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         METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JANUARY 2001


   In January, 205 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment rates below
the U.S. average (4.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted), while 117 areas
registered higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Among the 10 metropolitan areas with
jobless rates below 2.0 percent, 3 were in Virginia, which had one of the
lowest state rates in January.  Of the 12 areas with rates greater than
10.0 percent, 8 were in California.
   
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Thirty-four metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
2.5 percent in January, while 73 areas had rates over 5.5 percent.  The
lowest rates were in Charlottesville, Va. (1.3 percent), Columbia, Mo.
(1.4 percent), and Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. (1.5 percent).  Merced, Calif.,
and Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif., had the highest unemployment rates
(17.6 and 17.5 percent, respectively), followed by Yuma, Ariz. (16.5 percent).
(See table 1 and the chart.)
   
   In January, 200 metropolitan areas reported lower unemployment rates
from a year earlier, 119 had higher rates, and 12 were unchanged.  (The
U.S. rate was 0.2 percentage point higher than a year ago.)  Three areas
in Texas had the largest over-the-year rate decreases--Odessa-Midland
(-2.6 percentage points), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito (-2.2 points),
and Wichita Falls (-2.1 points).  Another 37 areas, 10 of which were in
Texas, had decreases of at least a full percentage point.  The largest
rate increase (4.8 percentage points) was in Kokomo, Ind., and reflected
manufacturing layoffs.  Gadsden, Ala., had the next largest increase
(3.7 points), which was due to construction-related layoffs.  Twenty-six
additional areas, including 13 in the South and 10 in the Midwest,
registered increases from January 2000 of at least 1.0 percentage point.
   
   Of the 51 largest metropolitan areas--those with a 1990 census
population of 1 million or more--41 recorded unemployment rates below the
U.S. average in January, while 9 had rates above it.  Within this group,
the lowest rate again was in San Jose, Calif., 1.6 percent, followed by
three areas at 2.2 percent--Denver, Colo., San Francisco, Calif., and
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va.  The highest jobless rates among the largest
metropolitan areas were in Miami, Fla. (6.0 percent), Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, N.Y. (5.8 percent), and New Orleans, La. (5.7 percent).  The largest
over-the-year rate decreases occurred in Houston, Texas (-1.1 percentage
points), and Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio, and Hartford, Conn. (both
-1.0 point).  Six additional large areas had decreases of 0.5 percentage
point or more.  The largest over-the-year increases were in Detroit, Mich.
(1.6 percentage points), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. (1.1 points),
and Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, N.C. (0.7 point).  Four other
large areas experienced rate increases of 0.5 percentage point.

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Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Among the 274 metropolitan areas for which January nonfarm payroll data
were available, 250 reported over-the-year increases in employment,
21 reported declines, and 3 had no change.  The largest employment increase
occurred in Washington, D.C.- Md.-Va.-W.Va. (107,400), followed by New
York, N.Y. (93,700), and Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif. (89,500).  The
largest over-the-year percentage increases occurred in Boulder-Longmont,
Colo. (7.2 percent), Houma, La. (6.4 percent), and Boise City, Idaho
(6.2 percent).  (See table 2.)
   
   The largest over-the-year employment declines were posted in Columbia,
S.C. (-3,500), Bloomington, Ind., and Kokomo, Ind. (-2,100 each), and
Jackson, Miss. (-2,000).  The largest over-the-year percentage declines
were reported in Kokomo, Ind. (-4.1 percent), Bloomington, Ind.
(-3.2 percent), and Enid, Okla., and Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va.
(-3.0 percent each).
   
   Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in all 38 metropolitan areas
with 2000 annual average employment levels above 750,000.  Of these areas,
Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz., had the highest over-the-year growth rate
(5.7 percent), followed by San Jose, Calif. (5.5 percent), and San Francisco,
Calif. (5.0 percent).
   
   Over the year, employment growth was widespread in the services, trade,
and construction sectors, with increases in 255, 225, and 208 metropolitan
areas, respectively.  Manufacturing remained the weakest industry division,
with 139 metropolitan areas experiencing over-the-year employment losses.

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  The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for February
is scheduled to be issued on March 27.  The Metropolitan Area Employment
and Unemployment release for February is scheduled to be issued on April 4.

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   |    Note:  Effective with this release, labor force estimates for |
   | all states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach |
   | metropolitan area, and New York City have been revised to        |
   | incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models, |
   | and benchmarking to CPS annual averages.  Labor force estimates  |
   | for the remaining metropolitan areas have been revised to reflect|
   | updated inputs and the new statewide estimates (table 1).  Data  |
   | back to 1998 are subject to revision.  The updated population    |
   | controls reflect the routine annual updating of intercensal      |
   | population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau and do not        |
   | incorporate information from the 2000 decennial census.          |
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   |    All nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas |
   | (table 2) have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmark      |
   | levels.  Data back to April 1999 are subject to revision.  In    |
   | addition, the revised nonfarm payroll employment data for all    |
   | states and most metropolitan areas reflect the introduction of   |
   | probability-based sample estimates for the wholesale trade       |
   | component of the trade industry.  Also, nonfarm payroll employ-  |
   | ment data for the Billings and Missoula, Mont., metropolitan     |
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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 sub-state
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 sub-state 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 sub-state
areas noted are adjusted annually to equal the CPS annual
averages, usually effective with January estimates.  All other sub-
state estimates are adjusted to add to the revised (benchmarked)
state estimates.
     
Employment-from the CES program
     
     Definitions.  Employment data refer to persons on
establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay
period which includes the 12th of the month, except for federal
government employment, which represents the number of persons who
occupied positions on the last day of the month.  Persons are
counted at their place of work rather than at their place of
residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on
each payroll.  Industries are classified on the basis of their
principal product or activity in accordance with the 1987 Standard
Industrial Classification Manual.
     
     Method of estimation.  The employment data are estimated
using a "link relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative)
of current-month employment to that of the previous month is
computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both
months.  The estimates of employment for the current month are
obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by
these ratios.
     
     Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually
to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived
principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who
are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The
benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates
between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to
establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month.
Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of
employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month
changes in the level for the subsequent months.
     
Reliability of the estimates
     
     The estimates presented in this release are based on sample
survey and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling
and other types of errors.  Sampling error is a measure of
sampling variability--that is, variation that occurs by chance
because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed.
Survey data are also subject to nonsampling errors, such as those
which can be introduced into the data collection and processing
operations.  Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys
are subject to additional errors resulting from the special
estimation processes used.  The sums of individual items may not
always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of
rounding.  With respect to the LAUS program, unemployment rates
are computed, in most instances, from unrounded data rather than
from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences,
however, are generally insignificant.
     
     Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Measures of sampling
error, in the form of the standard errors for state annual average
estimates derived from the CPS, are available in the annual BLS
bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment.
Error measures cannot be computed for sub-state areas because of
the special estimation processes used.  Measures of nonsampling
error for CPS data are not available, but additional information
on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical,
Employment and Earnings.
     
     Employment estimates.  Measures of sampling error are not
available for state CES data, but the relatively large size of the
samples maintained by the state agencies and the annual adjustment
of employment estimates to more recent benchmark levels assure a
high degree of accuracy.  Information on recent benchmark
revisions for states is available upon request.
     
     Area definitions.  The sub-state 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 for $50.00 a year
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800).
     
     Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force
and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions,
and two areas are available in the news release, Regional and
State Employment and Unemployment.  Estimates of labor force and
unemplopment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas,
counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other
areas used in the administration of various federal economic
assistance programs are available from the BLS Internet at
(http://stats.bls.gov/lauhome.htm).  Employment data from the CES
program are available at (http://stats.bls.gov/790home.htm).
        
     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.  
                                             2000     2000     2001p     2000     2000     2001p   2000     2000     2001p 
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
Alabama...................................  2,121.3  2,178.9  2,167.6    103.1     87.0    106.9    4.9      4.0      4.9  
  Anniston................................     53.4     53.1     52.7      2.9      2.4      2.7    5.5      4.5      5.1  
  Auburn-Opelika..........................     49.0     50.2     49.8      1.6      1.4      1.6    3.3      2.8      3.2  
  Birmingham..............................    466.2    484.2    477.7     15.1     11.7     13.8    3.2      2.4      2.9  
  Decatur.................................     72.9     75.1     74.8      3.6      2.6      4.7    5.0      3.5      6.3  
  Dothan..................................     66.0     67.4     66.4      3.1      2.8      3.1    4.7      4.2      4.7  
  Florence................................     66.1     67.6     68.2      4.4      3.9      5.6    6.6      5.8      8.2  
  Gadsden.................................     48.5     50.6     49.9      2.6      4.1      4.5    5.3      8.2      9.0  
  Huntsville..............................    171.7    178.4    178.3      5.5      4.3      6.5    3.2      2.4      3.6  
  Mobile..................................    265.1    275.5    274.2     13.2     10.3     12.9    5.0      3.7      4.7  
  Montgomery..............................    161.1    166.5    164.8      6.0      4.9      5.6    3.7      3.0      3.4  
  Tuscaloosa..............................     83.1     85.9     83.5      2.3      1.9      2.3    2.8      2.2      2.7  
                                                                                                                           
Alaska....................................    314.9    320.6    321.5     27.9     19.5     25.0    8.9      6.1      7.8  
  Anchorage...............................    143.9    148.6    147.7      8.4      6.1      7.4    5.8      4.1      5.0  
                                                                                                                           
Arizona...................................  2,311.9  2,403.8  2,383.0     90.5     80.4     86.4    3.9      3.3      3.6  
  Flagstaff...............................     60.3     64.0     63.4      4.7      3.6      4.3    7.7      5.7      6.8  
  Phoenix-Mesa............................  1,539.3  1,605.7  1,592.6     44.8     38.5     42.5    2.9      2.4      2.7  
  Tucson..................................    385.2    390.6    387.6     13.3     10.1     11.5    3.4      2.6      3.0  
  Yuma....................................     59.5     66.1     63.2     10.0     12.4     10.5   16.8     18.8     16.5  
                                                                                                                           
Arkansas..................................  1,205.3  1,251.2  1,241.4     67.1     49.1     64.9    5.6      3.9      5.2  
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..........    141.9    150.7    148.6      3.8      2.6      3.4    2.7      1.7      2.3  
  Fort Smith..............................     95.4     97.4     97.6      4.3      2.9      3.7    4.5      3.0      3.8  
  Jonesboro...............................     41.6     43.7     43.2      1.7      1.6      1.9    4.1      3.6      4.3  
  Little Rock-North Little Rock...........    295.2    305.8    301.7     11.7      8.9     11.1    4.0      2.9      3.7  
  Pine Bluff..............................     35.6     36.5     36.6      2.9      2.4      3.2    8.3      6.7      8.7  
                                                                                                                           
