Technical information: Employment: (202) 691-6559 USDL 07-1585 http://www.bls.gov/sae/ Unemployment: 691-6392 http://www.bls.gov/lau/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, October 19, 2007 REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2007 Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in September. Overall, 23 states and the District of Columbia recorded over- the-month unemployment rate increases, 18 states registered decreases, and 9 states had no changes, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Depart- ment of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless rates were down in 25 states and the District of Columbia, up in 23 states, and unchanged in 2 states. The national unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in September at 4.7 percent. In September, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 26 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 23 states, and was unchanged in one state (Delaware). The largest over-the-month increases in the levels of employment occurred in Texas (+23,100), California (+9,300), New York (+8,400), North Carolina (+5,700), and Georgia (+5,500). Wyoming reported the largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+0.7 percent), followed by Hawaii (+0.6 percent), West Virginia (+0.4 percent),and the District of Columbia and Iowa (+0.3 percent each). The largest over-the- month decreases in employment were recorded in Indiana (-12,300), Michigan (-10,600), Kansas (-6,500), Minnesota (-6,300), and Maryland (-4,400). New Hampshire experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decrease in employment (-0.6 percent), followed by Kansas (-0.5 percent), Indiana (-0.4 percent), and Nebraska (-0.3 percent). Over the year, nonfarm em- ployment increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia and declined in 1 state. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment took place in Utah (+4.4 percent), Montana and Wyoming (+3.3 percent each), Arizona (+2.6 percent), and Louisiana (+2.4 percent). The only over-the- year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Michigan (-1.5 percent). Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) In September, the Midwest continued to record the highest regional unemployment rate, 5.4 percent. The South again registered the lowest rate, 4.4 percent. The South also was the only region to post a sta- tistically significant unemployment rate change from August (+0.2 per- centage point). Over the year, the Midwest and West had the only significant jobless rate changes (+0.5 and +0.3 percentage point, respectively). (See table 1.) - 2 - Among the nine geographic divisions, the East North Central again reported the highest jobless rate, 5.7 percent in September, while the Mountain continued to record the lowest rate, 3.5 percent. The West South Central division registered the only statistically significant unemployment rate change from August (+0.3 percentage point). The Pacific division posted the largest jobless rate increase from September 2006 (+0.6 per- centage point), followed by the East North Central and West North Central divisions (+0.4 point each). The Mountain division recorded the only other significant over-the-year rate change (-0.3 percentage point). State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) In September, Michigan again reported the highest unemployment rate, 7.5 percent, followed by Mississippi and Alaska, at 6.4 and 6.3 percent, respectively. Idaho continued to record the lowest jobless rate, 2.3 percent. Four additional states had rates below 3.0 percent: Hawaii (2.6 percent), Utah (2.7 percent), and Montana and Virginia (2.9 percent each). Arizona posted the lowest jobless rate in its series (3.3 percent). (All state series begin in 1976.) Overall, 18 states registered unemploy- ment rates that were significantly below the U.S. rate, 8 states and the District of Columbia recorded measurably higher rates, and 24 states had rates that were statistically little different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3.) Tennessee was the only state to register a statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate increase in September (+0.7 percentage point). Arizona and New York had the only significant jobless rate decreases from August (-0.4 and -0.3 percentage point, respectively). The remaining 47 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemploy- ment rates that were not appreciably different from those of a month ear- lier, even though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. In September, Minnesota and Nevada reported the largest jobless rate increases from a year earlier (+0.9 percentage point each). Eight addi- tional states had smaller, but also statistically significant, over-the- year rate increases. Ten states registered significant over-the-year unemployment rate decreases. The largest of these was in Idaho (-1.0 percentage point). The remaining 30 states and the District of Columbia recorded jobless rates that were not appreciably different from those of September 2006. (See table B.) Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) Between August and September, five states recorded statistically signi- ficant changes in employment with three of those changes being increases. Those statistically significant gains were in Hawaii (+3,700), West Virginia (+2,800), and Wyoming (+2,000). The two statistically significant declines were in Indiana (-12,300) and Kansas (-6,500). (See tables C and 5.) - 3 - Over the year, 31 states experienced statistically significant changes in employment with only one of those changes being a decrease. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (+217,400), California (+162,000), and Florida (+105,700). Michigan was the sole state to experience a statistically sign- ificant decline over the year, with 64,100 jobs lost since September 2006. Six states recorded statistically significant increases in employment that were less than 15,000: Idaho (+14,600), Montana (+14,300), Hawaii (+12,500), South Dakota (+9,400), Wyoming (+9,200), and North Dakota (+4,900). (See table D.) _____________________________ The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for September is scheduled to be issued on Tuesday, October 30. The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for October is scheduled to be issued on Tuesday, November 20. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hurricane Katrina | | | | For September, BLS and its state partners continued to make | | modifications to the usual estimation procedures for the LAUS | | program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the labor | | force statistics in affected areas. These modifications included: | | (1) modifying the state population controls to account for dis- | | placement due to Katrina; (2) developing labor force estimates for | | the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alterna- | | tive to the model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force | | estimates for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | | metropolitan area or cities within those parishes where the quality | | of input data was severely compromised by the hurricane. | | | | For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for | | September 2007, see Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita on | | the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call | | (202) 691-6392. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4 - Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly differ- ent from that of the U.S., September 2007, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------- | September 2007 State | rate -------------------------------------------------------------- United States .......................| 4.7 | Alabama .............................| 3.7 Alaska ..............................| 6.3 Arizona .............................| 3.3 Arkansas ............................| 5.7 California ..........................| 5.6 Colorado ............................| 3.9 Delaware ............................| 3.0 District of Columbia ................| 5.7 Florida .............................| 4.0 Hawaii ..............................| 2.6 | Idaho ...............................| 2.3 Iowa ................................| 3.9 Kentucky ............................| 6.1 Maryland ............................| 3.9 Michigan ............................| 7.5 Mississippi .........................| 6.4 Montana .............................| 2.9 Nebraska ............................| 3.1 New Hampshire .......................| 3.5 New Mexico ..........................| 3.4 | North Dakota ........................| 3.4 Ohio ................................| 5.9 South Carolina ......................| 5.7 South Dakota ........................| 3.1 Utah ................................| 2.7 Virginia ............................| 2.9 Wyoming .............................| 3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 - Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from September 2006 to September 2007, seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rate | |-----------------------| Over-the-year State | September | September | rate change | 2006 | 2007 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona ......................| 4.0 | 3.3 | -0.7 California ...................| 4.8 | 5.6 | .8 Delaware .....................| 3.6 | 3.0 | -.6 Florida ......................| 3.2 | 4.0 | .8 Hawaii .......................| 2.2 | 2.6 | .4 Idaho ........................| 3.3 | 2.3 | -1.0 Illinois .....................| 4.3 | 5.1 | .8 Iowa .........................| 3.6 | 3.9 | .3 Massachusetts ................| 5.1 | 4.4 | -.7 Minnesota ....................| 4.0 | 4.9 | .9 | | | Nevada........................| 4.2 | 5.1 | .9 New Mexico ...................| 4.0 | 3.4 | -.6 Ohio .........................| 5.5 | 5.9 | .4 South Carolina ...............| 6.5 | 5.7 | -.8 Tennessee ....................| 5.1 | 4.7 | -.4 Texas ........................| 4.8 | 4.3 | -.5 Vermont ......................| 3.7 | 4.2 | .5 Washington ...................| 5.1 | 4.8 | -.3 Wisconsin ....................| 4.7 | 5.2 | .5 Wyoming ......................| 3.6 | 3.1 | -.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2007 to September 2007, seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | August | September | Over-the-month State | 2007 | 2007(p) | change(p) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii.....................| 629,700 | 633,400 | 3,700 Indiana....................| 3,002,200 | 2,989,900 | -12,300 Kansas.....................| 1,395,900 | 1,389,400 | -6,500 West Virginia..............| 758,300 | 761,100 | 2,800 Wyoming....................| 285,800 | 287,800 | 2,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. - 6 - Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2006 to September 2007, seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | September | September | Over-the-year State | 2006 | 2007(p) | change(p) ------------------------------|---------------------------------------- Alabama ......................| 1,988,700 | 2,019,000 | 30,300 Arizona ......................| 2,670,500 | 2,739,700 | 69,200 California ...................| 15,121,900 | 15,283,900 | 162,000 Colorado .....................| 2,285,300 | 2,332,500 | 47,200 Connecticut...................| 1,683,000 | 1,702,800 | 19,800 Florida ......................| 8,039,500 | 8,145,200 | 105,700 Georgia ......................| 4,094,200 | 4,168,500 | 74,300 Hawaii .......................| 620,900 | 633,400 | 12,500 Idaho ........................| 643,200 | 657,800 | 14,600 Illinois .....................| 5,943,600 | 5,987,200 | 43,600 | | | Iowa .........................| 1,504,600 | 1,526,500 | 21,900 Kansas .......................| 1,362,200 | 1,389,400 | 27,200 Maryland......................| 2,587,400 | 2,623,600 | 36,200 Massachusetts ................| 3,247,200 | 3,284,600 | 37,400 Michigan .....................| 4,333,000 | 4,268,900 | -64,100 Mississippi ..................| 1,147,500 | 1,166,600 | 19,100 Missouri......................| 2,776,700 | 2,807,200 | 30,500 Montana ......................| 434,000 | 448,300 | 14,300 Nebraska .....................