    285.5    314.7    334.4    7.8      8.3      9.1  
  Newburgh................................    183.7    188.3    189.1      9.2      7.7      8.9    5.0      4.1      4.7  
  Rochester...............................    570.6    578.5    570.3     36.8     34.5     37.3    6.4      6.0      6.5  
  Syracuse................................    365.2    375.9    375.9     23.6     21.1     23.4    6.5      5.6      6.2  
  Utica-Rome..............................    143.1    147.2    146.6      8.8      7.9      8.8    6.1      5.4      6.0  
                                                                                                                           
North Carolina............................  4,158.5  4,112.8  4,121.9    311.2    263.2    272.3    7.5      6.4      6.6  
  Asheville...............................    117.2    116.8    117.8      5.9      4.5      5.3    5.1      3.9      4.5  
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill............    851.9    851.0    858.9     59.8     50.2     52.8    7.0      5.9      6.1  
  Fayetteville............................    126.7    126.4    127.2      8.9      7.2      7.4    7.0      5.7      5.8  
  Goldsboro...............................     51.7     51.0     51.4      3.3      2.9      2.9    6.3      5.6      5.7  
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point...    681.0    671.4    675.6     43.5     39.4     41.1    6.4      5.9      6.1  
  Greenville..............................     71.6     71.7     71.6      4.8      4.2      4.3    6.6      5.8      6.1  
  Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir................    184.2    174.8    175.6     17.9     14.9     14.9    9.7      8.5      8.5  
  Jacksonville............................     51.2     50.3     50.6      3.1      3.0      3.2    6.0      6.0      6.3  
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill..............    691.8    693.8    700.2     34.9     34.2     34.6    5.0      4.9      4.9  
  Rocky Mount.............................     71.4     69.1     69.2      7.5      6.5      6.9   10.6      9.4      9.9  
  Wilmington..............................    123.3    121.0    122.4      9.2      7.8      8.1    7.4      6.5      6.6  
                                                                                                                           
North Dakota..............................    338.1    339.2    341.4     16.9     13.5     16.3    5.0      4.0      4.8  
  Bismarck................................     53.6     55.3     54.0      2.4      2.1      2.4    4.5      3.7      4.5  
  Fargo-Moorhead..........................    105.3    106.4    106.8      3.4      2.6      3.8    3.2      2.5      3.6  
  Grand Forks.............................     53.8     54.3     53.7      2.5      1.8      2.2    4.7      3.3      4.0  
                                                                                                                           
Ohio......................................  5,767.6  5,773.5  5,785.3    354.0    302.0    363.3    6.1      5.2      6.3  
  Akron...................................    365.7    372.6    372.1     22.2     18.7     22.3    6.1      5.0      6.0  
  Canton-Massillon........................    202.6    202.0    203.1     12.0     11.3     14.3    5.9      5.6      7.1  
  Cincinnati..............................    857.7    860.3    868.8     44.6     34.7     42.6    5.2      4.0      4.9  
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria.................  1,103.8  1,102.8  1,099.8     78.2     65.7     75.3    7.1      6.0      6.8  
  Columbus................................    874.1    875.2    879.0     36.1     36.3     43.2    4.1      4.1      4.9  
  Dayton-Springfield......................    470.5    467.6    469.5     27.3     24.0     29.3    5.8      5.1      6.2  
  Hamilton-Middletown.....................    194.1    197.9    196.1      8.6      7.4      8.9    4.4      3.8      4.6  
  Lima....................................     75.1     75.1     75.6      5.1      4.2      5.2    6.7      5.6      6.9  
  Mansfield...............................     81.3     81.9     82.2      6.3      5.5      6.4    7.8      6.7      7.8  
  Steubenville-Weirton....................     53.5     53.4     53.8      3.4      2.3      3.3    6.4      4.3      6.0  
  Toledo..................................    322.0    314.7    312.6     22.0     18.0     21.9    6.8      5.7      7.0  
  Youngstown-Warren.......................    270.7    272.8    271.0     21.2     17.2     20.7    7.8      6.3      7.6  
                                                                                                                           
Oklahoma..................................  1,667.1  1,690.5  1,681.2     81.0     78.5     91.0    4.9      4.6      5.4  
  Enid....................................     26.0     26.6     26.5      0.8      0.8      0.9    3.2      2.9      3.5  
  Lawton..................................     40.2     41.7     41.2      1.6      1.4      1.4    4.1      3.4      3.5  
  Oklahoma City...........................    560.3    581.6    578.6     25.7     23.3     26.7    4.6      4.0      4.6  
  Tulsa...................................    428.4    427.9    424.8     19.9     22.7     26.8    4.6      5.3      6.3  
                                                                                                                           
Oregon....................................  1,811.1  1,823.6  1,827.9    172.2    128.5    157.6    9.5      7.0      8.6  
  Corvallis...............................     39.9     41.7     41.6      1.7      1.5      1.8    4.3      3.6      4.3  
  Eugene-Springfield......................    167.2    171.3    172.0     14.5     10.5     12.9    8.7      6.2      7.5  
  Medford-Ashland.........................     91.4     94.6     91.8      9.1      5.3      7.7    9.9      5.6      8.4  
  Portland-Vancouver......................  1,088.7  1,086.0  1,093.1     98.3     77.3     88.0    9.0      7.1      8.1  
  Salem...................................    171.4    175.9    174.7     15.9     11.7     14.3    9.3      6.7      8.2  
                                                                                                                           
Pennsylvania..............................  6,216.9  6,295.4  6,209.3    387.0    354.2    419.7    6.2      5.6      6.8  
  Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton..............    333.6    336.3    333.2     21.5     19.4     22.7    6.4      5.8      6.8  
  Altoona.................................     65.3     66.2     65.6      4.7      4.0      4.6    7.1      6.0      7.0  
  Erie....................................    143.5    144.0    142.1     12.0     10.5     11.9    8.4      7.3      8.4  
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle.............    357.6    367.8    360.5     15.3     15.2     16.1    4.3      4.1      4.5  
  Johnstown...............................    104.3    104.2    103.4      9.0      8.2      9.5    8.6      7.8      9.2  
  Lancaster...............................    254.1    262.8    253.8     10.9     10.3     12.3    4.3      3.9      4.8  
  Philadelphia............................  2,615.7  2,653.8  2,628.8    141.2    138.4    160.9    5.4      5.2      6.1  
  Pittsburgh..............................  1,200.0  1,206.5  1,193.8     71.2     66.2     81.0    5.9      5.5      6.8  
  Reading.................................    190.7    193.5    189.2     12.8     12.6     14.7    6.7      6.5      7.8  
  Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton........    313.6    312.7    308.5     24.7     19.3     24.2    7.9      6.2      7.8  
  Sharon..................................     58.4     59.9     58.6      3.7      2.9      3.9    6.3      4.9      6.6  
  State College...........................     68.7     71.6     67.7      2.7      2.6      2.9    3.9      3.6      4.4  
  Williamsport............................     58.1     59.1     58.1      4.8      3.9      4.4    8.4      6.6      7.6  
  York....................................    202.1    204.7    200.9     10.7     10.1     11.6    5.3      5.0      5.8  
                                                                                                                           