California................................ 16,771.3 17,203.7 17,162.7    921.8    755.2    872.1    5.5      4.4      5.1  
  Bakersfield.............................    282.8    285.6    283.0     35.4     32.5     34.5   12.5     11.4     12.2  
  Chico-Paradise..........................     84.7     89.4     86.4      7.0      5.7      7.3    8.2      6.4      8.4  
  Fresno..................................    434.7    462.1    460.2     67.4     60.9     68.9   15.5     13.2     15.0  
  Los Angeles-Long Beach..................  4,694.2  4,825.1  4,810.2    273.0    226.0    260.5    5.8      4.7      5.4  
  Merced..................................     83.5     83.8     83.1     14.5     12.4     14.6   17.4     14.8     17.6  
  Modesto.................................    200.7    202.7    204.0     23.5     19.9     23.2   11.7      9.8     11.4  
  Oakland.................................  1,223.1  1,252.4  1,253.7     38.3     27.7     33.8    3.1      2.2      2.7  
  Orange County...........................  1,488.1  1,521.4  1,520.3     39.8     30.6     35.3    2.7      2.0      2.3  
  Redding.................................     74.0     75.1     75.6      6.3      4.8      6.2    8.6      6.4      8.2  
  Riverside-San Bernardino................  1,498.1  1,533.1  1,537.1     74.2     62.9     71.4    5.0      4.1      4.6  
  Sacramento..............................    797.7    820.5    821.0     35.2     26.7     32.7    4.4      3.3      4.0  
  Salinas.................................    191.2    189.4    189.6     31.8     24.1     29.6   16.6     12.7     15.6  
  San Diego...............................  1,384.2  1,411.2  1,412.4     42.2     33.3     38.2    3.1      2.4      2.7  
  San Francisco...........................    960.6  1,000.4    991.2     22.1     17.8     22.3    2.3      1.8      2.2  
  San Jose................................    981.3  1,010.5  1,011.8     24.9     13.5     16.4    2.5      1.3      1.6  
  San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles..    112.3    115.1    112.8      3.8      3.0      3.6    3.4      2.6      3.2  
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc........    200.1    203.3    201.2      9.7      7.7      8.3    4.8      3.8      4.1  
  Santa Cruz-Watsonville..................    137.9    140.1    137.4     12.6      9.5     11.4    9.1      6.8      8.3  
  Santa Rosa..............................    251.2    261.6    257.2      7.5      5.3      6.6    3.0      2.0      2.6  
  Stockton-Lodi...........................    251.9    258.0    257.4     26.0     22.6     26.0   10.3      8.7     10.1  
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa..................    254.1    260.8    260.9     11.9      8.7     10.4    4.7      3.3      4.0  
  Ventura.................................    405.0    411.6    411.2     19.4     16.9     18.2    4.8      4.1      4.4  
  Visalia-Tulare-Porterville..............    168.2    170.7    166.8     29.8     27.0     29.2   17.7     15.8     17.5  
  Yolo....................................     92.5     91.9     91.0      5.5      4.3      5.3    6.0      4.6      5.8  
  Yuba City...............................     55.5     56.7     56.3      8.2      7.2      8.2   14.8     12.6     14.5  
                                                                                                                           
Colorado..................................  2,213.0  2,317.7  2,294.4     66.5     49.7     61.1    3.0      2.1      2.7  
  Boulder-Longmont........................    174.5    190.0    185.8      4.6      3.2      4.0    2.6      1.7      2.2  
  Colorado Springs........................    252.3    261.8    259.9      8.5      6.1      7.6    3.4      2.3      2.9  
  Denver..................................  1,123.0  1,173.4  1,165.4     27.9     21.4     26.0    2.5      1.8      2.2  
  Fort Collins-Loveland...................    134.6    146.0    141.0      4.5      3.2      4.0    3.3      2.2      2.9  
  Grand Junction..........................     56.9     59.8     58.2      2.7      1.8      2.4    4.7      3.0      4.2  
  Greeley.................................     82.5     86.5     85.7      3.1      2.3      3.0    3.7      2.7      3.5  
  Pueblo..................................     57.9     58.4     57.6      2.9      2.1      2.5    4.9      3.6      4.3  
                                                                                                                           
Connecticut...............................  1,711.3  1,721.2  1,712.1     54.0     25.4     39.7    3.2      1.5      2.3  
  Bridgeport..............................    214.6    215.6    211.8      8.0      3.7      5.8    3.7      1.7      2.8  
  Danbury.................................    109.1    111.2    109.3      2.3      1.1      1.8    2.1      1.0      1.6  
  Hartford................................    586.4    586.1    582.4     19.8      9.1     14.3    3.4      1.5      2.4  
  New Haven-Meriden.......................    275.9    278.0    277.9      8.5      4.4      6.5    3.1      1.6      2.3  
  New London-Norwich......................    151.6    152.0    152.0      5.0      2.2      3.5    3.3      1.4      2.3  
  Stamford-Norwalk........................    191.8    195.0    194.7      3.9      1.9      2.9    2.0      1.0      1.5  
  Waterbury...............................    114.1    115.9    116.3      4.5      2.2      3.5    3.9      1.9      3.0  
                                                                                                                           
Delaware..................................    396.3    418.2    414.7     18.0     14.0     19.7    4.5      3.3      4.7  
  Dover...................................     69.4     72.9     71.9      3.1      2.2      2.0    4.5      3.0      2.8  
  Wilmington-Newark.......................    299.1    315.2    314.6     13.4     12.4     19.3    4.5      3.9      6.1  
                                                                                                                           
District of Columbia......................    275.1    276.9    277.9     16.2     16.1     17.4    5.9      5.8      6.3  
  Washington..............................  2,619.5  2,744.1  2,734.2     64.5     56.4     61.3    2.5      2.1      2.2  
                                                                                                                           
Florida...................................  7,288.9  7,627.2  7,563.2    283.4    247.2    302.1    3.9      3.2      4.0  
  Daytona Beach...........................    186.5    194.4    192.9      5.9      5.6      7.1    3.2      2.9      3.7  
  Fort Lauderdale.........................    756.0    797.3    788.8     31.2     26.5     31.7    4.1      3.3      4.0  
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral...................    177.5    185.9    183.8      4.8      4.3      5.0    2.7      2.3      2.7  
  Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie..............    125.7    131.5    131.9      7.9      7.2      7.9    6.3      5.4      6.0  
  Fort Walton Beach.......................     78.0     81.6     78.7      3.3      2.5      3.1    4.3      3.0      3.9  
  Gainesville.............................    102.6    106.9    104.1      2.4      1.8      2.3    2.3      1.6      2.2  
  Jacksonville............................    539.2    572.0    565.4     17.6     16.2     20.4    3.3      2.8      3.6  
  Lakeland-Winter Haven...................    199.6    209.6    208.4      8.6      8.5     10.0    4.3      4.0      4.8  
  Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay...........    202.5    209.8    208.1      7.8      6.3      7.5    3.9      3.0      3.6  
  Miami...................................  1,029.1  1,072.0  1,069.7     58.2     52.5     63.9    5.7      4.9      6.0  
  Naples..................................     97.4    104.6    103.9      2.8      2.7      2.9    2.8      2.5      2.8  
  Ocala...................................     96.8    101.1    100.4      3.9      3.7      4.6    4.1      3.7      4.5  
  Orlando.................................    870.1    909.8    898.7     23.8     21.2     25.8    2.7      2.3      2.9  
  Panama City.............................     63.9     63.9     63.8      5.9      4.5      5.5    9.2      7.1      8.7  
  Pensacola...............................    169.6    174.3    172.4      7.6      6.3      8.5    4.5      3.6      4.9  
  Punta Gorda.............................     49.9     51.8     51.9      1.7      1.1      1.6    3.3      2.2      3.2  
  Sarasota-Bradenton......................    270.0    282.3    281.5      6.4      5.3      7.6    2.4      1.9      2.7  
  Tallahassee.............................    146.6    153.9    150.8      3.9      3.5      4.3    2.7      2.3      2.8  
  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.........  1,196.0  1,258.2  1,249.0     36.1     30.7     37.9    3.0      2.4      3.0  
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton..............    505.1    530.5    526.7     22.6     18.8     22.9    4.5      3.5      4.3  
                                                                                                                           
Georgia...................................  4,074.0  4,215.1  4,150.1    145.3    128.2    132.5    3.6      3.0      3.2  
  Albany..................................     55.5     56.2     55.4      3.5      2.9      2.7    6.3      5.2      4.9  
  Athens..................................     71.3     74.7     72.7      1.6      1.6      1.9    2.2      2.1      2.6  
  Atlanta.................................  2,204.7  2,290.8  2,260.6     62.8     55.0     60.6    2.8      2.4      2.7  
  Augusta-Aiken...........................    203.6    208.7    206.2     10.2      7.3      7.4    5.0      3.5      3.6  
  Columbus................................    124.5    126.9    125.1      6.4      4.4      4.7    5.1      3.5      3.8  
  Macon...................................    149.9    152.1    150.0      5.8      4.9      4.9    3.8      3.2      3.3  
  Savannah................................    132.4    137.4    133.6      4.7      3.7      3.8    3.5      2.7      2.9  
                                                                                                                           
Hawaii....................................    593.7    598.9    598.7     28.8     21.8     24.8    4.9      3.6      4.1  
  Honolulu................................    421.8    428.0    423.9     18.3     13.7     15.0    4.3      3.2      3.5  
                                                                                                                           
Idaho.....................................    640.5    664.0    658.8     40.6     33.3     38.1    6.3      5.0      5.8  
  Boise City..............................    228.3    241.6    238.7     10.1      7.6      8.4    4.4      3.1      3.5  
  Pocatello...............................     39.7     40.1     43.5      2.6      1.9      2.1    6.7      4.7      4.8  
                                                                                                                           
Illinois..................................  6,361.2  6,366.0  6,307.3    306.4    288.4    342.0    4.8      4.5      5.4  
  Bloomington-Normal......................     92.9     93.9     91.7      2.7      2.3      3.0    2.9      2.4      3.3  
  Champaign-Urbana........................     94.6    100.0     95.3      2.6      2.5      3.4    2.8      2.5      3.5  
  Chicago.................................  4,227.9  4,239.9  4,199.9    190.9    181.2    209.6    4.5      4.3      5.0  
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island............    188.4    189.5    187.5     11.4      7.2      9.4    6.1      3.8      5.0  
  Decatur.................................     61.1     60.9     59.9      3.2      3.6      4.0    5.3      5.9      6.7  
  Kankakee................................     52.6     52.6     52.6      3.3      2.7      3.5    6.2      5.1      6.7  
  Peoria-Pekin............................    184.6    183.4    182.8      8.6      8.0     10.0    4.7      4.3      5.5  
  Rockford................................    201.7    201.2    199.9     10.7      9.8     12.0    5.3      4.9      6.0  
  Springfield.............................    106.6    106.1    105.1      4.5      4.0      5.2    4.2      3.8      4.9  
                                                                                                                           