| 948,600 | 963,600 | 15,000 New York .....................| 8,634,000 | 8,714,300 | 80,300 | | | North Carolina ...............| 4,035,400 | 4,104,200 | 68,800 North Dakota .................| 354,900 | 359,800 | 4,900 Oklahoma......................| 1,559,400 | 1,581,800 | 22,400 Pennsylvania .................| 5,760,200 | 5,805,900 | 45,700 South Carolina ...............| 1,903,300 | 1,935,900 | 32,600 South Dakota .................| 400,100 | 409,500 | 9,400 Texas ........................| 10,109,600 | 10,327,000 | 217,400 Utah .........................| 1,214,200 | 1,267,400 | 53,200 Virginia .....................| 3,725,100 | 3,793,400 | 68,300 Washington ...................| 2,872,900 | 2,933,000 | 60,100 Wyoming ......................| 278,600 | 287,800 | 9,200 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. - 7 - Technical Note This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1-4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment estimates by state and major industry from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). 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 reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who did not work at all (in the reference week), had actively looked for a job (sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week), and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. Method of estimation. Estimates for all census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using estimating equations based on regression techniques. This method, which underwent substantial enhance- ment at the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data. Estimates for the six other areas contained in this release use a different regression approach. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request. Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the component divisions and then calculating the unemployment rate. Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation. Seasonal adjustment. Seasonal adjustment of census division, state, and substate area model employment and unemployment levels is performed within the modeling procedure. The model estimation is based on the classical ap- proach to seasonal adjustment, in which the series is decomposed into trend, seasonal, irregular, and survey error. This directly yields seasonally ad- justed estimates for employment and unemployment levels with reliability measures. Labor force levels and unemployment rates are calculated from these two estimates. Additionally, measures for the State of California are derived by summing the seasonally adjusted estimates for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of California, and the estimates for the State of New York are the sum of the estimates for New York City and the balance of New York. Labor force estimates for census regions are calculated as the sum of the levels of the component divisions, and the unemployment rate is then calculated. In most years, historical data for the most recent 5 years are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, usually coincident with the release of January estimates. Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on December 18, 2006. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and also is published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. - 8 - Employment--from the CES program Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a "link relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month em- ployment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of estab- lishments 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 that are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently ad- justed supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted pay- roll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each individual state. BLS inde- pendently develops a national employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant dis- tortions at an aggregate level. Due to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions users that such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. Reliability of the estimates The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey, ad- ministrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability--that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific 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, unem- ployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insig- nificant. - 9 - Use of error measures. In 2005, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among these was the development of model-based error measures for the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-the-month changes. The introductory section of this release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical sig- nificance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes the statis- tical significance of monthly and annual changes into consideration. Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error measures for both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data, and for over-the- month change, are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/ lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average magnitude of the over-the-month change in a state unemployment rate that is required in order to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level is between 0.3 and 0.4 percentage point. More details can be found on the Web site. Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but additional information on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employ- ment and Earnings. Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/ sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in CES employment levels are statistically significant. In- formation on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/. Additional information More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), and from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997. Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES program, for over 370 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the administration of various federal economic assistance programs are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls. gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program are available at http: //www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1) (Numbers in thousands) Unemployed Civilian labor force Census region and division Number Percent of labor force Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 Northeast........... 27,980.4 27,887.8 27,801.5 28,002.2 1,254.1 1,310.4 1,291.2 1,246.5 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 New England....... 7,656.5 7,694.8 7,629.0 7,687.3 351.6 369.0 342.8 338.0 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.4 Middle Atlantic... 20,323.9 20,193.0 20,172.5 20,315.0 902.4 941.3 948.5 908.4 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.5 South............... 54,252.5 54,569.5 54,436.3 54,841.2 2,372.5 2,422.8 2,311.7 2,429.3 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 South Atlantic.... 29,077.1 29,370.0 29,307.4 29,490.7 1,193.8 1,255.4 1,222.2 1,246.9 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 East South Central 8,558.9 8,571.3 8,592.3 8,657.9 416.9 408.9 397.5 430.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.0 West South Central 16,616.5 16,628.2 16,536.6 16,692.5 761.8 758.6 692.0 752.0 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.5 Midwest............. 34,936.3 34,917.2 34,825.1 35,074.7 1,727.8 1,828.4 1,867.6 1,878.6 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.4 East North Central 24,039.6 23,997.6 23,937.1 24,103.7 1,279.2 1,356.6 1,391.2 1,385.9 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.7 West North Central 10,896.7 10,919.6 10,888.0 10,971.1 448.6 471.8 476.4 492.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5 West................ 34,942.2 35,451.4 35,386.9 35,681.1 1,574.9 1,670.8 1,683.4 1,721.9 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.8 Mountain.......... 10,769.3 10,941.4 10,859.6 10,994.3 408.7 395.8 394.2 387.1 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 Pacific........... 24,172.9 24,510.0 24,527.3 24,686.8 1,166.2 1,275.0 1,289.1 1,334.7 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year. LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted (1) (Numbers in thousands) Unemployed Civilian labor force Census region and Number Percent of labor force division Aug. Sept. Aug. Sept. Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 Northeast........... 28,266.2 28,142.9 27,833.8 27,875.4 1,276.7 1,252.7 1,193.7 1,177.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 New England....... 7,741.3 7,738.6 7,622.9 7,657.6 347.7 331.6 338.5 322.5 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.2 Middle Atlantic... 20,524.9 20,404.3 20,210.9 20,217.8 929.0 921.1 855.2 855.0 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.2 South............... 54,279.3 54,680.7 54,186.6 54,812.3 2,504.9 2,362.5 2,329.8 2,382.4 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 South Atlantic.... 29,102.2 29,471.4 29,036.9 29,469.3 1,254.9 1,257.8 1,185.3 1,235.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 East South Central 8,569.0 8,625.8 8,547.5 8,653.8 447.5 402.9 396.1 410.4 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.7 West South Central 16,608.1 16,583.6 16,602.2 16,689.3 802.5 701.8 748.5 736.9 4.8 4.2 4.5 4.4 Midwest............. 35,070.9 35,072.0 34,858.1 35,018.3 1,713.7 1,804.9 1,613.5 1,753.9 4.9 5.1 4.6 5.0 East North Central 24,158.7 24,129.6 23,997.6 24,074.4 1,277.8 1,348.4 1,191.4 1,289.0 5.3 5.6 5.0 5.4 West North Central 10,912.2 10,942.4 10,860.5 10,943.9 435.9 456.5 422.2 464.9 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 West................ 35,022.4 35,597.8 34,933.6 35,693.9 1,600.1 1,667.7 1,497.9 1,638.4 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.6 Mountain.......... 10,783.0 10,921.8 10,787.5 11,020.0 416.7 390.6 397.5 373.6 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.4 Pacific........... 24,239.4 24,676.0 24,146.0 24,673.9 1,183.4 1,277.1 1,100.4 1,264.8 4.9 5.2 4.6 5.1 1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year. LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployed Civilian labor force State and Area Number Percent of labor force Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 Alabama................ 2,213.4 2,189.0 2,201.9 2,217.9 80.6 81.5 82.7 81.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 Alaska................. 347.7 346.7 346.7 349.9 23.1 21.1 21.7 22.1 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.3 Arizona................ 3,001.1 3,039.0 3,017.2 3,048.1 120.9 113.1 112.2 99.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 Arkansas............... 1,363.9 1,367.8 1,365.5 1,385.5 73.4 75.7 74.7 78.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.7 California............. 17,942.1 18,198.0 18,214.2 18,309.5 867.5 960.4 996.1 1,029.4 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.6 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (1) 4,844.1 4,942.7 4,983.1 4,968.0 224.3 239.3 244.6 254.0 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.1 Colorado............... 2,671.4 2,694.0 2,676.4 2,708.6 114.1 102.8 102.5 106.8 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.9 Connecticut............ 1,853.9 1,877.4 1,871.3 1,891.1 82.3 83.9 86.7 85.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5 Delaware............... 441.8 442.7 439.4 444.4 15.7 15.2 13.0 13.3 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.0 District of Columbia... 314.9 313.0 315.1 318.2 19.1 17.8 17.5 18.3 6.1 5.7 5.6 5.7 Florida................ 9,045.8 9,230.3 9,225.4 9,269.7 293.8 363.7 370.2 373.2 3.2 3.9 4.0 4.0 Miami-Miami Beach- Kendall (1) ....... 1,163.6 1,191.8 1,188.8 1,197.7 42.9 42.6 43.5 46.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.9 Georgia................ 4,765.5 4,844.9 4,828.0 4,869.3 218.7 221.7 213.0 220.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 Hawaii................. 646.8 648.5 642.5 652.0 14.3 17.0 16.6 17.1 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 Idaho.................. 