Rhode Island..............................    545.5    564.3    568.1     32.1     29.2     34.5    5.9      5.2      6.1  
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick...........    620.9    640.4    642.7     38.3     34.3     41.3    6.2      5.4      6.4  
                                                                                                                           
South Carolina............................  1,909.0  1,950.8  1,988.2    122.1    116.5    133.9    6.4      6.0      6.7  
  Charleston-North Charleston.............    271.0    277.0    283.4     11.1     10.6     12.7    4.1      3.8      4.5  
  Columbia................................    277.1    283.1    289.1      9.7      9.7     11.3    3.5      3.4      3.9  
  Florence................................     62.2     63.4     66.8      4.1      4.8      5.5    6.6      7.6      8.2  
  Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson.........    478.9    484.0    494.4     27.9     26.1     29.6    5.8      5.4      6.0  
  Myrtle Beach............................     95.9    108.3    103.3      7.6      6.1      8.4    7.9      5.7      8.1  
  Sumter..................................     44.4     44.8     44.8      3.6      3.1      3.5    8.1      7.0      7.8  
                                                                                                                           
South Dakota..............................    406.6    417.7    409.8     18.1     12.5     16.1    4.5      3.0      3.9  
  Rapid City..............................     47.9     49.8     48.4      1.8      1.3      1.5    3.8      2.7      3.2  
  Sioux Falls.............................    107.5    112.1    109.2      3.6      2.6      3.3    3.4      2.3      3.0  
                                                                                                                           
Tennessee.................................  2,870.0  2,913.6  2,847.5    178.1    130.7    151.2    6.2      4.5      5.3  
  Chattanooga.............................    235.7    239.1    234.2      9.6      8.5      8.0    4.1      3.6      3.4  
  Clarksville-Hopkinsville................     90.5     92.0     91.1      5.7      3.8      4.3    6.3      4.2      4.7  
  Jackson.................................     59.3     61.3     59.9      3.7      3.0      3.0    6.2      4.8      5.0  
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol..........    227.2    230.8    227.5     13.9     10.4     12.5    6.1      4.5      5.5  
  Knoxville...............................    367.6    379.6    366.7     18.4     11.5     15.3    5.0      3.0      4.2  
  Memphis.................................    572.2    577.1    567.5     32.9     27.7     30.4    5.7      4.8      5.4  
  Nashville...............................    673.8    697.5    675.1     29.3     24.0     25.4    4.3      3.4      3.8  
                                                                                                                           
Texas..................................... 10,599.3 10,783.1 10,814.1    677.9    638.0    732.3    6.4      5.9      6.8  
  Abilene.................................     58.3     60.2     60.1      2.5      2.3      2.6    4.3      3.8      4.4  
  Amarillo................................    111.7    115.4    115.1      4.3      4.0      4.5    3.8      3.4      3.9  
  Austin-San Marcos.......................    764.7    779.3    780.5     43.5     38.5     44.4    5.7      4.9      5.7  
  Beaumont-Port Arthur....................    177.9    180.6    180.5     14.7     14.7     16.6    8.3      8.1      9.2  
  Brazoria................................    109.9    111.7    111.9      7.3      8.0      8.9    6.6      7.2      7.9  
  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito........    136.5    143.5    144.4     14.6     14.6     15.3   10.7     10.2     10.6  
  Bryan-College Station...................     76.2     83.3     79.4      1.3      1.5      1.7    1.8      1.8      2.1  
  Corpus Christi..........................    175.1    178.7    179.6     11.1      9.9     11.3    6.3      5.5      6.3  
  Dallas..................................  2,033.5  2,035.8  2,040.8    146.8    129.7    149.0    7.2      6.4      7.3  
  El Paso.................................    284.6    294.4    298.7     25.2     24.2     29.3    8.9      8.2      9.8  
  Fort Worth-Arlington....................    936.7    955.5    960.3     57.1     53.9     61.1    6.1      5.6      6.4  
  Galveston-Texas City....................    120.2    121.3    122.3      8.5      8.5      9.7    7.1      7.0      7.9  
  Houston.................................  2,236.7  2,274.8  2,278.1    125.5    126.6    147.1    5.6      5.6      6.5  
  Killeen-Temple..........................    118.7    122.7    123.0      6.5      6.3      7.1    5.5      5.2      5.8  
  Laredo..................................     78.5     81.7     82.2      6.4      5.5      6.7    8.2      6.7      8.1  
  Longview-Marshall.......................    106.5    108.7    108.6      7.3      6.5      7.2    6.9      6.0      6.6  
  Lubbock.................................    126.3    130.5    129.3      3.6      3.5      4.1    2.9      2.7      3.2  
  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission................    218.4    221.7    227.7     32.7     30.9     35.2   15.0     13.9     15.4  
  Odessa-Midland..........................    121.0    124.4    125.8      6.4      6.6      7.4    5.2      5.3      5.9  
  San Angelo..............................     50.7     51.7     51.2      1.7      1.7      2.0    3.4      3.4      3.9  
  San Antonio.............................    791.2    812.6    813.1     41.2     39.7     44.4    5.2      4.9      5.5  
  Sherman-Denison.........................     50.9     51.3     51.6      4.1      3.0      3.3    8.0      5.8      6.4  
  Texarkana...............................     56.3     57.9     58.1      2.9      2.8      3.1    5.1      4.9      5.3  
  Tyler...................................     94.2     96.4     96.7      5.2      4.1      4.7    5.5      4.3      4.9  
  Victoria................................     45.6     46.0     45.9      2.3      2.1      2.4    4.9      4.5      5.2  
  Waco....................................    101.2    104.3    105.2      4.8      4.2      5.0    4.7      4.1      4.8  
  Wichita Falls...........................     64.6     64.9     65.3      3.0      3.0      3.2    4.6      4.6      4.8  
                                                                                                                           