Indiana...................................  3,030.0  3,092.1  3,072.0    121.4     84.8    113.2    4.0      2.7      3.7  
  Bloomington.............................     60.3     60.6     60.0      1.7      0.9      2.2    2.7      1.4      3.7  
  Elkhart-Goshen..........................     95.4     97.7     97.5      3.0      3.1      4.3    3.1      3.2      4.4  
  Evansville-Henderson....................    154.8    156.9    156.6      6.1      4.3      5.1    4.0      2.7      3.2  
  Fort Wayne..............................    259.0    264.9    262.8      9.3      7.5      9.7    3.6      2.8      3.7  
  Gary....................................    291.1    292.3    290.9     15.2     10.1     11.6    5.2      3.4      4.0  
  Indianapolis............................    832.9    862.8    861.1     25.3     16.9     21.3    3.0      2.0      2.5  
  Kokomo..................................     48.6     49.0     49.6      1.6      2.0      4.0    3.2      4.1      8.0  
  Lafayette...............................     88.3     90.4     88.3      2.6      1.7      2.2    2.9      1.9      2.4  
  Muncie..................................     58.5     60.5     59.9      2.6      1.8      2.5    4.5      3.0      4.1  
  South Bend..............................    132.4    135.0    133.6      5.7      3.7      4.6    4.3      2.7      3.5  
  Terre Haute.............................     69.5     70.0     70.0      4.1      3.2      3.9    5.9      4.6      5.6  
                                                                                                                           
Iowa......................................  1,553.8  1,562.9  1,566.2     54.9     38.9     53.3    3.5      2.5      3.4  
  Cedar Rapids............................    115.0    116.4    114.9      2.9      2.0      2.7    2.5      1.8      2.3  
  Des Moines..............................    255.4    260.0    259.7      6.7      4.9      6.5    2.6      1.9      2.5  
  Dubuque.................................     48.2     48.6     48.9      1.9      1.7      2.2    3.9      3.5      4.5  
  Iowa City...............................     67.6     70.3     69.4      1.6      1.2      1.5    2.3      1.7      2.2  
  Sioux City..............................     62.8     64.0     63.8      2.1      1.6      2.0    3.4      2.6      3.2  
  Waterloo-Cedar Falls....................     67.2     68.0     67.0      2.8      2.0      2.4    4.1      2.9      3.6  
                                                                                                                           
Kansas....................................  1,392.4  1,445.3  1,439.6     51.9     46.3     59.0    3.7      3.2      4.1  
  Lawrence................................     54.0     56.9     55.6      2.0      1.8      2.3    3.7      3.1      4.1  
  Topeka..................................     89.3     91.8     92.0      3.6      3.2      3.8    4.0      3.5      4.1  
  Wichita.................................    283.9    290.9    291.4     12.1      9.8     10.9    4.3      3.4      3.8  
                                                                                                                           
Kentucky..................................  1,946.6  1,988.3  1,975.7     94.1     73.9     94.1    4.8      3.7      4.8  
  Lexington...............................    259.2    266.9    263.8      5.7      4.9      6.2    2.2      1.8      2.4  
  Louisville..............................    557.2    577.0    571.3     20.6     17.1     18.7    3.7      3.0      3.3  
  Owensboro...............................     49.8     50.4     50.4      2.7      1.8      2.6    5.4      3.6      5.1  
                                                                                                                           
Louisiana.................................  2,008.8  2,024.7  2,040.8    124.6    107.8    136.4    6.2      5.3      6.7  
  Alexandria..............................     60.0     60.4     61.0      3.5      3.2      4.2    5.8      5.4      6.9  
  Baton Rouge.............................    299.3    310.7    311.1     14.7     14.7     18.3    4.9      4.7      5.9  
  Houma...................................     88.5     91.8     92.6      4.5      3.5      4.6    5.1      3.8      5.0  
  Lafayette...............................    169.6    173.4    174.2     11.2      8.3     10.7    6.6      4.8      6.2  
  Lake Charles............................     89.7     89.1     91.2      5.4      4.6      5.8    6.1      5.1      6.4  
  Monroe..................................     70.0     72.5     74.0      3.1      3.3      4.4    4.5      4.5      6.0  
  New Orleans.............................    606.9    607.4    610.0     32.7     28.6     34.5    5.4      4.7      5.7  
  Shreveport-Bossier City.................    181.3    181.0    186.1     10.5      8.9     11.5    5.8      4.9      6.2  
                                                                                                                           
Maine.....................................    675.5    681.0    682.3     35.5     17.7     24.7    5.3      2.6      3.6  
  Bangor..................................     51.7     52.7     52.8      1.9      1.0      1.6    3.7      1.9      3.0  
  Lewiston-Auburn.........................     56.0     55.8     56.9      2.4      1.2      1.6    4.3      2.1      2.9  
  Portland................................    136.0    138.9    139.9      3.7      1.7      2.2    2.7      1.2      1.6  
                                                                                                                           
Maryland..................................  2,739.0  2,861.5  2,845.0    108.6     95.2    112.7    4.0      3.3      4.0  
  Baltimore...............................  1,284.9  1,343.2  1,342.1     55.7     49.3     58.3    4.3      3.7      4.3  
  Cumberland..............................     45.1     46.1     46.0      4.2      3.6      4.8    9.3      7.9     10.5  
  Hagerstown..............................     67.9     69.2     69.0      2.6      2.0      3.3    3.8      2.9      4.8  
                                                                                                                           
Massachusetts.............................  3,208.3  3,305.5  3,290.2    117.5     67.3    103.1    3.7      2.0      3.1  
  Barnstable-Yarmouth.....................     68.7     72.1     71.0      4.2      2.4      3.7    6.1      3.3      5.2  
  Boston..................................  1,787.7  1,848.4  1,837.0     52.8     30.8     44.7    3.0      1.7      2.4  
  Brockton................................    128.8    131.8    131.1      5.1      2.8      4.6    3.9      2.2      3.5  
  Fitchburg-Leominster....................     67.0     67.5     68.1      2.9      1.8      2.6    4.3      2.7      3.9  
  Lawrence................................    202.7    211.5    210.1      9.6      6.3      7.7    4.8      3.0      3.7  
  Lowell..................................    169.2    176.0    176.3      6.0      3.1      4.7    3.6      1.8      2.7  
  New Bedford.............................     79.8     80.8     82.2      5.9      3.4      5.7    7.4      4.3      6.9  
  Pittsfield..............................     37.9     38.6     38.6      1.9      1.1      1.7    4.9      2.8      4.4  
  Springfield.............................    274.3    281.5    279.5     11.5      6.8     10.9    4.2      2.4      3.9  
  Worcester...............................    245.8    250.0    249.5      8.8      5.1      7.8    3.6      2.0      3.1  
                                                                                                                           
Michigan..................................  5,116.4  5,214.5  5,179.0    207.8    179.1    270.0    4.1      3.4      5.2  
  Ann Arbor...............................    306.5    314.9    311.0      7.2      5.8      8.4    2.3      1.8      2.7  
  Benton Harbor...........................     83.6     84.4     84.8      3.6      3.2      4.6    4.3      3.8      5.5  
  Detroit.................................  2,320.3  2,349.6  2,337.0     78.2     69.8    115.7    3.4      3.0      5.0  
  Flint...................................    191.2    192.4    194.9     10.7      9.0     14.9    5.6      4.7      7.6  
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland...........    614.6    632.3    626.5     21.1     18.6     25.4    3.4      2.9      4.1  
  Jackson.................................     77.7     80.0     79.3      2.8      2.5      3.7    3.7      3.1      4.7  
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek..................    234.6    240.7    236.2      9.4      8.2     10.6    4.0      3.4      4.5  
  Lansing-East Lansing....................    240.1    251.6    248.0      7.2      6.3      8.1    3.0      2.5      3.3  
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland................    199.5    203.0    202.5      9.6      7.5     10.9    4.8      3.7      5.4  
                                                                                                                           
Minnesota.................................  2,669.6  2,773.6  2,761.5    110.3     77.2    107.2    4.1      2.8      3.9  
  Duluth-Superior.........................    122.4    127.9    126.8      6.7      4.6      6.9    5.5      3.6      5.4  
  Minneapolis-St.Paul.....................  1,677.1  1,751.6  1,742.8     48.2     36.6     49.0    2.9      2.1      2.8  
  Rochester...............................     73.1     75.0     75.6      2.3      1.4      1.9    3.1      1.8      2.5  
  St. Cloud...............................     96.8    101.9    100.8      4.6      3.4      5.3    4.7      3.3      5.2  
                                                                                                                           
Mississippi...............................  1,300.8  1,315.4  1,300.9     81.9     56.8     65.1    6.3      4.3      5.0  
  Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula..............    176.5    178.8    177.7      9.0      5.6      6.3    5.1      3.2      3.6  
  Hattiesburg.............................     52.6     53.9     53.5      2.3      1.3      1.5    4.4      2.5      2.8  
  Jackson.................................    227.1    230.9    228.4      8.7      6.4      7.5    3.8      2.8      3.3  
                                                                                                                           
Missouri..................................  2,851.7  2,951.6  2,947.2    105.3     95.9    117.8    3.7      3.2      4.0  
  Columbia................................     82.0     84.9     86.2      1.0      0.9      1.2    1.2      1.1      1.4  
  Joplin..................................     82.1     81.0     81.6      2.6      2.5      2.8    3.2      3.1      3.5  
  Kansas City.............................    978.9  1,033.1  1,036.1     30.4     29.6     37.0    3.1      2.9      3.6  
  St. Joseph..............................     50.2     49.5     51.2      1.9      1.6      2.0    3.8      3.3      3.9  
  St. Louis LMA...........................  1,327.6  1,388.1  1,364.8     48.3     49.9     56.1    3.6      3.6      4.1  
  Springfield.............................    169.3    178.4    176.4      4.3      4.1      5.1    2.6      2.3      2.9  
                                                                                                                           
Montana...................................    470.7    472.9    472.1     29.2     23.2     26.6    6.2      4.9      5.6  
  Billings................................     71.9     73.1     73.0      3.5      2.5      2.6    4.9      3.4      3.6  
  Great Falls.............................     36.8     37.5     37.1      2.2      1.7      2.0    6.0      4.6      5.4  
  Missoula................................     54.4     56.7     54.7      2.5      1.9      2.4    4.5      3.4      4.3  
                                                                                                                           
Nebraska..................................    898.7    941.2    936.2     31.7     23.1     29.1    3.5      2.5      3.1  
  Lincoln.................................    140.6    148.4    147.3      4.4      2.9      3.8    3.1      2.0      2.6  
  Omaha...................................    387.2    405.0    403.0     12.5      9.6     12.0    3.2      2.4      3.0  
                                                                                                                           