752.9 762.9 758.3 769.7 25.0 17.4 17.9 17.9 3.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 Illinois............... 6,659.2 6,736.7 6,719.5 6,758.9 286.0 353.4 363.8 346.0 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.1 Chicago-Naperville- Joliet (1)......... 4,089.4 4,153.5 4,149.1 4,132.1 171.9 224.4 225.1 202.2 4.2 5.4 5.4 4.9 Indiana................ 3,277.4 3,200.9 3,194.9 3,207.4 161.5 148.0 156.9 145.5 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.5 Iowa................... 1,670.8 1,660.3 1,656.7 1,673.5 59.6 63.9 64.9 66.1 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 Kansas................. 1,467.8 1,479.5 1,477.6 1,492.3 65.7 67.9 63.7 66.4 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 Kentucky............... 2,047.5 2,051.4 2,051.6 2,070.9 116.6 117.1 115.8 125.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 6.1 Louisiana.............. 1,996.7 1,979.6 1,979.2 1,988.3 82.1 76.2 75.6 87.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.4 Maine.................. 713.9 710.8 707.1 709.1 33.7 34.1 34.1 34.4 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 Maryland............... 3,022.3 2,998.9 2,977.9 3,006.1 119.4 119.7 111.3 116.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 Massachusetts.......... 3,413.2 3,425.2 3,384.6 3,406.9 172.9 174.2 150.7 150.3 5.1 5.1 4.5 4.4 Michigan............... 5,084.9 5,020.0 5,003.8 5,045.8 359.8 360.4 372.0 377.7 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.5 Detroit-Warren- Livonia (2)........ 2,168.0 2,173.3 2,140.4 2,159.9 158.7 167.1 171.6 171.1 7.3 7.7 8.0 7.9 Minnesota.............. 2,938.1 2,939.0 2,928.9 2,946.5 116.9 134.3 135.1 143.5 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.9 Mississippi............ 1,313.0 1,307.7 1,309.1 1,322.3 89.5 88.1 77.4 84.6 6.8 6.7 5.9 6.4 Missouri............... 3,047.7 3,053.8 3,047.4 3,070.7 154.4 151.1 160.3 162.1 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.3 Montana................ 494.5 501.3 497.2 504.4 15.0 13.5 13.9 14.7 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.9 Nebraska............... 976.7 986.2 982.5 990.7 29.6 32.0 31.1 30.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 Nevada................. 1,308.0 1,349.0 1,344.7 1,362.9 55.4 66.5 67.0 69.8 4.2 4.9 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire.......... 738.1 748.5 744.7 747.8 25.0 29.1 27.1 26.2 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.5 New Jersey............. 4,527.7 4,478.9 4,475.4 4,513.0 210.3 204.7 193.1 194.8 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.3 New Mexico............. 939.7 944.7 941.2 949.5 37.8 34.6 35.9 32.7 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.4 New York............... 9,499.1 9,446.1 9,430.6 9,474.9 407.7 463.6 460.0 431.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 New York City ....... 3,801.6 3,810.5 3,821.8 3,829.7 172.0 218.8 219.4 194.2 4.5 5.7 5.7 5.1 North Carolina......... 4,490.2 4,522.7 4,509.7 4,547.0 222.5 225.2 215.7 222.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.9 North Dakota........... 358.9 364.1 362.0 365.9 11.5 11.2 11.5 12.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 Ohio................... 5,947.7 5,970.3 5,949.9 6,000.1 328.2 343.6 337.5 354.8 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.9 Cleveland-Elyria- Mentor (2) ........ 1,093.9 1,088.9 1,088.3 1,098.1 59.0 67.6 65.5 66.9 5.4 6.2 6.0 6.1 Oklahoma............... 1,725.4 1,735.7 1,728.3 1,737.7 70.8 87.6 75.9 75.0 4.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 Oregon................. 1,906.9 1,916.7 1,922.1 1,940.8 103.6 106.0 103.9 103.2 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.3 Pennsylvania........... 6,316.8 6,262.7 6,262.1 6,328.5 299.1 269.2 283.6 287.7 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.5 Rhode Island........... 579.0 574.5 571.0 580.6 29.7 28.9 28.8 28.5 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.9 South Carolina......... 2,136.0 2,148.8 2,135.9 2,150.9 139.8 127.6 120.0 123.3 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.7 South Dakota........... 432.3 437.3 436.4 439.1 14.1 12.9 13.0 13.7 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 Tennessee.............. 3,003.5 3,023.1 3,029.9 3,048.0 152.6 123.1 122.2 142.3 5.1 4.1 4.0 4.7 Texas.................. 11,529.3 11,529.3 11,469.4 11,575.2 557.8 512.9 476.7 496.4 4.8 4.4 4.2 4.3 Utah................... 1,321.0 1,352.4 1,338.4 1,363.2 35.4 36.0 35.0 37.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 Vermont................ 362.3 359.7 356.8 357.9 13.5 14.7 14.3 14.9 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.2 Virginia............... 4,022.3 4,051.2 4,044.0 4,064.8 125.3 123.6 124.4 116.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 Washington............. 3,336.6 3,399.5 3,397.2 3,447.6 171.2 168.2 157.2 164.7 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.8 Seattle-Bellevue- Everett (1) ....... 1,404.2 1,443.2 1,432.1 1,451.6 59.7 56.8 54.3 55.7 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 West Virginia.......... 812.0 814.1 814.4 819.1 42.7 39.2 40.0 39.1 5.3 4.8 4.9 4.8 Wisconsin.............. 3,069.0 3,074.2 3,069.3 3,086.4 145.5 153.3 163.2 160.1 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.2 Wyoming................ 287.5 290.2 287.8 290.9 10.3 10.6 9.9 9.0 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.1 Puerto Rico............ 1,404.2 1,389.9 1,387.3 1,368.5 152.0 156.8 161.5 148.6 10.8 11.3 11.6 10.9 1 Metropolitan division. 2 Metropolitan statistical area. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year. LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployed Civilian labor force State and area Number Percent of labor force Aug. Sept. Aug. Sept. Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 Alabama................ 2,210.8 2,213.1 2,206.9 2,217.5 88.6 90.8 75.8 79.9 4.0 4.1 3.4 3.6 Alaska................. 352.6 352.8 347.9 350.4 20.4 19.0 20.6 19.8 5.8 5.4 5.9 5.6 Arizona................ 2,986.4 3,021.5 3,004.7 3,054.8 124.7 118.9 126.8 106.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.5 Arkansas............... 