Utah......................................  1,169.3  1,177.0  1,194.7     71.3     63.3     66.1    6.1      5.4      5.5  
  Provo-Orem..............................    179.7    182.4    185.0     11.2      8.5      8.8    6.2      4.6      4.7  
  Salt Lake City-Ogden....................    743.1    742.2    759.9     43.1     40.4     41.5    5.8      5.4      5.5  
                                                                                                                           
Vermont...................................    343.7    352.6    350.2     16.6     12.3     18.3    4.8      3.5      5.2  
  Burlington..............................    103.8    106.2    105.0      3.5      3.0      4.1    3.4      2.8      3.9  
                                                                                                                           
Virginia..................................  3,682.4  3,701.4  3,741.8    167.4    130.5    157.9    4.5      3.5      4.2  
  Charlottesville.........................     75.6     77.9     78.4      2.1      1.7      2.0    2.7      2.1      2.6  
  Danville................................     57.4     56.4     57.6      5.8      3.1      3.9   10.1      5.5      6.8  
  Lynchburg...............................    106.1    104.4    105.7      6.8      4.7      5.3    6.4      4.5      5.0  
  Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News.....    760.3    771.7    775.6     34.8     29.0     34.5    4.6      3.8      4.5  
  Richmond-Petersburg.....................    534.6    536.0    539.0     22.5     19.5     23.1    4.2      3.6      4.3  
  Roanoke.................................    129.5    127.3    129.5      4.7      4.0      4.8    3.6      3.1      3.7  
                                                                                                                           
Washington................................  3,035.7  3,122.3  3,116.2    249.6    219.3    229.3    8.2      7.0      7.4  
  Bellingham..............................     81.9     87.0     86.7      6.5      5.1      5.4    7.9      5.8      6.3  
  Bremerton...............................     97.3    103.4    104.1      6.7      6.4      6.7    6.8      6.1      6.5  
  Olympia.................................    102.9    107.0    108.5      6.5      5.9      6.1    6.3      5.5      5.6  
  Richland-Kennewick-Pasco................     94.8    100.9    100.5      8.6      8.2      9.0    9.0      8.1      9.0  
  Seattle-Bellevue-Everett................  1,386.8  1,415.6  1,405.6     97.8     88.4     91.9    7.1      6.2      6.5  
  Spokane.................................    212.7    216.7    215.5     18.2     14.2     15.8    8.6      6.5      7.4  
  Tacoma..................................    337.5    353.2    350.6     26.4     24.9     26.2    7.8      7.1      7.5  
  Yakima..................................    102.4    104.1    105.4     15.3     12.9     13.4   14.9     12.4     12.7  
                                                                                                                           
West Virginia.............................    805.3    791.9    794.6     52.5     46.5     50.9    6.5      5.9      6.4  
  Charleston..............................    132.0    128.7    128.7      6.8      5.9      6.2    5.1      4.6      4.8  
  Huntington-Ashland......................    135.1    134.9    134.6     10.1      6.7      8.4    7.5      5.0      6.3  
  Parkersburg-Marietta....................     76.1     76.7     76.8      4.4      4.1      4.8    5.8      5.3      6.2  
  Wheeling................................     73.3     71.2     70.7      4.4      3.6      4.4    6.0      5.1      6.2  
                                                                                                                           
Wisconsin.................................  3,004.0  3,004.7  3,065.2    189.1    158.8    191.7    6.3      5.3      6.3  
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah.................    232.9    233.3    239.8     12.9     10.7     13.3    5.5      4.6      5.5  
  Eau Claire..............................     83.1     85.2     85.6      5.7      4.5      5.5    6.8      5.3      6.4  
  Green Bay...............................    140.1    141.8    145.3      7.7      6.8      8.1    5.5      4.8      5.6  
  Janesville-Beloit.......................     78.5     76.6     78.8      6.1      4.7      5.6    7.8      6.1      7.2  
  Kenosha.................................     82.0     82.3     82.8      4.9      5.0      5.2    6.0      6.0      6.2  
  La Crosse...............................     74.7     73.8     75.1      3.8      3.0      3.9    5.1      4.0      5.2  
  Madison.................................    276.3    281.3    283.6      8.4      7.1      8.6    3.0      2.5      3.0  
  Milwaukee-Waukesha......................    815.2    806.6    824.0     48.8     44.9     50.8    6.0      5.6      6.2  
  Racine..................................     93.6     92.7     95.9      7.7      7.2      8.1    8.2      7.8      8.5  
  Sheboygan...............................     63.4     64.0     66.0      3.4      3.0      3.3    5.3      4.6      5.0  
  Wausau..................................     75.8     75.2     76.8      4.5      3.1      3.9    5.9      4.1      5.1  
                                                                                                                           
Wyoming...................................    266.1    267.6    269.2     13.8     12.2     13.6    5.2      4.5      5.1  
  Casper..................................     35.0     35.3     35.7      1.9      1.7      1.9    5.4      4.8      5.2  
  Cheyenne................................     41.7     42.6     43.2      1.9      1.7      1.9    4.7      3.9      4.4  
                                                                                                                           
Puerto Rico...............................  1,322.7  1,350.4  1,374.9    150.6    147.8    156.5   11.4     10.9     11.4  
  Aguadilla...............................     48.1     48.3     49.6      8.2      7.5      7.9   17.0     15.6     15.9  
  Arecibo.................................     54.6     56.2     58.6      8.0      7.8      8.7   14.7     13.9     14.9  
  Caguas..................................    116.5    119.4    122.2     12.8     12.3     13.4   11.0     10.3     11.0  
  Mayaguez................................     86.3     87.2     88.8     12.9     11.6     12.5   15.0     13.3     14.1  
  Ponce...................................    100.7    104.0    105.0     14.1     15.2     15.9   14.0     14.6     15.2  
  San Juan-Bayamon........................    745.0    767.3    776.1     67.1     64.6     67.5    9.0      8.4      8.7  