Nevada....................................    949.7  1,001.2  1,000.8     44.7     39.5     47.0    4.7      3.9      4.7  
  Las Vegas...............................    740.1    784.9    785.3     33.9     31.7     36.1    4.6      4.0      4.6  
  Reno....................................    170.7    179.5    178.1      6.8      5.5      7.4    4.0      3.1      4.1  
                                                                                                                           
New Hampshire.............................    671.6    691.6    690.6     23.7     14.9     17.7    3.5      2.2      2.6  
  Manchester..............................    108.6    111.0    112.3      3.4      2.0      2.5    3.2      1.8      2.2  
  Nashua..................................    106.8    110.0    110.0      3.7      2.3      2.7    3.5      2.1      2.5  
  Portsmouth-Rochester....................    125.5    131.5    130.6      3.7      2.4      3.0    2.9      1.8      2.3  
                                                                                                                           
New Jersey................................  4,133.5  4,249.9  4,212.8    178.9    148.2    173.7    4.3      3.5      4.1  
  Atlantic-Cape May.......................    163.3    167.9    165.6     15.3     11.5     13.9    9.4      6.9      8.4  
  Bergen-Passaic..........................    660.7    672.4    666.7     27.7     22.9     26.2    4.2      3.4      3.9  
  Jersey City.............................    277.5    287.9    283.4     17.3     15.4     16.5    6.2      5.4      5.8  
  Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon............    646.7    667.1    658.2     18.9     15.6     18.9    2.9      2.3      2.9  
  Monmouth-Ocean..........................    505.2    525.5    520.1     21.9     17.0     21.4    4.3      3.2      4.1  
  Newark..................................  1,012.7  1,040.1  1,039.0     40.9     34.7     40.5    4.0      3.3      3.9  
  Trenton.................................    171.1    179.7    179.0      6.0      5.1      6.0    3.5      2.8      3.3  
  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton............     63.8     64.5     64.6      5.4      4.8      5.7    8.5      7.5      8.9  
                                                                                                                           
New Mexico................................    806.7    843.7    837.1     40.5     41.0     46.5    5.0      4.9      5.6  
  Albuquerque.............................    354.6    374.1    370.8     11.3     11.9     12.9    3.2      3.2      3.5  
  Las Cruces..............................     69.1     71.9     72.2      5.0      4.6      5.7    7.2      6.4      7.9  
  Santa Fe................................     72.3     75.8     74.2      1.8      2.0      2.0    2.4      2.6      2.8  
                                                                                                                           
New York..................................  8,834.7  8,979.5  8,917.2    475.4    376.8    432.1    5.4      4.2      4.8  
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy.................    443.6    450.2    449.8     19.4     14.0     17.4    4.4      3.1      3.9  
  Binghamton..............................    123.0    125.9    126.0      5.9      4.1      5.1    4.8      3.3      4.1  
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls...................    556.9    562.4    559.6     32.8     27.6     32.5    5.9      4.9      5.8  
  Dutchess County.........................    117.6    121.7    120.7      4.3      3.1      4.1    3.6      2.5      3.4  
  Elmira..................................     43.1     43.7     43.3      2.3      1.8      2.0    5.4      4.1      4.6  
  Glens Falls.............................     57.4     58.1     58.6      3.4      2.5      3.1    6.0      4.3      5.3  
  Jamestown...............................     64.6     66.2     65.5      3.8      3.3      3.8    5.9      5.0      5.8  
  Nassau-Suffolk..........................  1,375.3  1,426.0  1,405.5     46.9     36.5     44.9    3.4      2.6      3.2  
  New York................................  4,149.2  4,188.9  4,152.2    247.3    200.9    215.9    6.0      4.8      5.2  
     New York City........................  3,519.6  3,540.2  3,510.8    226.6    184.7    195.2    6.4      5.2      5.6  
  Newburgh................................    172.8    177.3    177.1      5.9      4.7      6.0    3.4      2.6      3.4  
  Rochester...............................    559.6    568.2    566.5     27.3     21.0     25.4    4.9      3.7      4.5  
  Syracuse................................    356.3    363.7    363.2     18.6     15.5     19.5    5.2      4.3      5.4  
  Utica-Rome..............................    141.5    142.4    143.6      7.2      5.9      7.4    5.1      4.2      5.2  
                                                                                                                           
North Carolina............................  3,852.6  3,959.8  3,941.0    150.4    141.1    185.2    3.9      3.6      4.7  
  Asheville...............................    108.5    111.8    111.6      3.2      2.7      4.6    3.0      2.4      4.1  
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill............    776.4    815.8    820.4     23.3     26.1     34.0    3.0      3.2      4.1  
  Fayetteville............................    118.5    119.8    118.7      5.1      4.5      5.9    4.3      3.7      4.9  
  Goldsboro...............................     47.9     46.9     47.2      2.1      1.8      2.2    4.4      3.8      4.7  
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point...    633.2    654.3    647.2     19.2     18.3     23.6    3.0      2.8      3.7  
  Greenville..............................     66.5     64.9     65.7      3.2      2.8      3.6    4.8      4.3      5.5  
  Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir................    172.4    175.4    175.9      3.9      5.0      7.3    2.2      2.9      4.1  
  Jacksonville............................     46.8     47.0     46.6      1.9      1.7      2.1    4.0      3.7      4.4  
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill..............    627.5    651.1    645.6     11.7     10.6     13.5    1.9      1.6      2.1  
  Rocky Mount.............................     65.2     64.8     64.9      4.4      3.7      4.2    6.7      5.8      6.4  
  Wilmington..............................    114.7    117.0    115.8      5.3      4.4      5.6    4.6      3.7      4.8  
                                                                                                                           
North Dakota..............................    326.8    334.7    331.2     13.8      8.7      9.8    4.2      2.6      3.0  
  Bismarck................................     51.6     53.4     53.1      1.9      1.3      1.5    3.6      2.4      2.8  
  Fargo-Moorhead..........................    100.2    102.6    101.5      3.1      1.7      2.1    3.1      1.7      2.1  
  Grand Forks.............................     51.3     52.5     52.3      2.2      1.3      1.8    4.4      2.5      3.4  
                                                                                                                           
Ohio......................................  5,651.0  5,882.1  5,811.4    276.4    219.1    281.4    4.9      3.7      4.8  
  Akron...................................    355.8    375.8    368.3     17.4     14.0     16.8    4.9      3.7      4.6  
  Canton-Massillon........................    199.1    208.4    207.3     10.2      7.8      9.9    5.1      3.8      4.8  
  Cincinnati..............................    831.4    870.4    854.7     31.2     26.3     33.2    3.7      3.0      3.9  
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria.................  1,104.1  1,143.6  1,124.3     62.4     47.5     53.2    5.7      4.2      4.7  
  Columbus................................    828.5    871.8    855.3     23.6     19.1     24.5    2.9      2.2      2.9  
  Dayton-Springfield......................    459.9    478.3    475.0     18.9     16.8     24.8    4.1      3.5      5.2  
  Hamilton-Middletown.....................    185.0    194.2    189.4      6.0      4.9      6.7    3.3      2.5      3.6  
  Lima....................................     74.8     78.4     78.1      3.4      3.1      4.0    4.6      4.0      5.1  
  Mansfield...............................     81.1     83.7     82.5      5.7      3.8      4.7    7.0      4.6      5.6  
  Steubenville-Weirton....................     54.9     56.0     53.8      2.9      3.3      3.5    5.2      5.9      6.5  
  Toledo..................................    314.1    329.1    324.4     14.6     11.9     18.1    4.7      3.6      5.6  
  Youngstown-Warren.......................    273.4    282.2    277.8     16.8     14.7     18.9    6.1      5.2      6.8  
                                                                                                                           
Oklahoma..................................  1,624.8  1,642.1  1,627.0     55.5     42.7     49.6    3.4      2.6      3.0  
  Enid....................................     26.7     25.7     25.3      0.9      0.6      0.6    3.2      2.1      2.3  
  Lawton..................................     40.8     39.8     39.1      1.6      1.2      1.2    3.8      2.9      3.1  
  Oklahoma City...........................    542.8    552.5    547.1     13.6     11.7     13.7    2.5      2.1      2.5  
  Tulsa...................................    413.3    416.8    413.1     13.2      9.7     11.3    3.2      2.3      2.7  
                                                                                                                           
Oregon....................................  1,773.1  1,781.3  1,771.7    108.6     71.1     94.7    6.1      4.0      5.3  
  Corvallis...............................     39.2     40.3     39.1      1.1      0.7      1.0    2.9      1.8      2.7  
  Eugene-Springfield......................    167.0    166.7    165.0     11.1      8.1      9.7    6.6      4.8      5.9  
  Medford-Ashland.........................     90.1     92.5     90.5      6.6      3.3      5.2    7.3      3.5      5.8  
  Portland-Vancouver......................  1,053.4  1,069.3  1,066.2     45.9     32.3     42.0    4.4      3.0      3.9  
  Salem...................................    169.2    171.0    168.0     11.6      7.5      9.4    6.8      4.4      5.6  
                                                                                                                           
Pennsylvania..............................  5,883.0  6,001.5  5,989.3    272.3    229.3    293.1    4.6      3.8      4.9  
  Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton..............    310.8    317.0    317.7     13.2      9.7     13.2    4.3      3.1      4.2  
  Altoona.................................     62.1     63.4     63.6      3.2      3.1      3.9    5.2      5.0      6.2  
  Erie....................................    138.0    141.7    142.5      8.0      6.5      8.5    5.8      4.6      6.0  
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle.............    340.7    347.7    345.7     10.6      8.1     10.7    3.1      2.3      3.1  
  Johnstown...............................    101.7    102.6    103.7      6.8      7.0      8.3    6.7      6.8      8.0  
  Lancaster...............................    239.6    248.4    245.0      6.7      5.6      7.7    2.8      2.3      3.1  
  Philadelphia............................  2,474.9  2,521.0  2,503.6    101.9     86.9    104.4    4.1      3.4      4.2  
  Pittsburgh..............................  1,138.9  1,159.0  1,159.1     53.5     44.1     57.0    4.7      3.8      4.9  
  Reading.................................    181.2    185.5    183.6      6.8      6.8      8.7    3.8      3.7      4.7  
  Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton........    304.0    311.4    311.7     19.0     14.8     19.9    6.2      4.7      6.4  
  Sharon..................................     56.7     58.5     58.0      3.3      2.7      3.4    5.7      4.7      5.8  
  State College...........................     63.5     65.9     64.3      1.9      1.7      2.1    2.9      2.6      3.3  
  Williamsport............................     56.1     56.9     57.2      2.9      2.8      3.7    5.2      4.9      6.4  
  York....................................    192.7    196.7    196.7      6.9      5.7      7.3    3.6      2.9      3.7  
                                                                                                                           