1,367.8 1,372.8 1,364.6 1,386.9 71.4 72.2 65.9 72.9 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.3 California............. 17,986.9 18,330.9 17,926.1 18,297.2 883.0 993.9 819.0 986.8 4.9 5.4 4.6 5.4 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (1) 4,844.6 5,001.0 4,849.8 4,974.6 245.2 258.1 225.7 257.3 5.1 5.2 4.7 5.2 Colorado............... 2,685.7 2,701.2 2,683.8 2,724.0 115.0 98.5 108.0 101.5 4.3 3.6 4.0 3.7 Connecticut............ 1,871.2 1,894.1 1,840.5 1,878.4 82.6 86.6 77.6 80.9 4.4 4.6 4.2 4.3 Delaware............... 443.4 442.1 437.6 440.2 16.9 13.2 15.5 12.9 3.8 3.0 3.5 2.9 District of Columbia... 319.9 320.3 313.9 317.7 20.2 18.2 19.1 18.9 6.3 5.7 6.1 5.9 Florida................ 9,052.2 9,284.1 9,076.9 9,296.7 326.5 397.3 315.4 395.8 3.6 4.3 3.5 4.3 Miami-Miami Beach- Kendall (1) ....... 1,167.4 1,199.4 1,159.8 1,192.6 48.6 48.6 46.1 49.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1 Georgia................ 4,754.2 4,836.4 4,756.9 4,859.5 226.6 216.9 219.7 222.9 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.6 Hawaii................. 643.8 642.7 641.9 646.9 15.2 16.9 15.3 18.1 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.8 Idaho.................. 754.9 763.3 751.0 768.6 22.7 15.3 19.8 12.8 3.0 2.0 2.6 1.7 Illinois............... 6,668.0 6,759.2 6,643.0 6,748.2 300.7 362.7 267.0 324.1 4.5 5.4 4.0 4.8 Chicago-Naperville- Joliet (1)......... 4,088.2 4,158.5 4,071.2 4,118.2 179.2 221.7 165.5 194.4 4.4 5.3 4.1 4.7 Indiana................ 3,285.7 3,212.1 3,272.0 3,204.4 165.4 154.4 149.7 132.4 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.1 Iowa................... 1,664.6 1,658.3 1,670.4 1,672.9 56.4 59.5 54.4 60.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.6 Kansas................. 1,464.4 1,476.7 1,459.7 1,484.2 69.8 63.6 62.4 63.4 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.3 Kentucky............... 2,042.7 2,057.2 2,039.0 2,068.3 110.5 109.9 102.3 116.3 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.6 Louisiana.............. 1,993.7 1,991.8 1,995.4 1,986.5 81.2 81.4 79.2 87.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.4 Maine.................. 728.9 723.1 713.8 708.5 28.8 29.1 29.1 29.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 Maryland............... 3,038.5 3,001.6 3,011.2 2,998.0 124.1 110.0 110.3 108.4 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.6 Massachusetts.......... 3,446.5 3,427.7 3,394.6 3,389.3 168.8 147.2 170.7 148.6 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.4 Michigan............... 5,117.1 5,046.0 5,075.3 5,040.6 347.5 354.0 336.8 354.6 6.8 7.0 6.6 7.0 Detroit-Warren- Livonia (2)........ 2,191.1 2,166.2 2,170.9 2,157.4 161.8 170.6 157.3 166.7 7.4 7.9 7.2 7.7 Minnesota.............. 2,961.6 2,953.3 2,939.5 2,947.6 104.3 124.3 111.3 138.4 3.5 4.2 3.8 4.7 Mississippi............ 1,302.6 1,308.4 1,302.2 1,316.8 88.1 77.5 80.8 79.7 6.8 5.9 6.2 6.1 Missouri............... 3,041.0 3,053.8 3,031.3 3,053.2 152.2 157.5 147.0 154.6 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.1 Montana................ 502.8 505.4 492.7 502.8 12.7 11.3 10.9 10.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 Nebraska............... 975.2 985.4 968.3 981.7 28.8 28.8 25.9 26.5 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 Nevada................. 1,303.0 1,347.8 1,308.4 1,365.0 54.3 65.7 54.3 69.4 4.2 4.9 4.1 5.1 New Hampshire.......... 746.5 755.3 734.0 743.7 25.2 26.7 23.1 24.1 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 New Jersey............. 4,556.1 4,512.6 4,492.4 4,485.3 212.8 187.9 198.2 183.3 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.1 New Mexico............. 935.5 943.2 938.1 948.6 38.4 35.5 37.0 31.7 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.3 New York............... 9,598.7 9,548.8 9,427.6 9,418.0 416.0 449.5 388.5 412.4 4.3 4.7 4.1 4.4 New York City ....... 3,816.4 3,844.2 3,775.4 3,809.9 184.9 221.5 167.1 188.8 4.8 5.8 4.4 5.0 North Carolina......... 4,499.4 4,540.5 4,485.5 4,540.9 222.8 213.4 205.0 205.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.5 North Dakota........... 367.2 371.2 359.6 366.3 11.2 10.7 8.7 9.4 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.6 Ohio................... 6,002.1 6,016.9 5,942.9 5,998.2 326.3 324.2 310.7 336.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.6 Cleveland-Elyria- Mentor (2) ........ 1,113.3 1,107.6 1,093.0 1,097.2 62.1 65.5 58.5 65.1 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.9 Oklahoma............... 1,719.7 1,727.3 1,720.0 1,730.9 69.1 72.7 65.8 71.0 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.1 Oregon................. 1,924.3 1,943.3 1,906.2 1,941.3 101.1 99.0 92.0 91.9 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 Pennsylvania........... 6,370.1 6,342.9 6,290.9 6,314.4 300.2 283.8 268.5 259.3 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 Rhode Island........... 582.9 577.5 577.6 580.0 30.6 29.6 25.9 25.4 5.3 5.1 4.5 4.4 South Carolina......... 2,147.0 2,154.6 2,131.4 2,144.7 146.8 123.8 140.2 124.0 6.8 5.7 6.6 5.8 South Dakota........... 438.2 443.5 431.6 438.0 13.3 12.2 12.5 12.0 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.7 Tennessee.............. 3,012.9 3,047.0 2,999.3 3,051.3 160.4 124.7 137.2 134.5 5.3 4.1 4.6 4.4 Texas.................. 11,526.9 11,491.8 11,522.4 11,584.9 580.9 475.5 537.6 506.1 5.0 4.1 4.7 4.4 Utah................... 1,325.6 1,348.3 1,321.6 1,365.3 40.8 37.6 32.4 34.3 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.5 Vermont................ 365.4 360.9 362.5 357.8 11.7 12.3 12.1 13.6 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.8 Virginia............... 4,031.9 4,071.4 4,011.9 4,053.3 128.7 126.4 123.6 114.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.8 Washington............. 3,331.8 3,406.4 3,324.0 3,438.0 163.8 148.3 153.5 148.2 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.3 Seattle-Bellevue- Everett (1) ....... 1,401.6 1,429.7 1,395.8 1,439.8 56.4 50.6 61.3 57.1 4.0 3.5 4.4 4.0 West Virginia.......... 815.6 820.4 811.6 818.2 42.3 38.6 36.5 32.9 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.0 Wisconsin.............. 