  1 Data for 2003 are not directly comparable with data for previous years because of a change in metropolitan area
definitions.
  p = preliminary. 
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the
Current Population Survey. Data for all States, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area, and
New York City have been revised to incorporate population controls reflecting the results of Census 2000, reestimation of
models, and benchmarking to Current Population Survey annual averages.  Data for the remaining metropolitan areas have been
revised to reflect updated inputs and the new statewide estimates.  See the note on page 3 for more information on the
changes.  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)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   Change January 2002
                                                               December            January                 to        
                      State and area                                                                  January 2003p 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                            2001      2002      2002     2003p      Number    Percent 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
     Alabama...........................................   1,907.9   1,895.4   1,859.6   1,865.3       5.7       0.3
       Birmingham......................................     486.5     481.8     476.2     476.4        .2        .0
       Huntsville......................................     187.4     185.3     181.4     181.1       -.3       -.2
       Mobile..........................................     228.8     226.4     220.8     223.5       2.7       1.2
       Montgomery......................................     166.0     163.5     161.5     161.2       -.3       -.2
       Tuscaloosa......................................      83.0      84.1      81.4      82.5       1.1       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Alaska............................................     277.3     287.4     271.1     277.7       6.6       2.4
       Anchorage.......................................     137.8     144.0     133.5     137.6       4.1       3.1
                                                                                                                   
     Arizona...........................................   2,281.5   2,298.4   2,228.2   2,252.6      24.4       1.1
       Phoenix-Mesa....................................   1,606.0   1,613.5   1,566.5   1,581.8      15.3       1.0
       Tucson..........................................     350.7     352.9     344.1     345.2       1.1        .3
                                                                                                                   
     Arkansas..........................................   1,151.0   1,156.3   1,125.3   1,134.2       8.9        .8
       Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..................     164.7     171.3     161.6     168.0       6.4       4.0
       Fort Smith......................................     101.0     100.4      99.0      98.9       -.1       -.1
       Little Rock-North Little Rock...................     319.0     318.8     312.5     314.9       2.4        .8
       Pine Bluff......................................      36.2      36.1      35.3      35.6        .3        .8
                                                                                                                   
     California........................................  14,598.9  14,584.7  14,237.6  14,334.2      96.6        .7
       Bakersfield.....................................     205.8     206.3     202.2     203.8       1.6        .8
       Fresno..........................................     306.9     315.6     299.5     309.5      10.0       3.3
       Los Angeles-Long Beach..........................   4,080.7   4,056.6   3,983.6   3,990.4       6.8        .2
       Modesto.........................................     149.1     153.3     145.7     150.1       4.4       3.0
       Oakland.........................................   1,050.6   1,053.9   1,025.3   1,036.5      11.2       1.1
       Orange County...................................   1,413.9   1,418.5   1,381.5   1,393.0      11.5        .8
       Riverside-San Bernardino........................   1,051.7   1,075.6   1,034.9   1,061.4      26.5       2.6
       Sacramento......................................     745.0     750.8     728.8     741.0      12.2       1.7
       Salinas.........................................     132.3     132.7     127.8     129.5       1.7       1.3
       San Diego.......................................   1,234.5   1,237.4   1,206.9   1,220.3      13.4       1.1
       San Francisco...................................   1,021.8     982.5     987.8     965.6     -22.2      -2.2
       San Jose........................................     953.3     891.7     919.4     875.3     -44.1      -4.8
       Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc................     166.6     166.0     161.9     163.2       1.3        .8
       Santa Rosa......................................     190.0     188.3     184.3     183.6       -.7       -.4
       Stockton-Lodi...................................     191.9     197.6     187.4     193.2       5.8       3.1
       Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa..........................     177.4     182.1     173.4     179.4       6.0       3.5
       Ventura.........................................     284.5     281.6     277.7     277.3       -.4       -.1
                                                                                                                   
     Colorado..........................................   2,210.6   2,195.3   2,147.2   2,149.2       2.0        .1
       Boulder-Longmont(1).............................     187.6     183.8     181.8     157.4       (1)       (1)   
       Colorado Springs................................     242.5     243.4     236.1     237.4       1.3        .6
       Denver(1).......................................   1,163.6   1,147.5   1,126.9   1,144.0       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                   
     Connecticut.......................................   1,701.2   1,682.2   1,648.1   1,637.2     -10.9       -.7
       Bridgeport......................................     188.3     188.7     183.2     183.4        .2        .1
       Danbury.........................................      90.3      92.4      87.7      89.9       2.2       2.5
       Hartford........................................     618.2     615.0     603.1     599.7      -3.4       -.6
       New Haven-Meriden...............................     264.2     263.2     255.2     254.4       -.8       -.3
       New London-Norwich..............................     146.4     146.7     143.1     143.1        .0        .0
       Stamford-Norwalk................................     204.8     198.3     198.2     193.6      -4.6      -2.3
       Waterbury.......................................      84.8      84.4      82.7      83.6        .9       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Delaware..........................................     419.8     415.1     403.5     401.9      -1.6       -.4
       Dover...........................................      55.4      56.0      54.0      54.1        .1        .2
       Wilmington-Newark...............................     327.8     318.9     315.3     309.5      -5.8      -1.8
                                                                                                                   
     District of Columbia..............................     659.8     665.3     648.3     654.0       5.7        .9
       Washington PMSA.................................   2,818.1   2,826.3   2,743.7   2,786.6      42.9       1.6
                                                                                                                   
     Florida...........................................   7,239.0   7,325.8   7,101.6   7,216.4     114.8       1.6
       Daytona Beach...................................     166.1     169.3     163.9     166.8       2.9       1.8
       Fort Lauderdale.................................     711.6     719.7     698.2     707.9       9.7       1.4
       Fort Myers-Cape Coral...........................     184.0     187.4     180.9     185.7       4.8       2.7
       Gainesville.....................................     124.0     123.4     121.1     121.2        .1        .1
       Jacksonville....................................     563.9     567.1     551.6     557.0       5.4       1.0
       Lakeland-Winter Haven...........................     191.4     191.5     187.0     188.6       1.6        .9
       Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay...................     191.8     190.3     188.1     187.0      -1.1       -.6
       Miami...........................................   1,027.9   1,035.5   1,007.3   1,019.0      11.7       1.2
       Orlando.........................................     907.3     923.1     890.3     907.0      16.7       1.9
       Pensacola.......................................     156.8     156.0     153.2     153.8        .6        .4
       Sarasota-Bradenton..............................     275.3     275.7     269.5     273.3       3.8       1.4
       Tallahassee.....................................     159.0     160.3     155.7     155.8       0.1       0.1
       Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.................   1,226.2   1,237.4   1,202.2   1,215.8      13.6       1.1
       West Palm Beach-Boca Raton......................     528.0     540.0     519.9     534.4      14.5       2.8
                                                                                                                   