Rhode Island..............................    499.6    512.2    504.3     26.1     16.2     23.1    5.2      3.2      4.6  
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick...........    572.3    583.1    576.9     30.6     18.3     27.5    5.3      3.1      4.8  
                                                                                                                           
South Carolina............................  1,928.5  1,974.8  1,976.8     95.5     64.5     80.0    5.0      3.3      4.0  
  Charleston-North Charleston.............    269.2    282.5    283.9     10.3      6.5      8.2    3.8      2.3      2.9  
  Columbia................................    278.1    282.1    278.6      8.1      5.7      7.3    2.9      2.0      2.6  
  Florence................................     62.6     62.4     63.0      3.6      2.7      3.3    5.8      4.3      5.2  
  Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson.........    480.5    504.2    498.1     16.3     11.1     14.1    3.4      2.2      2.8  
  Myrtle Beach............................     99.9    103.7    104.7      7.7      4.2      6.1    7.7      4.1      5.9  
  Sumter..................................     46.9     46.9     47.4      2.7      2.1      2.5    5.7      4.5      5.3  
                                                                                                                           
South Dakota..............................    389.2    396.5    393.4     12.8      9.1     10.6    3.3      2.3      2.7  
  Rapid City..............................     46.1     47.7     47.6      1.3      0.9      1.1    2.9      1.9      2.3  
  Sioux Falls.............................    102.5    105.1    104.7      2.0      1.5      1.9    2.0      1.4      1.8  
                                                                                                                           
Tennessee.................................  2,736.1  2,855.1  2,828.9    119.1    107.5    137.9    4.4      3.8      4.9  
  Chattanooga.............................    224.3    234.4    229.5      7.2      6.3      6.7    3.2      2.7      2.9  
  Clarksville-Hopkinsville................     85.7     89.7     89.0      2.8      2.8      4.2    3.3      3.1      4.7  
  Jackson.................................     58.1     61.2     60.4      2.0      1.9      2.5    3.5      3.2      4.2  
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol..........    217.0    225.1    223.7      9.4      7.5     10.7    4.3      3.3      4.8  
  Knoxville...............................    342.6    357.1    356.0     13.7     10.0     15.1    4.0      2.8      4.2  
  Memphis.................................    545.8    574.6    564.7     21.2     20.9     23.5    3.9      3.6      4.2  
  Nashville...............................    645.6    683.5    672.5     18.4     18.9     22.4    2.9      2.8      3.3  
                                                                                                                           
Texas..................................... 10,166.1 10,461.0 10,409.5    490.8    353.6    429.3    4.8      3.4      4.1  
  Abilene.................................     58.2     57.5     57.7      2.3      1.7      2.3    4.0      2.9      3.9  
  Amarillo................................    111.6    113.7    112.0      4.4      2.8      3.3    3.9      2.5      2.9  
  Austin-San Marcos.......................    715.2    755.2    752.0     16.4     12.1     15.6    2.3      1.6      2.1  
  Beaumont-Port Arthur....................    179.7    178.5    178.8     15.6     11.6     13.1    8.7      6.5      7.3  
  Brazoria................................    106.3    106.0    106.0      7.7      5.2      6.1    7.3      4.9      5.7  
  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito........    129.4    129.9    131.8     13.8      9.3     11.2   10.7      7.2      8.5  
  Bryan-College Station...................     73.9     78.9     74.8      1.3      1.0      1.2    1.8      1.3      1.6  
  Corpus Christi..........................    173.9    172.7    172.2     11.6      8.4      9.6    6.7      4.9      5.6  
  Dallas..................................  1,917.9  2,014.5  2,005.3     62.5     50.2     61.9    3.3      2.5      3.1  
  El Paso.................................    284.7    284.7    284.6     26.0     18.9     22.3    9.1      6.7      7.8  
  Fort Worth-Arlington....................    896.8    931.2    923.2     30.0     23.8     29.4    3.3      2.6      3.2  
  Galveston-Texas City....................    117.6    117.1    115.8      7.4      5.5      6.2    6.3      4.7      5.4  
  Houston.................................  2,128.6  2,194.1  2,173.8    100.2     67.0     79.0    4.7      3.1      3.6  
  Killeen-Temple..........................    114.3    117.1    116.3      4.2      3.4      4.2    3.7      2.9      3.6  
  Laredo..................................     73.9     76.2     76.2      6.4      4.2      5.6    8.6      5.6      7.3  
  Longview-Marshall.......................    103.2    101.7    101.8      7.2      4.4      6.0    6.9      4.3      5.9  
  Lubbock.................................    121.3    126.4    123.6      3.3      2.3      3.0    2.7      1.8      2.5  
  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission................    206.6    208.9    213.6     34.1     26.1     31.6   16.5     12.5     14.8  
  Odessa-Midland..........................    117.5    118.1    117.9      8.3      4.3      5.2    7.0      3.6      4.4  
  San Angelo..............................     49.5     49.7     49.6      1.8      1.2      1.5    3.7      2.4      3.0  
  San Antonio.............................    762.1    783.2    783.2     27.9     21.1     26.1    3.7      2.7      3.3  
  Sherman-Denison.........................     50.1     49.9     49.6      2.1      1.5      1.8    4.3      3.0      3.7  
  Texarkana...............................     55.1     56.3     55.6      3.1      2.1      2.5    5.7      3.7      4.4  
  Tyler...................................     89.8     92.8     92.5      3.6      2.9      3.5    4.0      3.2      3.8  
  Victoria................................     42.3     43.7     43.4      1.6      1.3      1.5    3.7      2.9      3.5  
  Waco....................................    100.3    101.8    101.3      3.4      3.0      3.8    3.3      2.9      3.7  
  Wichita Falls...........................     62.8     62.9     62.5      3.3      1.7      2.0    5.2      2.7      3.1  
                                                                                                                           
Utah......................................  1,079.6  1,127.9  1,120.7     37.0     30.2     40.0    3.4      2.7      3.6  
  Provo-Orem..............................    166.3    176.0    174.2      4.6      3.6      4.8    2.7      2.0      2.8  
  Salt Lake City-Ogden....................    691.3    721.7    719.1     21.9     18.7     24.5    3.2      2.6      3.4  
                                                                                                                           
Vermont...................................    325.0    344.6    338.8     12.7      8.3     12.0    3.9      2.4      3.5  
  Burlington..............................     99.0    106.3    103.7      2.5      1.7      2.3    2.5      1.6      2.2  
                                                                                                                           
Virginia..................................  3,507.7  3,654.8  3,652.5     90.7     71.0     81.1    2.6      1.9      2.2  
  Charlottesville.........................     74.2     79.7     77.9      1.1      1.0      1.0    1.5      1.2      1.3  
  Danville................................     55.5     56.6     57.1      2.7      1.7      2.4    4.8      3.0      4.2  
  Lynchburg...............................    104.0    106.7    106.6      1.7      2.3      3.1    1.7      2.1      2.9  
  Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News.....    724.1    747.0    742.8     21.4     17.5     19.5    3.0      2.3      2.6  
  Richmond-Petersburg.....................    506.8    529.4    529.7      9.5      9.3      9.7    1.9      1.7      1.8  
  Roanoke.................................    124.9    129.6    129.6      2.1      1.9      2.3    1.6      1.4      1.8  
                                                                                                                           
Washington................................  3,031.5  3,093.6  3,066.0    176.3    151.9    175.4    5.8      4.9      5.7  
  Bellingham..............................     82.1     82.3     82.2      5.1      4.7      5.5    6.3      5.7      6.7  
  Bremerton...............................     95.1     96.0     94.7      5.6      4.6      5.1    5.9      4.8      5.3  
  Olympia.................................    100.7    101.5    100.1      5.3      4.7      5.3    5.3      4.6      5.2  
  Richland-Kennewick-Pasco................     90.1     93.6     93.1      8.3      7.4      8.6    9.3      7.9      9.2  
  Seattle-Bellevue-Everett................  1,401.9  1,437.8  1,425.1     54.1     46.8     53.5    3.9      3.3      3.8  
  Spokane.................................    209.2    214.1    211.5     14.1     12.0     13.9    6.7      5.6      6.6  
  Tacoma..................................    332.8    335.5    332.4     17.8     15.5     17.9    5.4      4.6      5.4  
  Yakima..................................    103.0    103.4    103.8     14.6     12.7     14.9   14.2     12.3     14.3  
                                                                                                                           
West Virginia.............................    814.5    811.7    801.4     54.5     44.4     52.1    6.7      5.5      6.5  
  Charleston..............................    135.6    136.2    133.5      6.8      5.5      6.3    5.0      4.0      4.7  
  Huntington-Ashland......................    136.4    138.3    136.3      9.4      6.2      8.1    6.9      4.5      5.9  
  Parkersburg-Marietta....................     76.1     79.0     78.1      4.3      3.1      3.8    5.6      3.9      4.8  
  Wheeling................................     72.7     73.7     72.2      4.4      3.6      4.4    6.0      4.9      6.1  
                                                                                                                           
Wisconsin.................................  2,834.3  3,008.1  3,006.3    112.2     89.2    132.7    4.0      3.0      4.4  
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah.................    216.0    230.7    231.0      6.1      5.0      7.4    2.8      2.2      3.2  
  Eau Claire..............................     78.8     84.3     84.1      3.6      2.9      4.3    4.6      3.4      5.1  
  Green Bay...............................    130.7    141.1    141.0      3.9      3.2      4.5    3.0      2.3      3.2  
  Janesville-Beloit.......................     76.9     80.1     80.7      3.7      2.7      4.0    4.8      3.4      5.0  
  Kenosha.................................     80.0     84.8     85.0      3.3      3.0      4.6    4.1      3.6      5.4  
  La Crosse...............................     68.8     74.1     73.1      3.2      2.0      2.8    4.7      2.7      3.8  
  Madison.................................    255.0    272.0    271.6      4.7      3.5      5.5    1.8      1.3      2.0  
  Milwaukee-Waukesha......................    780.7    823.0    824.8     27.6     23.6     32.6    3.5      2.9      4.0  
  Racine..................................     88.5     92.8     93.4      4.9      3.7      5.4    5.6      4.0      5.8  
  Sheboygan...............................     60.3     64.7     65.2      1.4      1.2      1.9    2.4      1.8      2.9  
  Wausau..................................     71.5     75.3     76.0      3.0      2.3      3.5    4.2      3.0      4.5  
                                                                                                                           
Wyoming...................................    260.0    263.4    261.1     13.8      9.8     11.9    5.3      3.7      4.6  
  Casper..................................     33.8     34.4     34.3      1.9      1.3      1.6    5.6      3.9      4.7  
  Cheyenne................................     40.2     41.2     41.5      1.7      1.2      1.6    4.1      2.9      3.9  
                                                                                                                           