3,085.8 3,095.4 3,064.3 3,083.0 137.8 153.2 127.2 141.1 4.5 4.9 4.2 4.6 Wyoming................ 289.3 291.1 287.2 290.8 8.1 7.8 8.3 6.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.4 Puerto Rico............ 1,392.9 1,377.6 1,406.9 1,362.7 149.2 165.6 153.0 150.8 10.7 12.0 10.9 11.1 1 Metropolitan division. 2 Metropolitan statistical area. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year. ESTABLISHMENT DATA SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) Total (1) Construction Manufacturing State Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p Alabama............ 1,988.7 2,012.4 2,017.0 2,019.0 111.2 113.5 113.8 114.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) Alaska............. 315.6 319.8 319.7 319.3 18.0 18.0 17.5 17.8 13.0 13.2 13.5 13.2 Arizona............ 2,670.5 2,728.1 2,736.4 2,739.7 251.2 242.7 240.4 238.4 187.7 186.1 185.9 186.4 Arkansas........... 1,201.4 1,207.0 1,206.4 1,207.4 57.5 57.2 57.3 56.5 197.4 190.5 189.8 189.5 California......... 15,121.9 15,252.7 15,274.6 15,283.9 941.0 925.0 917.4 912.4 1,499.9 1,499.0 1,495.0 1,495.4 Colorado........... 2,285.3 2,323.2 2,330.3 2,332.5 167.6 165.7 165.3 165.3 148.7 145.6 144.7 144.4 Connecticut........ 1,683.0 1,700.4 1,702.2 1,702.8 67.1 68.6 68.4 68.6 193.6 193.0 192.6 191.8 Delaware (3)....... 435.6 440.7 441.1 441.1 29.8 29.5 29.4 29.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) District of Columbia (3)..... 687.5 699.8 698.2 700.0 12.7 12.7 12.8 13.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) Florida ........... 8,039.5 8,140.8 8,147.8 8,145.2 637.3 620.6 618.1 615.0 401.2 397.5 396.4 395.6 Georgia ........... 4,094.2 4,155.0 4,163.0 4,168.5 221.2 225.4 227.9 228.2 445.8 437.1 434.4 434.3 Hawaii (3)......... 620.9 630.0 629.7 633.4 36.1 37.9 38.1 38.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) Idaho ............. 643.2 656.8 657.7 657.8 53.0 51.3 51.5 52.1 66.5 64.7 63.9 63.9 Illinois........... 5,943.6 5,986.8 5,988.7 5,987.2 273.6 277.4 277.3 274.0 682.2 681.2 679.7 677.1 Indiana............ 2,971.7 2,988.6 3,002.2 2,989.9 149.9 155.4 154.0 154.3 562.1 558.9 558.2 557.6 Iowa............... 1,504.6 1,522.4 1,522.4 1,526.5 74.8 76.6 77.1 77.9 230.5 231.8 231.6 231.0 Kansas............. 1,362.2 1,390.2 1,395.9 1,389.4 64.6 65.0 65.3 66.3 184.3 187.3 187.1 186.5 Kentucky........... 1,845.8 1,853.4 1,853.8 1,852.9 82.2 84.8 85.1 84.6 261.3 257.3 254.4 256.1 Louisiana.......... 1,880.5 1,921.7 1,926.2 1,925.8 134.4 139.9 139.3 138.4 153.6 155.1 154.8 153.4 Maine.............. 614.4 618.0 618.1 617.6 31.3 31.6 31.2 30.4 59.7 60.0 59.2 58.8 Maryland (3)....... 2,587.4 2,624.4 2,628.0 2,623.6 190.3 194.7 193.9 194.0 135.7 134.7 133.3 133.7 Massachusetts...... 3,247.2 3,284.0 3,286.7 3,284.6 139.0 139.3 139.3 138.4 297.7 297.4 295.3 294.7 Michigan........... 4,333.0 4,275.1 4,279.5 4,268.9 179.3 161.8 162.0 162.1 641.0 621.1 618.4 616.3 Minnesota.......... 2,763.9 2,782.3 2,780.3 2,774.0 127.3 126.2 123.7 120.9 349.6 342.3 341.3 340.7 Mississippi........ 1,147.5 1,160.6 1,166.8 1,166.6 57.7 60.8 61.5 61.9 174.8 171.3 171.8 172.6 Missouri .......... 2,776.7 2,792.3 2,804.3 2,807.2 147.3 149.4 150.8 149.7 305.1 295.0 297.5 299.0 Montana............ 434.0 449.0 449.0 448.3 30.6 33.6 33.5 33.1 20.2 20.7 20.7 20.6 Nebraska (3)....... 948.6 962.8 966.1 963.6 48.7 49.1 49.5 49.8 101.5 101.2 100.9 100.1 Nevada............. 1,285.7 1,306.5 1,304.0 1,303.7 141.4 140.6 139.3 138.4 51.0 52.1 51.9 52.2 New Hampshire...... 640.9 653.3 652.7 649.1 29.7 29.2 29.2 29.3 76.0 76.5 75.5 75.3 New Jersey......... 4,075.5 4,100.5 4,100.1 4,105.0 172.9 171.9 171.9 172.5 323.2 319.0 317.7 316.9 New Mexico......... 840.1 847.8 846.5 848.5 60.2 58.6 58.6 59.2 38.0 37.6 37.1 36.6 New York........... 8,634.0 8,708.8 8,705.9 8,714.3 337.2 349.4 346.4 350.6 564.7 554.7 553.1 549.4 North Carolina..... 4,035.4 4,084.9 4,098.5 4,104.2 245.9 253.5 253.9 254.2 551.6 544.4 542.0 541.6 North Dakota....... 354.9 362.0 360.3 359.8 18.4 19.2 19.2 18.6 26.1 25.8 25.9 26.0 Ohio............... 5,438.2 5,434.7 5,441.5 5,438.9 228.9 229.1 229.5 229.8 791.9 778.7 778.6 779.3 Oklahoma........... 1,559.4 1,579.0 1,579.5 1,581.8 70.2 71.1 72.0 71.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) Oregon ............ 1,713.9 1,725.3 1,728.8 1,727.8 101.7 102.6 104.1 102.7 208.9 201.6 200.8 202.0 Pennsylvania....... 5,760.2 5,800.8 5,802.6 5,805.9 261.9 260.8 260.9 260.4 671.1 660.2 658.5 657.3 Rhode Island....... 495.5 499.3 499.5 499.8 23.1 24.3 24.2 24.2 52.4 51.4 51.1 51.0 South Carolina..... 1,903.3 1,929.9 1,937.3 1,935.9 125.2 125.9 126.1 125.9 249.8 243.6 243.7 242.3 South Dakota....... 400.1 409.1 410.1 409.5 22.0 22.4 22.7 22.9 42.0 42.7 43.0 43.2 Tennessee.......... 2,793.5 2,803.7 2,809.6 2,810.4 131.5 138.6 139.0 138.9 397.3 388.2 387.7 386.7 Texas.............. 10,109.6 10,296.5 10,303.9 10,327.0 608.0 621.1 621.4 625.2 934.7 930.3 927.1 923.8 Utah............... 1,214.2 1,262.2 1,266.0 1,267.4 98.0 108.4 108.2 109.5 123.5 128.1 128.2 128.2 Vermont............ 307.4 308.2 308.8 309.4 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 35.9 35.8 35.9 35.8 Virginia........... 3,725.1 3,790.4 3,795.6 3,793.4 248.2 251.7 252.1 251.2 285.5 288.6 287.2 286.7 Washington......... 2,872.9 2,922.0 2,931.7 2,933.0 198.8 205.2 205.3 207.2 287.5 293.7 293.8 294.4 West Virginia...... 757.9 756.9 758.3 761.1 39.3 39.8 39.9 40.3 60.6 59.4 59.4 59.3 Wisconsin.......... 2,858.7 2,880.1 2,878.6 2,882.8 125.9 124.6 124.7 125.7 504.6 500.7 500.8 500.3 Wyoming............ 278.6 286.0 285.8 287.8 24.5 25.1 25.3 25.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) Trade, transportation, and Financial activities Professional and business utilities services Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p Alabama............ 388.6 393.7 395.3 395.9 98.5 98.3 98.0 98.2 217.0 221.4 222.4 222.6 Alaska............. 63.4 64.6 64.6 64.2 14.9 14.9 14.8 14.8 24.5 25.3 25.0 25.4 Arizona............ 515.4 529.1 531.8 534.3 184.7 188.3 186.1 186.2 399.0 416.4 419.6 423.2 Arkansas........... 249.1 250.3 249.4 248.6 52.8 53.7 53.5 53.7 114.5 116.7 115.6 116.4 California......... 2,887.2 2,898.6 2,901.6 2,902.6 939.9 934.3 931.5 928.7 2,238.5 2,266.9 2,269.6 2,268.3 Colorado........... 