     Georgia...........................................   3,934.7   3,927.7   3,863.4   3,850.3     -13.1       -.3
       Albany..........................................      56.2      57.9      55.6      56.3        .7       1.3
       Athens..........................................      74.2      74.6      72.1      72.8        .7       1.0
       Atlanta.........................................   2,188.9   2,181.9   2,151.9   2,136.6     -15.3       -.7
       Augusta-Aiken...................................     200.7     199.2     195.7     194.1      -1.6       -.8
       Columbus........................................     118.8     116.5     116.2     114.4      -1.8      -1.5
       Macon...........................................     149.7     150.3     145.8     147.5       1.7       1.2
       Savannah........................................     137.2     139.7     134.0     137.2       3.2       2.4
                                                                                                                   
     Hawaii............................................     555.5     568.5     541.9     559.9      18.0       3.3
       Honolulu........................................     413.4     422.5     401.8     414.3      12.5       3.1
                                                                                                                   
     Idaho.............................................     565.6     570.3     545.8     550.7       4.9        .9
       Boise City......................................     228.3     229.5     221.1     222.0        .9        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Illinois..........................................   5,974.4   5,945.3   5,778.8   5,796.7      17.9        .3
       Bloomington-Normal..............................      95.0      94.9      91.7      92.6        .9       1.0
       Champaign-Urbana................................     107.1     107.7     100.6     101.9       1.3       1.3
       Chicago.........................................   4,196.5   4,169.7   4,059.2   4,068.9       9.7        .2
       Davenport-Moline-Rock Island....................     182.4     178.5     175.2     175.3        .1        .1
       Decatur.........................................      55.7      54.8      53.9      53.6       -.3       -.6
       Kankakee........................................      44.4      44.2      42.7      43.1        .4        .9
       Peoria-Pekin....................................     172.7     170.5     167.1     167.8        .7        .4
       Rockford........................................     174.9     175.2     170.6     172.1       1.5        .9
       Springfield.....................................     116.1     115.2     113.0     113.0        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Indiana...........................................   2,928.8   2,909.2   2,833.3   2,833.3        .0        .0
       Bloomington.....................................      67.7      66.4      65.1      63.7      -1.4      -2.2
       Elkhart-Goshen..................................     114.1     119.1     110.5     118.0       7.5       6.8
       Evansville-Henderson............................     162.3     161.0     159.2     157.1      -2.1      -1.3
       Fort Wayne......................................     271.2     270.4     263.1     265.2       2.1        .8
       Gary............................................     267.7     257.8     253.9     250.3      -3.6      -1.4
       Indianapolis....................................     890.1     873.2     862.4     853.7      -8.7      -1.0
       Kokomo..........................................      50.5      50.1      48.9      49.4       0.5       1.0
       Lafayette.......................................      98.3      99.0      95.3      93.5      -1.8      -1.9
       Muncie..........................................      59.1      57.3      56.4      55.6       -.8      -1.4
       South Bend......................................     133.8     133.7     128.8     130.5       1.7       1.3
       Terre Haute.....................................      68.3      67.8      66.0      65.6       -.4       -.6
                                                                                                                   
     Iowa..............................................   1,464.8   1,455.9   1,422.7   1,418.1      -4.6       -.3
       Cedar Rapids....................................     120.9     118.7     117.7     116.6      -1.1       -.9
       Des Moines......................................     289.5     286.6     281.6     283.1       1.5        .5
       Dubuque.........................................      51.2      50.9      49.8      50.2        .4        .8
       Iowa City.......................................      75.1      76.1      72.9      74.8       1.9       2.6
       Sioux City......................................      65.1      65.6      63.5      64.1        .6        .9
       Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................      74.0      73.6      71.7      72.4        .7       1.0
                                                                                                                   
     Kansas............................................   1,355.1   1,347.5   1,319.8   1,321.2       1.4        .1
       Lawrence........................................      54.0      51.3      51.5      50.3      -1.2      -2.3
       Topeka..........................................     106.9     103.3     104.2     101.0      -3.2      -3.1
       Wichita.........................................     290.8     281.8     285.0     277.4      -7.6      -2.7
                                                                                                                   
     Kentucky..........................................   1,799.8   1,795.7   1,759.4   1,759.3       -.1        .0
       Lexington.......................................     278.1     279.0     271.6     273.0       1.4        .5
       Louisville......................................     574.0     572.1     560.5     561.5       1.0        .2
       Owensboro.......................................      44.3      44.3      43.3      43.3        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Louisiana.........................................   1,918.3   1,915.9   1,874.4   1,887.1      12.7        .7
       Alexandria......................................      56.6      56.5      55.0      56.1       1.1       2.0
       Baton Rouge.....................................     306.0     304.3     295.9     299.7       3.8       1.3
       Houma...........................................      80.5      84.7      79.9      83.6       3.7       4.6
       Lafayette.......................................     170.7     170.0     165.9     167.7       1.8       1.1
       Lake Charles....................................      86.1      85.8      86.8      85.2      -1.6      -1.8
       Monroe..........................................      75.4      74.5      73.3      72.5       -.8      -1.1
       New Orleans.....................................     623.5     612.4     608.5     607.8       -.7       -.1
       Shreveport-Bossier City.........................     172.1     172.5     168.0     170.8       2.8       1.7
                                                                                                                   
     Maine.............................................     607.1     607.6     583.7     584.2        .5        .1
       Lewiston-Auburn.................................      46.4      46.8      45.9      45.8       -.1       -.2
       Portland........................................     158.2     158.7     150.9     153.2       2.3       1.5
                                                                                                                   
     Maryland..........................................   2,500.7   2,495.8   2,421.1   2,433.1      12.0       0.5
       Baltimore PMSA..................................   1,271.2   1,251.3   1,227.4   1,225.4      -2.0       -.2
       Baltimore City..................................     391.3     389.5     380.8     380.7       -.1        .0
       Suburban Maryland-D.C...........................     941.0     944.3     913.5     923.5      10.0       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Massachusetts.....................................   3,315.2   3,264.3   3,209.7   3,174.7     -35.0      -1.1
       Barnstable-Yarmouth.............................      61.4      62.2      58.2      59.4       1.2       2.1
       Boston..........................................   2,028.4   1,985.5   1,970.9   1,935.7     -35.2      -1.8
       Brockton........................................     102.2     103.3      98.4      99.9       1.5       1.5
       Fitchburg-Leominster............................      52.3      52.3      51.4      52.1        .7       1.4
       Lawrence........................................     161.6     157.3     156.4     153.6      -2.8      -1.8
       Lowell..........................................     128.6     125.3     126.4     121.2      -5.2      -4.1
       New Bedford.....................................      65.8      65.5      64.1      64.5        .4        .6
       Pittsfield......................................      42.7      43.0      42.1      42.2        .1        .2
       Springfield.....................................     263.8     264.4     253.7     254.7       1.0        .4
       Worcester.......................................     239.2     231.0     230.6     224.8      -5.8      -2.5
                                                                                                                   