Puerto Rico...............................  1,308.2  1,299.0  1,279.5    152.7    116.1    133.2   11.7      8.9     10.4  
  Aguadilla...............................     46.5     45.9     45.7      8.0      6.4      7.6   17.2     13.9     16.6  
  Arecibo.................................     52.2     51.4     51.5      7.5      5.2      5.7   14.4     10.1     11.1  
  Caguas..................................    123.2    121.1    119.9     14.0      9.5     11.7   11.4      7.8      9.8  
  Mayaguez................................     91.2     88.1     86.6     14.0      8.7     11.2   15.4      9.8     13.0  
  Ponce...................................    110.2    111.3    109.9     16.6     13.3     14.5   15.0     12.0     13.2  
  San Juan-Bayamon........................    722.1    724.8    707.4     65.7     52.7     58.3    9.1      7.3      8.2  

  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 updated population controls, reestimation of models, and benchmarking to CPS
annual averages. Data for the remaining metropolitan areas have been revised to reflect updated inputs and the new
statewide estimates.  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)
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
                                                            December                January          Change: January 2000 to
                                                                                                          January 2001p     
                 State and area                                                                                           
                                                                                                                          
                                                         1999        2000        2000       2001p        Number     Percent  
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
Alabama...........................................     1,943.6     1,950.7     1,903.3     1,921.3        18.0         0.9
  Birmingham......................................       491.6       493.6       478.5       485.7         7.2         1.5
  Huntsville......................................       184.6       186.9       181.1       184.8         3.7         2.0
  Mobile..........................................       230.1       233.1       224.5       230.2         5.7         2.5
  Montgomery......................................       166.4       167.3       163.2       165.3         2.1         1.3
  Tuscaloosa......................................        83.9        84.6        82.5        82.0         -.5         -.6
                                                                                                                          
Alaska............................................       267.9       273.7       261.2       266.6         5.4         2.1
  Anchorage.......................................       132.1       134.5       127.5       130.5         3.0         2.4
                                                                                                                          
Arizona...........................................     2,238.6     2,312.7     2,184.3     2,258.4        74.1         3.4
  Phoenix-Mesa....................................     1,577.0     1,631.2     1,534.7     1,592.5        57.8         3.8
  Tucson..........................................       350.0       357.9       345.0       349.3         4.3         1.2
                                                                                                                          
Arkansas..........................................     1,163.0     1,177.0     1,135.6     1,151.3        15.7         1.4
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..................       152.8       155.4       148.4       152.7         4.3         2.9
  Fort Smith......................................       100.8       101.7        99.3       101.1         1.8         1.8
  Little Rock-North Little Rock...................       320.7       320.7       312.4       313.3          .9          .3
  Pine Bluff......................................        37.0        36.9        36.1        36.2          .1          .3
                                                                                                                          
California........................................    14,377.6    14,897.1    14,032.7    14,552.9       520.2         3.7
  Bakersfield.....................................       194.1       198.0       189.9       195.8         5.9         3.1
  Fresno..........................................       294.6       301.0       287.9       296.5         8.6         3.0
  Los Angeles-Long Beach..........................     4,099.1     4,176.2     3,993.2     4,082.7        89.5         2.2
  Modesto.........................................       143.3       147.7       139.4       145.6         6.2         4.4
  Oakland.........................................     1,035.5     1,072.4     1,013.1     1,056.4        43.3         4.3
  Orange County...................................     1,375.2     1,425.3     1,350.6     1,403.6        53.0         3.9
  Riverside-San Bernardino........................       983.3     1,023.3       964.6     1,008.9        44.3         4.6
  Sacramento......................................       703.6       734.3       688.3       721.3        33.0         4.8
  Salinas.........................................       126.8       131.2       124.8       128.8         4.0         3.2
  San Diego.......................................     1,184.9     1,225.6     1,165.1     1,209.2        44.1         3.8
  San Francisco...................................     1,067.4     1,117.2     1,041.7     1,094.2        52.5         5.0
  San Jose........................................       993.9     1,052.5       986.0     1,040.3        54.3         5.5
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc................       165.4       168.7       160.0       165.6         5.6         3.5
  Santa Rosa......................................       184.1       192.3       178.4       186.7         8.3         4.7
  Stockton-Lodi...................................       182.0       191.5       178.2       186.9         8.7         4.9
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa..........................       169.3       176.2       164.8       172.9         8.1         4.9
  Ventura.........................................       272.6       279.8       267.4       276.3         8.9         3.3
                                                                                                                          
Colorado..........................................     2,188.7     2,276.0     2,133.4     2,237.7       104.3         4.9
  Boulder-Longmont................................       178.4       192.1       173.2       185.6        12.4         7.2
  Colorado Springs................................       239.6       247.0       233.5       241.9         8.4         3.6
  Denver..........................................     1,167.7     1,210.0     1,139.9     1,187.4        47.5         4.2
                                                                                                                          
Connecticut.......................................     1,706.3     1,723.6     1,655.0     1,675.4        20.4         1.2
  Bridgeport......................................       191.2       190.4       183.5       182.7         -.8         -.4
  Danbury.........................................        90.4        91.4        87.8        88.3          .5          .6
  Hartford........................................       627.2       625.1       607.9       607.8         -.1          .0
  New Haven-Meriden...............................       264.0       267.3       258.2       260.9         2.7         1.0
  New London-Norwich..............................       141.9       142.1       137.6       138.6         1.0          .7
  Stamford-Norwalk................................       210.7       212.7       204.2       207.3         3.1         1.5
  Waterbury.......................................        89.2        89.1        85.1        87.3         2.2         2.6
                                                                                                                          
Delaware..........................................       423.6       430.7       407.2       413.1         5.9         1.4
  Dover...........................................        56.5        57.3        54.2        55.6         1.4         2.6
  Wilmington-Newark...............................       330.9       334.6       319.2       321.0         1.8          .6
                                                                                                                          
District of Columbia..............................       644.2       653.8       628.8       640.7        11.9         1.9
  Washington PMSA.................................     2,731.2     2,826.9     2,663.7     2,771.1       107.4         4.0
                                                                                                                          
Florida...........................................     7,039.6     7,284.7     6,931.2     7,188.9       257.7         3.7
  Daytona Beach...................................       157.8       162.2       156.0       160.2         4.2         2.7
  Fort Lauderdale.................................       674.8       699.9       661.2       690.2        29.0         4.4
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral...........................       166.5       173.0       164.9       170.8         5.9         3.6
  Gainesville.....................................       120.3       122.8       117.5       119.3         1.8         1.5
  Jacksonville....................................       558.4       581.1       547.6       571.9        24.3         4.4
  Lakeland-Winter Haven...........................       182.7       190.3       180.5       188.0         7.5         4.2
  Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay...................       186.7       192.1       184.6       190.0         5.4         2.9
  Miami...........................................     1,018.3     1,045.4       997.3     1,031.5        34.2         3.4
  Orlando.........................................       904.1       928.5       888.9       915.8        26.9         3.0
  Pensacola.......................................       157.2       160.2       155.3       156.8         1.5         1.0
  Sarasota-Bradenton..............................       267.1       277.6       266.2       276.6        10.4         3.9
  Tallahassee.....................................       161.6       164.9       157.6       161.6         4.0         2.5
  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.................     1,184.2     1,236.4     1,172.2     1,224.8        52.6         4.5
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton......................       488.1       510.6       483.1       505.9        22.8         4.7
                                                                                                                          
Georgia...........................................     3,971.0     4,057.3     3,899.1     3,985.6        86.5         2.2
  Albany..........................................        60.0        59.6        58.2        59.0          .8         1.4
  Athens..........................................        74.7        75.1        71.9        72.8          .9         1.3
  Atlanta.........................................     2,199.5     2,239.2     2,153.1     2,200.5        47.4         2.2
  Augusta-Aiken...................................       202.8       206.1       199.4       203.3         3.9         2.0
  Columbus........................................       122.4       123.0       119.3       120.8         1.5         1.3
  Macon...........................................       152.8       152.4       150.0       150.4          .4          .3
  Savannah........................................       138.5       140.4       134.9       136.6         1.7         1.3
                                                                                                                          
Hawaii............................................       551.2       566.0       534.9       550.3        15.4         2.9
  Honolulu........................................       413.7       423.8       399.1       408.9         9.8         2.5
                                                                                                                          
Idaho.............................................       549.6       569.4       533.1       551.4        18.3         3.4
  Boise City......................................       217.2       229.5       211.4       224.6        13.2         6.2
                                                                                                                          
Illinois..........................................     6,066.4     6,062.9     5,874.2     5,934.3        60.1         1.0
  Bloomington-Normal..............................        92.3        93.5        89.3        90.4         1.1         1.2
  Champaign-Urbana................................       104.8       106.5        97.6       100.3         2.7         2.8
  Chicago.........................................     4,253.4     4,255.2     4,121.1     4,166.8        45.7         1.1
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island....................       188.2       188.4       179.5       183.2         3.7         2.1
  Decatur.........................................        61.4        60.8        59.7        59.1         -.6        -1.0
  Kankakee........................................        45.0        45.0        43.4        44.2          .8         1.8
  Peoria-Pekin....................................       177.4       175.8       171.3       172.5         1.2          .7
  Rockford........................................       184.6       184.8       179.3       181.2         1.9         1.1
  Springfield.....................................       114.6       115.2       111.7       112.5          .8          .7
                                                                                                                          
Indiana...........................................     3,036.1     3,038.0     2,947.0     2,949.0         2.0          .1
  Bloomington.....................................        67.4        67.0        66.2        64.1        -2.1        -3.2
  Elkhart-Goshen..................................       127.0       127.4       124.8       124.4         -.4         -.3
  Evansville-Henderson............................       162.2       161.9       158.0       159.4         1.4          .9
  Fort Wayne......................................       280.5       281.5       273.8       274.2          .4          .1
  Gary............................................       272.6       268.4       263.4       263.1         -.3         -.1
  Indianapolis....................................       895.1       914.1       874.5       896.9        22.4         2.6
  Kokomo..........................................        54.5        51.5        51.4        49.3        -2.1        -4.1
  Lafayette.......................................        99.1        98.6        95.3        94.7         -.6         -.6
  Muncie..........................................        59.8        60.9        58.0        58.9          .9         1.6
  South Bend......................................       139.2       139.6       135.0       135.6          .6          .4
  Terre Haute.....................................        70.2        69.9        68.6        68.5         -.1         -.1
                                                                                                                          
Iowa..............................................     1,492.4     1,500.1     1,443.5     1,456.7        13.2          .9
  Cedar Rapids....................................       124.2       125.2       122.3       122.4          .1          .1
  Des Moines......................................       289.7       289.1       281.3       285.3         4.0         1.4
  Dubuque.........................................        53.5        52.4        51.4        51.6          .2          .4
  Iowa City.......................................        73.4        74.2        70.8        71.8         1.0         1.4
  Sioux City......................................        66.9        66.7        64.9        65.5          .6          .9
  Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................        74.5        73.7        71.7        71.7          .0          .0
                                                                                                                          