     Michigan..........................................   4,543.6   4,498.4   4,381.7   4,370.6     -11.1       -.3
       Ann Arbor.......................................     298.0     293.8     286.1     284.1      -2.0       -.7
       Benton Harbor...................................      70.5      69.4      67.2      68.3       1.1       1.6
       Detroit.........................................   2,144.7   2,077.5   2,059.8   2,034.8     -25.0      -1.2
       Flint...........................................     168.9     163.6     161.4     154.7      -6.7      -4.2
       Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland...................     581.0     578.7     563.0     561.9      -1.1       -.2
       Jackson.........................................      63.7      64.6      61.3      62.2        .9       1.5
       Kalamazoo-Battle Creek..........................     209.7     210.6     207.1     202.0      -5.1      -2.5
       Lansing-East Lansing............................     246.2     244.9     238.3     238.8        .5        .2
       Saginaw-Bay City-Midland........................     179.3     180.6     173.1     174.0        .9        .5
                                                                                                                   
     Minnesota.........................................   2,680.3   2,657.4   2,603.0   2,590.7     -12.3       -.5
       Duluth-Superior.................................     117.1     117.7     112.9     113.6        .7        .6
       Minneapolis-St. Paul............................   1,750.4   1,731.9   1,695.8   1,685.7     -10.1       -.6
       Rochester.......................................      88.0      88.0      86.4      86.4        .0        .0
       St. Cloud.......................................      97.5      95.7      93.1      92.0      -1.1      -1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Mississippi.......................................   1,126.1   1,131.8   1,111.0   1,115.5       4.5        .4
       Jackson.........................................     229.7     231.6     228.0     228.2        .2        .1
                                                                                                                   
     Missouri..........................................   2,730.4   2,678.9   2,660.5   2,591.9     -68.6      -2.6
       Kansas City.....................................     967.5     949.2     942.5     920.4     -22.1      -2.3
       St. Louis.......................................   1,327.3   1,309.7   1,293.6   1,281.5     -12.1       -.9
       Springfield.....................................     168.9     167.9     163.8     165.7       1.9       1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Montana...........................................     391.1     395.8     381.7     387.0       5.3       1.4
       Billings........................................      67.8      69.4      66.4      68.2       1.8       2.7
       Missoula........................................      52.2      52.7      49.7      50.8       1.1       2.2
                                                                                                                   
     Nebraska..........................................     920.3     912.1     887.8     888.7        .9        .1
       Lincoln.........................................     160.3     161.6     153.8     156.7       2.9       1.9
       Omaha...........................................     438.4     435.2     421.8     426.3       4.5       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Nevada............................................   1,043.4   1,060.9   1,019.1   1,045.0      25.9       2.5
       Las Vegas.......................................     778.5     796.6     766.9     789.4      22.5       2.9
       Reno............................................     199.0     199.1     189.9     192.6       2.7       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     New Hampshire.....................................     627.4     621.2     607.9     608.6        .7        .1
       Manchester......................................     109.4     109.3     107.1     107.3        .2        .2
       Nashua..........................................      98.2      96.7      94.9      95.0        .1        .1
       Portsmouth-Rochester............................     125.2     127.8     120.3     122.7       2.4       2.0
                                                                                                                   
     New Jersey........................................   4,032.5   4,025.3   3,932.8   3,927.0      -5.8       -.1
       Atlantic-Cape May...............................     184.7     188.3     176.8     183.1       6.3       3.6
       Bergen-Passaic..................................     668.9     663.7     652.7     647.4      -5.3       -.8
       Camden..........................................     515.9     518.7     504.9     508.5       3.6        .7
       Jersey City.....................................     265.0     258.8     260.9     254.4      -6.5      -2.5
       Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon....................     666.1     664.5     648.8     648.2       -.6       -.1
       Monmouth-Ocean..................................     399.7     406.6     388.5     393.0       4.5       1.2
       Newark..........................................   1,022.4   1,020.1     997.7     994.9      -2.8       -.3
       Trenton.........................................     227.2     222.8     221.8     218.2      -3.6      -1.6
       Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton....................      59.8      60.8      58.8      59.6        .8       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     New Mexico........................................     762.6     776.1     748.5     759.3      10.8       1.4
       Albuquerque.....................................     361.2     363.6     352.1     354.8       2.7        .8
       Las Cruces......................................      58.1      60.4      58.1      60.0       1.9       3.3
       Santa Fe........................................      76.4      78.3      74.2      76.3       2.1       2.8
                                                                                                                   
     New York..........................................   8,595.3   8,523.3   8,291.3   8,254.7     -36.6       -.4
       Albany-Schenectady-Troy.........................     467.8     466.9     448.2     451.0       2.8        .6
       Binghamton......................................     117.4     115.4     114.2     112.1      -2.1      -1.8
       Buffalo-Niagara Falls...........................     549.9     550.3     537.5     534.2      -3.3       -.6
       Dutchess County.................................     122.1     121.8     116.4     117.1        .7        .6
       Elmira..........................................      42.9      41.6      41.3      40.9       -.4      -1.0
       Glens Falls.....................................      49.8      49.1      47.9      48.7        .8       1.7
       Nassau-Suffolk..................................   1,241.2   1,234.9   1,184.6   1,179.6      -5.0       -.4
       New York PMSA...................................   4,217.9   4,160.1   4,074.4   4,036.0     -38.4       -.9
       New York City...................................   3,658.6   3,598.5   3,535.0   3,495.2     -39.8      -1.1
       Newburgh........................................     134.0     135.1     130.5     132.0       1.5       1.1
       Rochester.......................................     549.3     537.3     527.2     516.1     -11.1      -2.1
       Rockland County.................................     113.1     113.7     110.0     109.8       -.2       -.2
       Syracuse........................................     350.9     351.7     338.1     342.0       3.9       1.2
       Utica-Rome......................................     135.4     135.0     129.8     130.5        .7        .5
       Westchester County..............................     423.5     423.8     406.1     407.5       1.4        .3
                                                                                                                   