Kansas............................................     1,352.1     1,362.9     1,315.9     1,340.8        24.9         1.9
  Lawrence........................................        50.7        50.5        48.0        48.1          .1          .2
  Topeka..........................................       102.3       103.6       101.2       102.2         1.0         1.0
  Wichita.........................................       287.9       290.0       282.4       285.6         3.2         1.1
                                                                                                                          
Kentucky..........................................     1,830.2     1,848.6     1,781.6     1,801.1        19.5         1.1
  Lexington.......................................       290.1       294.9       284.1       287.6         3.5         1.2
  Louisville......................................       592.5       602.0       578.2       588.7        10.5         1.8
  Owensboro.......................................        45.5        45.7        44.2        44.4          .2          .5
                                                                                                                          
Louisiana.........................................     1,923.1     1,959.4     1,889.9     1,929.9        40.0         2.1
  Alexandria......................................        58.2        58.5        56.8        57.9         1.1         1.9
  Baton Rouge.....................................       308.2       318.0       300.8       310.9        10.1         3.4
  Houma...........................................        76.5        79.7        74.6        79.4         4.8         6.4
  Lafayette.......................................       163.1       168.3       158.7       165.9         7.2         4.5
  Lake Charles....................................        89.4        88.9        87.2        88.8         1.6         1.8
  Monroe..........................................        72.9        75.4        71.6        75.3         3.7         5.2
  New Orleans.....................................       633.7       638.0       621.5       625.6         4.1          .7
  Shreveport-Bossier City.........................       175.6       178.1       173.5       178.1         4.6         2.7
                                                                                                                          
Maine.............................................       597.2       613.4       575.9       590.4        14.5         2.5
  Lewiston-Auburn.................................        46.1        48.4        46.1        47.5         1.4         3.0
  Portland........................................       151.7       156.1       146.9       152.4         5.5         3.7
                                                                                                                          
Maryland..........................................     2,453.5     2,499.4     2,369.7     2,432.3        62.6         2.6
  Baltimore PMSA..................................     1,253.8     1,278.7     1,209.5     1,249.0        39.5         3.3
  Baltimore City..................................       412.4       416.4       401.4       409.0         7.6         1.9
  Suburban Maryland-D.C...........................       918.6       939.1       890.3       909.7        19.4         2.2
                                                                                                                          
Massachusetts.....................................     3,312.6     3,395.2     3,218.1     3,303.2        85.1         2.6
  Barnstable-Yarmouth.............................        58.8        60.6        55.9        57.9         2.0         3.6
  Boston..........................................     2,034.2     2,087.3     1,984.0     2,034.1        50.1         2.5
  Brockton........................................       101.6       102.2        97.7        99.0         1.3         1.3
  Fitchburg-Leominster............................        53.8        54.0        52.5        53.4          .9         1.7
  Lawrence........................................       164.6       170.1       159.3       165.6         6.3         4.0
  Lowell..........................................       127.6       133.5       125.4       131.0         5.6         4.5
  New Bedford.....................................        66.6        68.1        64.7        66.5         1.8         2.8
  Pittsfield......................................        42.6        43.2        41.2        42.0          .8         1.9
  Springfield.....................................       263.1       266.3       253.8       257.5         3.7         1.5
  Worcester.......................................       234.9       238.1       229.4       232.1         2.7         1.2
                                                                                                                          
Michigan..........................................     4,684.1     4,756.5     4,561.7     4,609.6        47.9         1.1
  Ann Arbor.......................................       288.9       294.8       280.5       286.5         6.0         2.1
  Benton Harbor...................................        73.1        74.2        71.7        72.8         1.1         1.5
  Detroit.........................................     2,222.9     2,241.3     2,169.2     2,172.7         3.5          .2
  Flint...........................................       172.6       172.6       167.7       168.4          .7          .4
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland...................       595.6       609.4       579.9       594.2        14.3         2.5
  Jackson.........................................        63.6        65.5        62.1        63.5         1.4         2.3
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek..........................       219.3       223.1       212.1       214.8         2.7         1.3
  Lansing-East Lansing............................       241.2       245.7       229.1       238.5         9.4         4.1
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland........................       183.1       185.0       176.6       180.1         3.5         2.0
                                                                                                                          
Minnesota.........................................     2,667.7     2,700.7     2,590.9     2,631.4        40.5         1.6
  Duluth-Superior.................................       117.1       119.0       112.9       114.5         1.6         1.4
  Minneapolis-St. Paul............................     1,746.2     1,778.2     1,699.1     1,731.1        32.0         1.9
  Rochester.......................................        83.6        85.6        82.9        84.4         1.5         1.8
  St. Cloud.......................................        95.7        97.5        91.7        93.5         1.8         2.0
                                                                                                                          
Mississippi.......................................     1,163.4     1,157.5     1,143.8     1,139.8        -4.0         -.3
  Jackson.........................................       228.3       228.2       227.8       225.8        -2.0         -.9
                                                                                                                          
Missouri..........................................     2,779.4     2,785.0     2,690.8     2,714.7        23.9          .9
  Kansas City.....................................       986.3     1,007.6       961.5       990.5        29.0         3.0
  St. Louis.......................................     1,354.3     1,360.0     1,309.2     1,320.2        11.0          .8
  Springfield.....................................       173.0       176.0       168.1       170.9         2.8         1.7
                                                                                                                          
Montana...........................................       383.5       392.7       372.9       383.4        10.5         2.8
  Billings........................................        66.0        67.5        64.5        66.5         2.0         3.1
  Missoula........................................        50.7        52.0        48.4        50.0         1.6         3.3
                                                                                                                          
Nebraska..........................................       910.3       919.6       886.9       902.6        15.7         1.8
  Lincoln.........................................       155.9       156.6       149.3       152.9         3.6         2.4
  Omaha...........................................       426.3       429.9       414.3       421.7         7.4         1.8
                                                                                                                          
Nevada............................................     1,013.3     1,060.9       991.5     1,041.1        49.6         5.0
  Las Vegas.......................................       740.8       781.4       728.1       769.3        41.2         5.7
  Reno............................................       191.0       197.4       184.9       191.8         6.9         3.7
                                                                                                                          
New Hampshire.....................................       620.4       632.5       603.3       619.2        15.9         2.6
  Manchester......................................       106.6       109.6       105.0       108.2         3.2         3.0
  Nashua..........................................       100.0       102.6        97.4       100.0         2.6         2.7
  Portsmouth-Rochester............................       122.2       127.1       118.5       123.3         4.8         4.1
                                                                                                                          
New Jersey........................................     3,984.9     4,069.0     3,888.1     3,963.8        75.7         1.9
  Atlantic-Cape May...............................       180.3       185.2       174.4       178.4         4.0         2.3
  Bergen-Passaic..................................       676.2       682.9       659.5       665.7         6.2          .9
  Camden..........................................       508.1       515.0       492.3       501.8         9.5         1.9
  Jersey City.....................................       254.6       263.3       249.5       255.7         6.2         2.5
  Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon....................       666.2       681.2       651.1       661.4        10.3         1.6
  Monmouth-Ocean..................................       382.6       393.1       371.2       382.6        11.4         3.1
  Newark..........................................     1,019.0     1,041.3       998.0     1,022.8        24.8         2.5
  Trenton.........................................       214.8       223.8       210.1       219.8         9.7         4.6
  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton....................        60.9        61.3        59.9        60.1          .2          .3
                                                                                                                          
New Mexico........................................       739.9       754.3       722.6       736.0        13.4         1.9
  Albuquerque.....................................       352.2       362.7       343.4       354.3        10.9         3.2
  Las Cruces......................................        56.8        58.4        56.8        57.9         1.1         1.9
  Santa Fe........................................        75.3        76.1        72.9        73.9         1.0         1.4
                                                                                                                          
New York..........................................     8,670.1     8,812.4     8,390.1     8,537.2       147.1         1.8
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy.........................       458.5       464.7       445.0       452.1         7.1         1.6
  Binghamton......................................       120.0       123.6       116.6       119.9         3.3         2.8
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls...........................       564.4       566.0       545.6       547.2         1.6          .3
  Dutchess County.................................       116.8       119.2       112.0       114.9         2.9         2.6
  Elmira..........................................        44.4        44.9        43.1        43.7          .6         1.4
  Glens Falls.....................................        50.0        51.1        48.9        49.8          .9         1.8
  Nassau-Suffolk..................................     1,225.5     1,250.0     1,174.4     1,200.3        25.9         2.2
  New York PMSA...................................     4,283.2     4,374.2     4,158.2     4,251.9        93.7         2.3
  New York City...................................     3,730.8     3,813.8     3,627.4     3,712.5        85.1         2.3
  Newburgh........................................       132.5       134.2       127.7       130.7         3.0         2.3
  Rochester.......................................       556.4       562.9       538.4       544.9         6.5         1.2
  Rockland County.................................       109.9       112.1       107.3       109.1         1.8         1.7
  Syracuse........................................       353.3       358.5       342.3       347.4         5.1         1.5
  Utica-Rome......................................       135.6       137.1       133.0       134.6         1.6         1.2
  Westchester County..............................       419.1       424.5       401.8       407.1         5.3         1.3
                                                                                                                          
North Carolina....................................     3,942.4     4,015.5     3,841.4     3,936.3        94.9         2.5
  Asheville.......................................       114.4       115.7       110.6       112.8         2.2         2.0
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill....................       836.3       869.1       824.2       862.8        38.6         4.7
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point...........       676.1       686.5       657.8       671.3        13.5         2.1
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill......................       685.0       701.4       669.4       690.4        21.0         3.1
                                                                                                                          
North Dakota......................................       330.3       330.0       319.3       322.3         3.0          .9
  Bismarck........................................        51.6        52.1        50.3        51.0          .7         1.4
  Fargo-Moorhead..................................       103.2       103.1       100.3       100.5          .2          .2
  Grand Forks.....................................        50.1        49.8        47.8        48.5          .7         1.5
                                                                                                                          
Ohio..............................................     5,694.8     5,727.6     5,504.1     5,537.8        33.7          .6
  Akron...........................................       339.1       342.3       324.3       331.3         7.0         2.2
  Canton-Massillon................................       188.1       192.1       183.4       188.6         5.2         2.8
  Cincinnati......................................       895.5       903.3       865.2       875.1         9.9         1.1
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria.........................     1,189.6     1,199.3     1,155.3     1,168.0        12.7         1.1
  Columbus........................................       897.3       906.0       867.7       881.1        13.4         1.5
  Dayton-Springfield..............................       487.1       488.3       472.9       475.0         2.1          .4
  Hamilton-Middletown.............................       134.4       135.4       129.7       130.1          .4          .3
  Lima............................................        82.2        83.6        80.1        81.9         1.8         2.2
  Mansfield.......................................        81.0        82.7        79.0        80.4         1.4         1.8
  Steubenville-Weirton............................        52.1        50.8        49.7        48.2        -1.5        -3.0
  Toledo..........................................       339.2       340.6       325.6       328.1         2.5          .8
  Youngstown-Warren...............................       252.6       250.0       242.9       241.1        -1.8         -.7
                                                                                                                          