     North Carolina....................................   3,870.6   3,854.6   3,814.4   3,790.1     -24.3       -.6
       Asheville.......................................     114.1     112.4     110.1     110.2        .1        .1
       Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill....................     835.5     841.9     821.1     825.2       4.1        .5
       Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point...........     649.9     646.3     642.2     633.2      -9.0      -1.4
       Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill......................     684.6     684.3     671.3     674.1       2.8        .4
                                                                                                                   
     North Dakota......................................     332.1     334.1     322.6     325.6       3.0        .9
       Bismarck........................................      52.2      52.9      51.0      52.1       1.1       2.2
       Fargo-Moorhead..................................     104.9     105.7     102.3     104.0       1.7       1.7
       Grand Forks.....................................      50.2      50.6      48.6      49.4        .8       1.6
                                                                                                                   
     Ohio..............................................   5,541.5   5,483.8   5,348.6   5,320.5     -28.1       -.5
       Akron...........................................     332.4     333.2     319.0     323.6       4.6       1.4
       Canton-Massillon................................     186.8     181.8     179.5     177.2      -2.3      -1.3
       Cincinnati......................................     877.7     881.9     857.7     866.0       8.3       1.0
       Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria.........................   1,140.9   1,127.4   1,100.4   1,093.8      -6.6       -.6
       Columbus........................................     897.8     886.5     874.8     867.7      -7.1       -.8
       Dayton-Springfield..............................     473.3     466.4     460.1     455.1      -5.0      -1.1
       Hamilton-Middletown.............................     134.8     135.7     130.0     130.9       0.9       0.7
       Lima............................................      78.4      78.1      76.4      76.0       -.4       -.5
       Mansfield.......................................      79.1      78.5      76.2      76.7        .5        .7
       Steubenville-Weirton............................      49.3      49.9      47.4      48.6       1.2       2.5
       Toledo..........................................     330.7     316.4     316.1     304.6     -11.5      -3.6
       Youngstown-Warren...............................     239.3     237.5     228.9     229.0        .1        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Oklahoma..........................................   1,511.4   1,489.6   1,468.5   1,455.2     -13.3       -.9
       Enid............................................      23.6      23.8      23.3      23.1       -.2       -.9
       Lawton..........................................      38.2      38.9      37.4      37.9        .5       1.3
       Oklahoma City...................................     550.5     549.7     530.8     537.1       6.3       1.2
       Tulsa...........................................     407.6     392.2     399.0     380.4     -18.6      -4.7
                                                                                                                   
     Oregon............................................   1,584.0   1,579.3   1,535.7   1,545.8      10.1        .7
       Eugene-Springfield..............................     142.9     145.6     139.0     142.3       3.3       2.4
       Medford-Ashland.................................      75.0      76.5      70.6      71.9       1.3       1.8
       Portland-Vancouver..............................     949.9     939.4     927.5     921.9      -5.6       -.6
       Salem...........................................     137.1     139.0     132.4     134.2       1.8       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Pennsylvania......................................   5,694.9   5,695.2   5,549.6   5,548.1      -1.5        .0
       Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton......................     288.8     287.6     282.3     281.5       -.8       -.3
       Altoona.........................................      61.1      61.2      59.4      60.2        .8       1.3
       Erie............................................     132.0     131.7     129.1     128.2       -.9       -.7
       Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle.....................     365.4     368.8     356.6     361.1       4.5       1.3
       Johnstown.......................................      86.4      86.2      85.1      84.8       -.3       -.4
       Lancaster.......................................     229.4     231.2     222.3     224.4       2.1        .9
       Philadelphia PMSA...............................   2,438.5   2,435.3   2,377.2   2,373.5      -3.7       -.2
       Philadelphia City...............................     688.7     686.8     674.3     671.8      -2.5       -.4
       Pittsburgh......................................   1,134.1   1,123.9   1,105.1   1,094.0     -11.1      -1.0
       Reading.........................................     170.4     169.8     166.4     164.9      -1.5       -.9
       Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton................     283.0     279.2     273.6     270.5      -3.1      -1.1
       Sharon..........................................      51.0      50.8      48.4      48.9        .5       1.0
       State College...................................      71.4      73.2      69.7      68.8       -.9      -1.3
       Williamsport....................................      53.8      54.4      52.4      53.2        .8       1.5
       York............................................     171.7     171.3     167.8     167.2       -.6       -.4
                                                                                                                   
     Rhode Island......................................     483.1     486.1     466.0     468.9       2.9        .6
       Providence-Fall River-Warwick...................     536.3     538.2     518.6     520.6       2.0       0.4
                                                                                                                   
     South Carolina....................................   1,812.0   1,823.0   1,762.2   1,773.4      11.2        .6
       Charleston-North Charleston.....................     255.1     255.8     250.7     250.3       -.4       -.2
       Columbia........................................     310.0     308.5     302.6     301.1      -1.5       -.5
       Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson.................     484.5     472.6     466.7     460.9      -5.8      -1.2
                                                                                                                   
     South Dakota......................................     376.8     380.7     365.7     369.8       4.1       1.1
       Rapid City......................................      49.9      50.6      48.7      49.3        .6       1.2
       Sioux Falls.....................................     115.6     118.1     113.1     115.1       2.0       1.8
                                                                                                                   
     Tennessee.........................................   2,683.0   2,686.4   2,612.2   2,626.3      14.1        .5
       Chattanooga.....................................     233.9     232.2     229.4     228.8       -.6       -.3
       Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol..................     197.8     198.2     192.1     194.1       2.0       1.0
       Knoxville.......................................     343.1     348.7     333.8     337.1       3.3       1.0
       Memphis.........................................     587.4     583.1     576.5     575.8       -.7       -.1
       Nashville.......................................     677.4     681.0     657.3     663.5       6.2        .9
                                                                                                                   