Oklahoma..........................................     1,486.6     1,501.2     1,447.6     1,472.4        24.8         1.7
  Enid............................................        24.5        23.5        23.7        23.0         -.7        -3.0
  Lawton..........................................        39.3        38.6        38.2        37.8         -.4        -1.0
  Oklahoma City...................................       542.4       551.2       526.8       539.9        13.1         2.5
  Tulsa...........................................       401.0       408.0       391.5       399.9         8.4         2.1
                                                                                                                          
Oregon............................................     1,610.2     1,622.8     1,556.0     1,579.5        23.5         1.5
  Eugene-Springfield..............................       147.1       146.1       140.7       141.6          .9          .6
  Medford-Ashland.................................        74.8        76.4        70.4        73.1         2.7         3.8
  Portland-Vancouver..............................       966.8       982.0       939.0       959.9        20.9         2.2
  Salem...........................................       138.5       139.4       134.5       136.2         1.7         1.3
                                                                                                                          
Pennsylvania......................................     5,690.4     5,787.7     5,546.9     5,648.6       101.7         1.8
  Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton......................       284.7       290.1       278.5       283.7         5.2         1.9
  Altoona.........................................        60.6        61.4        59.6        60.1          .5          .8
  Erie............................................       134.8       137.7       131.8       135.2         3.4         2.6
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle.....................       362.8       367.9       355.1       359.0         3.9         1.1
  Johnstown.......................................        88.5        88.9        87.5        87.6          .1          .1
  Lancaster.......................................       226.7       229.4       220.1       223.4         3.3         1.5
  Philadelphia PMSA...............................     2,414.0     2,430.8     2,346.5     2,363.8        17.3          .7
  Philadelphia City...............................       704.3       704.2       688.3       686.9        -1.4         -.2
  Pittsburgh......................................     1,125.2     1,138.0     1,096.7     1,109.8        13.1         1.2
  Reading.........................................       173.3       173.8       168.8       168.5         -.3         -.2
  Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton................       286.8       292.7       278.7       284.2         5.5         2.0
  Sharon..........................................        50.8        51.5        48.9        49.7          .8         1.6
  State College...................................        70.2        70.4        67.1        67.5          .4          .6
  Williamsport....................................        54.8        55.5        54.2        54.2          .0          .0
  York............................................       173.1       174.5       168.5       171.0         2.5         1.5
                                                                                                                          
Rhode Island......................................       478.4       484.4       460.3       468.1         7.8         1.7
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick...................       537.7       538.3       518.7       521.2         2.5          .5
                                                                                                                          
South Carolina....................................     1,868.4     1,900.6     1,824.4     1,862.3        37.9         2.1
  Charleston-North Charleston.....................       249.4       261.0       247.0       258.6        11.6         4.7
  Columbia........................................       309.9       306.3       302.9       299.4        -3.5        -1.2
  Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson.................       487.5       500.6       476.8       488.9        12.1         2.5
                                                                                                                          
South Dakota......................................       378.9       379.6       367.0       373.1         6.1         1.7
  Rapid City......................................        49.5        50.5        48.2        49.6         1.4         2.9
  Sioux Falls.....................................       115.1       115.0       111.6       113.3         1.7         1.5
                                                                                                                          
Tennessee.........................................     2,741.6     2,781.2     2,663.8     2,709.2        45.4         1.7
  Chattanooga.....................................       235.3       239.6       230.0       233.4         3.4         1.5
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol..................       199.8       202.2       194.6       197.6         3.0         1.5
  Knoxville.......................................       337.3       341.9       327.4       335.0         7.6         2.3
  Memphis.........................................       600.0       606.9       582.7       593.5        10.8         1.9
  Nashville.......................................       687.0       698.6       666.6       683.4        16.8         2.5
                                                                                                                          
Texas.............................................     9,358.9     9,641.0     9,195.8     9,468.6       272.8         3.0
  Abilene.........................................        56.3        55.3        55.1        54.6         -.5         -.9
  Amarillo........................................        99.4       100.6        97.0        98.1         1.1         1.1
  Austin-San Marcos...............................       657.0       689.9       646.1       678.8        32.7         5.1
  Beaumont-Port Arthur............................       162.1       162.0       158.8       159.9         1.1          .7
  Brazoria........................................        77.0        78.0        76.2        77.1          .9         1.2
  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito................       107.2       110.9       105.9       110.4         4.5         4.2
  Bryan-College Station...........................        77.4        79.0        73.5        74.3          .8         1.1
  Corpus Christi..................................       159.5       160.4       158.0       158.1          .1          .1
  Dallas..........................................     1,961.3     2,045.0     1,924.5     2,008.3        83.8         4.4
  El Paso.........................................       256.8       259.2       251.9       255.2         3.3         1.3
  Ft. Worth-Arlington.............................       786.5       810.1       772.4       794.8        22.4         2.9
  Galveston-Texas City............................        88.1        87.7        86.6        86.0         -.6         -.7
  Houston.........................................     2,068.8     2,129.8     2,026.3     2,089.5        63.2         3.1
  Killeen-Temple..................................       103.9       105.5       101.9       103.8         1.9         1.9
  Laredo..........................................        68.8        71.7        67.1        69.9         2.8         4.2
  Longview-Marshall...............................        92.9        92.8        91.6        91.0         -.6         -.7
  Lubbock.........................................       121.3       122.9       117.7       120.2         2.5         2.1
  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................       155.0       163.0       153.2       161.5         8.3         5.4
  Odessa-Midland..................................       101.1       103.8        99.4       102.5         3.1         3.1
  San Angelo......................................        44.5        44.1        43.6        43.6          .0          .0
  San Antonio.....................................       713.8       730.6       702.2       723.6        21.4         3.0
  Sherman-Denison.................................        46.3        45.9        45.2        45.1         -.1         -.2
  Texarkana.......................................        53.8        53.9        52.2        52.8          .6         1.1
  Tyler...........................................        83.2        85.7        81.7        84.1         2.4         2.9
  Victoria........................................        36.9        37.7        36.1        37.2         1.1         3.0
  Waco............................................       102.2       102.2        99.9       100.4          .5          .5
  Wichita Falls...................................        59.5        60.3        58.3        59.4         1.1         1.9
                                                                                                                          
Utah..............................................     1,075.3     1,103.8     1,044.6     1,071.9        27.3         2.6
  Provo-Orem......................................       154.1       158.9       148.5       154.2         5.7         3.8
  Salt Lake City-Ogden............................       717.9       736.4       698.7       717.5        18.8         2.7
                                                                                                                          
Vermont...........................................       301.2       306.3       293.4       297.5         4.1         1.4
  Barre-Montpelier................................        33.4        34.7        32.8        33.8         1.0         3.0
  Burlington......................................       108.3       110.7       105.2       106.9         1.7         1.6
                                                                                                                          
Virginia..........................................     3,497.2     3,576.7     3,408.5     3,499.5        91.0         2.7
  Bristol.........................................        39.9        40.1        38.6        39.4          .8         2.1
  Charlottesville.................................        87.8        91.4        84.7        88.0         3.3         3.9
  Danville........................................        46.9        47.8        46.0        47.0         1.0         2.2
  Lynchburg.......................................       105.0       105.2       102.4       103.0          .6          .6
  Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News.............       703.0       710.9       683.1       693.5        10.4         1.5
  Northern Virginia...............................     1,128.9     1,189.5     1,106.0     1,173.1        67.1         6.1
  Richmond-Petersburg.............................       557.3       573.8       547.2       564.1        16.9         3.1
  Roanoke.........................................       145.8       148.3       142.5       145.8         3.3         2.3
                                                                                                                          
Washington........................................     2,700.2     2,757.2     2,635.6     2,693.9        58.3         2.2
  Seattle-Bellevue-Everett........................     1,420.3     1,448.2     1,386.4     1,416.6        30.2         2.2
  Spokane.........................................       196.2       199.1       188.0       193.4         5.4         2.9
  Tacoma..........................................       243.8       244.2       237.4       237.8          .4          .2
                                                                                                                          
West Virginia.....................................       738.0       745.8       714.0       721.5         7.5         1.1
  Charleston......................................       137.3       140.0       133.4       135.1         1.7         1.3
  Huntington-Ashland..............................       125.2       126.8       120.5       122.3         1.8         1.5
  Parkersburg-Marietta............................        71.9        74.0        69.0        71.9         2.9         4.2
  Wheeling........................................        67.9        68.0        65.4        65.5          .1          .2
                                                                                                                          
Wisconsin.........................................     2,835.4     2,863.1     2,748.3     2,788.7        40.4         1.5
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah.........................       205.5       210.3       200.8       206.1         5.3         2.6
  Eau Claire......................................        77.3        77.9        73.6        75.4         1.8         2.4
  Green Bay.......................................       147.9       150.4       142.1       147.5         5.4         3.8
  Janesville-Beloit...............................        71.6        72.4        70.4        70.9          .5          .7
  Kenosha.........................................        56.7        56.9        54.8        55.4          .6         1.1
  La Crosse.......................................        72.9        74.7        69.5        72.2         2.7         3.9
  Madison.........................................       288.1       293.6       281.1       288.0         6.9         2.5
  Milwaukee-Waukesha..............................       877.2       879.5       850.3       860.6        10.3         1.2
  Racine..........................................        83.5        83.0        79.9        81.0         1.1         1.4
  Sheboygan.......................................        63.2        65.2        62.0        64.4         2.4         3.9
  Wausau..........................................        69.9        70.9        68.3        69.8         1.5         2.2
                                                                                                                          
Wyoming...........................................       233.9       239.5       227.8       234.1         6.3         2.8
  Casper..........................................        32.1        32.5        30.9        31.8          .9         2.9
                                                                                                                          
Puerto Rico.......................................     1,033.9     1,018.3     (1)         (1)         (1)         (1)    
  Caguas..........................................        73.1        72.6     (1)         (1)         (1)         (1)    
  Mayaguez........................................        70.6        70.7     (1)         (1)         (1)         (1)    
  Ponce...........................................        81.1        82.4     (1)         (1)         (1)         (1)    
  San Juan-Bayamon................................       661.4       647.5     (1)         (1)         (1)         (1)    
                                                                                                                          
Virgin Islands....................................        41.3        42.3        41.2        42.0          .8         1.9

  1 Data not available.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmark levels and the
introduction of probability-based sample estimates for the wholesale trade component of the trade industry for all states
and most metropolitan areas.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when
new information becomes available.