     Texas.............................................   9,508.4   9,485.2   9,312.0   9,324.7      12.7        .1
       Abilene.........................................      55.4      56.1      54.2      55.2       1.0       1.8
       Amarillo........................................      97.6      99.0      96.2      97.4       1.2       1.2
       Austin-San Marcos...............................     666.2     665.3     652.4     655.8       3.4        .5
       Beaumont-Port Arthur............................     158.0     158.2     156.8     155.4      -1.4       -.9
       Brazoria........................................      79.6      79.3      78.9      78.3       -.6       -.8
       Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito................     112.6     117.5     111.8     116.7       4.9       4.4
       Bryan-College Station...........................      80.2      81.5      74.8      76.5       1.7       2.3
       Corpus Christi..................................     160.4     162.3     158.4     160.0       1.6       1.0
       Dallas..........................................   1,964.0   1,933.1   1,925.3   1,902.7     -22.6      -1.2
       El Paso.........................................     254.7     261.4     251.6     258.6       7.0       2.8
       Ft. Worth-Arlington.............................     790.9     791.9     776.5     781.8       5.3        .7
       Galveston-Texas City............................      86.1      86.8      86.0      85.6       -.4       -.5
       Houston.........................................   2,130.3   2,117.0   2,089.1   2,082.4      -6.7       -.3
       Killeen-Temple..................................     104.6     106.2     102.7     105.0       2.3       2.2
       Laredo..........................................      72.9      74.7      71.3      73.6       2.3       3.2
       Longview-Marshall...............................      92.3      93.3      91.3      92.0        .7        .8
       Lubbock.........................................     124.2     124.1     121.3     121.5        .2        .2
       McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................     167.5     170.9     165.3     170.2       4.9       3.0
       Odessa-Midland..................................     106.0     105.9     103.3     105.2       1.9       1.8
       San Angelo......................................      44.4      44.2      43.9      43.5       -.4       -.9
       San Antonio.....................................     725.8     731.0     711.3     720.4       9.1       1.3
       Sherman-Denison.................................      43.7      44.7      43.1      44.0        .9       2.1
       Texarkana.......................................      53.3      54.0      52.7      53.2        .5        .9
       Tyler...........................................      85.0      86.4      83.9      85.3       1.4       1.7
       Victoria........................................      37.6      37.7      37.3      37.3        .0        .0
       Waco............................................     100.8     102.2      98.6     101.2       2.6       2.6
       Wichita Falls...................................      60.9      59.6      59.9      59.3       -.6      -1.0
                                                                                                                   
     Utah..............................................   1,085.7   1,080.9   1,062.8   1,057.8      -5.0       -.5
       Provo-Orem......................................     154.8     154.9     149.9     151.4       1.5       1.0
       Salt Lake City-Ogden............................     720.3     713.9     707.4     702.1      -5.3       -.7
                                                                                                                   
     Vermont...........................................     306.0     306.2     299.4     300.6       1.2        .4
       Barre-Montpelier................................      35.0      35.0      34.0      34.6        .6       1.8
       Burlington......................................     111.1     107.9     106.7     105.8       -.9       -.8
                                                                                                                   
     Virginia..........................................   3,522.4   3,514.0   3,433.6   3,443.0       9.4        .3
       Bristol.........................................      40.6      41.0      39.7      40.3        .6       1.5
       Charlottesville.................................      87.7      88.6      84.6      87.2       2.6       3.1
       Danville........................................      45.5      46.9      44.5      46.0       1.5       3.4
       Lynchburg.......................................     102.3     101.2      99.5      99.9        .4        .4
       Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News.............     726.3     728.5     702.5     711.3       8.8       1.3
       Northern Virginia...............................   1,192.0   1,188.2   1,164.9   1,171.9       7.0        .6
       Richmond-Petersburg.............................     576.1     573.9     561.8     560.5      -1.3       -.2
       Roanoke.........................................     149.4     144.4     144.3     142.6      -1.7      -1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Washington........................................   2,674.9   2,675.4   2,606.2   2,619.7      13.5        .5
       Seattle-Bellevue-Everett........................   1,380.9   1,358.6   1,344.9   1,330.2     -14.7      -1.1
       Spokane.........................................     198.3     196.1     191.6     190.9       -.7       -.4
       Tacoma..........................................     244.3     246.7     238.0     241.4       3.4       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     West Virginia.....................................     741.9     736.0     717.2     718.6       1.4        .2
       Charleston......................................     135.7     135.4     132.3     132.3        .0        .0
       Huntington-Ashland..............................     121.9     124.8     118.5     120.4       1.9       1.6
       Parkersburg-Marietta............................      70.3      71.3      68.4      69.5       1.1       1.6
       Wheeling........................................      68.0      66.2      65.4      63.8      -1.6      -2.4
                                                                                                                   
     Wisconsin.........................................   2,798.4   2,786.7   2,719.4   2,716.9      -2.5       -.1
       Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah.........................     207.0     208.6     201.8     203.9       2.1       1.0
       Eau Claire......................................      74.9      77.7      72.9      74.1       1.2       1.6
       Green Bay.......................................     144.4     148.4     142.4     144.5       2.1       1.5
       Janesville-Beloit...............................      67.9      67.6      66.2      66.1       -.1       -.2
       Kenosha.........................................      53.3      54.4      52.8      52.1       -.7      -1.3
       La Crosse.......................................      74.0      73.2      72.1      71.2       -.9      -1.2
       Madison.........................................     296.6     301.8     288.6     290.2       1.6        .6
       Milwaukee-Waukesha..............................     849.1     841.8     829.0     820.2      -8.8      -1.1
       Racine..........................................      80.0      80.0      78.7      78.9        .2        .3
       Sheboygan.......................................      61.5      62.9      60.8      61.9       1.1       1.8
       Wausau..........................................      69.6      70.6      68.3      68.8        .5        .7
                                                                                                                   
     Wyoming...........................................     245.3     245.3     237.9     239.4       1.5        .6
       Casper..........................................      33.2      33.8      32.4      32.8        .4       1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Puerto Rico.......................................   1,025.6   1,006.4     973.9     981.3       7.4        .8
       Caguas..........................................      69.0      67.1      64.9      65.9       1.0       1.5
       Mayaguez........................................      58.7      63.8      62.1      61.8       -.3       -.5
       Ponce...........................................      72.2      70.9      69.0      68.5       -.5       -.7
       San Juan-Bayamon................................     668.0     657.3     634.4     640.6       6.2       1.0
                                                                                                                   
     Virgin Islands....................................      43.5      42.4      43.3      42.2      -1.1      -2.5

       1 Data for 2003 are not directly comparable with data for previous years because of a change in metropolitan
     area definitions.
       p  = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data reflect the conversion to the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System
     (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing the 1987
     Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.  Due to differences in NAICS and SIC structures, NAICS-based
     data by industry are not comparable to the SIC-based data.  In addition, data reflect March 2002 benchmark
     levels and the introduction of estimates based on small-domain models for some areas.  See the note on page 3
     for more information on the changes.