419.7 423.9 426.7 427.6 160.8 162.3 162.2 162.3 334.3 345.0 346.4 347.3 Connecticut........ 310.1 312.6 312.2 312.6 144.6 145.3 144.8 144.9 204.9 208.2 208.9 209.5 Delaware (3)....... 82.1 83.3 84.0 83.8 43.8 43.3 43.5 43.3 61.9 63.4 63.1 63.2 District of Columbia (3)..... (2) (2) (2) (2) 29.6 30.3 30.5 30.7 154.1 159.5 160.0 160.8 Florida ........... 1,597.9 1,612.2 1,620.1 1,615.3 545.8 553.5 553.7 552.2 1,356.7 1,364.4 1,362.7 1,365.1 Georgia ........... 870.5 883.7 884.9 888.0 232.7 234.2 233.8 233.6 550.2 560.7 559.5 562.0 Hawaii (3)......... 121.0 121.1 121.3 121.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Idaho ............. 128.3 132.9 133.2 133.1 32.2 33.2 33.3 33.2 82.2 85.6 85.3 85.7 Illinois........... 1,200.2 1,199.4 1,198.7 1,198.3 406.1 410.8 411.6 410.1 856.4 876.3 877.8 874.6 Indiana............ 585.8 590.9 590.0 589.2 139.7 140.1 140.4 140.4 281.5 281.9 283.4 282.6 Iowa............... 308.3 311.0 310.5 310.9 101.3 102.7 102.3 103.0 117.2 120.7 120.7 120.4 Kansas............. 262.7 266.3 266.1 264.8 72.4 73.3 73.7 73.5 139.7 144.9 145.3 146.3 Kentucky........... 379.1 380.1 379.8 378.6 91.0 92.2 92.0 92.2 178.7 182.3 182.6 182.2 Louisiana.......... 378.1 383.8 384.0 386.0 95.6 97.0 97.8 97.2 197.3 200.5 201.1 199.5 Maine.............. 125.4 125.8 125.7 126.2 33.4 33.0 32.9 33.0 51.7 52.6 52.8 52.8 Maryland (3)....... 472.8 478.4 478.6 478.1 159.2 159.4 159.6 160.2 395.3 401.5 402.5 404.2 Massachusetts...... 569.5 575.3 576.4 573.5 223.7 225.5 224.9 225.3 473.5 482.1 483.7 484.4 Michigan........... 791.9 781.2 779.5 780.7 216.0 212.5 211.7 213.0 587.5 583.2 585.3 584.8 Minnesota.......... 532.4 532.9 532.2 532.8 181.2 183.0 182.9 183.1 322.2 326.6 324.4 324.4 Mississippi........ 227.3 229.0 230.3 231.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) 93.5 96.0 96.5 97.1 Missouri .......... 545.7 552.9 553.9 556.1 165.7 167.3 167.4 166.3 332.3 334.7 334.8 334.5 Montana............ 89.4 91.2 91.1 92.1 22.3 22.2 22.2 22.1 38.4 40.1 40.1 40.0 Nebraska (3)....... 200.9 204.6 204.6 203.6 66.2 65.8 66.0 66.7 102.9 107.4 107.4 107.2 Nevada............. 227.3 233.3 233.5 233.7 66.0 65.7 65.3 65.4 158.5 160.7 159.4 158.4 New Hampshire...... 142.3 145.2 145.1 144.6 39.7 40.0 40.1 40.8 61.8 63.1 62.9 62.6 New Jersey......... 875.5 876.4 876.5 877.0 280.6 283.6 283.0 281.5 604.6 613.8 614.3 617.0 New Mexico......... 142.4 144.6 144.6 144.2 35.0 35.3 35.4 35.4 107.7 108.1 108.2 108.2 New York........... 1,506.7 1,519.2 1,516.2 1,515.8 728.9 740.0 740.9 741.3 1,113.7 1,130.4 1,132.0 1,136.8 North Carolina..... 757.7 761.8 763.2 764.7 207.6 213.7 214.4 214.1 477.4 490.5 491.3 491.8 North Dakota....... 76.7 77.7 77.7 78.0 19.3 20.1 20.1 20.0 29.4 30.6 30.4 30.8 Ohio............... 1,047.0 1,046.3 1,046.1 1,047.8 306.8 303.5 302.6 303.1 658.1 664.1 666.5 662.9 Oklahoma........... 285.5 287.1 287.6 287.6 84.4 83.8 83.3 83.5 175.3 176.7 176.2 178.2 Oregon ............ 338.2 343.0 343.3 343.8 106.3 104.8 105.3 105.2 193.1 193.3 194.5 194.0 Pennsylvania....... 1,127.0 1,136.1 1,136.0 1,136.5 334.9 334.2 333.6 332.8 679.0 694.4 695.8 695.3 Rhode Island....... 80.0 79.9 79.9 79.9 35.8 36.1 36.0 36.0 57.0 58.6 59.1 58.8 South Carolina..... 367.5 371.3 371.8 371.6 102.8 103.7 104.4 104.8 218.9 215.0 215.6 215.7 South Dakota....... 80.5 82.2 82.5 83.1 29.9 31.2 30.9 31.0 25.7 26.7 26.4 26.5 Tennessee.......... 608.5 613.4 613.9 612.6 144.9 144.5 144.5 144.6 323.1 319.2 321.2 322.3 Texas.............. 2,055.0 2,072.9 2,066.3 2,077.0 628.2 639.7 641.1 643.9 1,232.5 1,285.7 1,292.4 1,298.2 Utah............... 236.7 245.7 246.7 248.4 72.0 75.7 75.8 76.1 156.6 163.3 162.8 162.7 Vermont............ 59.5 59.6 59.6 60.0 13.2 13.3 13.3 13.3 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.3 Virginia........... 661.6 676.8 678.0 679.7 195.6 199.3 200.5 200.2 630.0 646.8 646.4 648.4 Washington......... 543.5 553.7 554.8 556.8 155.9 158.0 158.2 157.9 331.7 341.8 343.2 344.2 West Virginia...... 142.2 143.1 143.1 143.3 30.1 30.1 30.1 30.1 59.9 61.3 61.6 61.2 Wisconsin.......... 542.8 550.3 550.3 551.4 160.9 161.8 162.3 162.8 270.2 272.2 271.8 272.6 Wyoming............ 52.6 54.9 55.1 55.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) 17.3 18.0 18.3 18.6 Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007p Alabama............ 205.0 208.1 208.2 208.4 171.4 175.9 176.3 176.5 372.4 378.2 379.2 377.4 Alaska............. 37.3 37.6 37.6 37.7 31.3 32.7 32.6 32.2 81.9 81.4 81.9 81.7 Arizona............ 294.1 302.8 302.6 303.4 270.0 278.9 281.1 283.4 412.5 423.7 428.0 422.7 Arkansas........... 151.8 155.0 155.1 155.6 97.4 99.5 100.0 100.0 209.4 210.8 211.9 212.9 California......... 1,630.5 1,667.4 1,675.7 1,679.0 1,523.9 1,562.5 1,564.1 1,566.7 2,455.8 2,492.8 2,508.2 2,509.2 Colorado........... 231.9 240.4 241.9 242.1 266.0 272.6 273.1 274.4 368.7 373.4 375.8 374.9 Connecticut........ 281.8 287.0 288.0 288.0 132.7 135.3 135.2 135.5 246.2 247.9 249.3 248.5 Delaware (3)....... 56.3 58.4 58.7 58.9 40.5 42.3 42.4 42.4 60.8 60.6 60.4 59.9 District of Columbia (3)..... (2) (2) (2) (2) 54.0 55.0 55.0 55.2 232.2 236.7 234.3 233.4 Florida ........... 974.4 1,005.9 1,008.4 1,008.2 906.2 950.6 945.7 948.0 1,104.9 1,117.1 1,122.8 1,124.4 Georgia ........... 439.0 453.1 453.9 452.7 383.9 392.7 396.0 395.6 664.8 681.4 686.5 687.1 Hawaii (3)......... 71.3 72.9 73.5 73.2 107.7 109.9 109.6 109.8 123.0 121.9 121.6 125.1 Idaho ............. 71.6 73.1 72.9 73.1 59.8 62.9 62.8 62.6 115.8 119.1 120.6 119.7 Illinois........... 766.4 775.8 778.6 780.6 523.1 539.6 538.6 539.5 850.3 841.5 842.6 849.0 Indiana............ 388.5 387.4 387.7 389.8 280.2 285.4 285.2 285.9 425.7 429.5 443.9 430.5 Iowa............... 199.7 204.8 204.4 205.1 132.8 135.2 135.1 136.0 248.2 248.1 249.3 250.8 Kansas............. 166.3 170.8 171.0 171.0 115.5 117.3 117.3 118.0 256.0 263.5 267.6 260.7 Kentucky........... 238.4 241.2 241.8 241.8 167.6 167.9 169.0 169.9 319.1 318.5 319.8 318.0 Louisiana.......... 239.0 245.9 247.0 246.5 187.3 196.5 197.6 197.8 350.9 357.1 358.6 360.7 Maine.............. 114.2 116.4 116.6 116.8 59.6 59.7 59.6 59.8 105.7 105.3 106.4 106.1 Maryland (3)....... 364.1 371.0 372.1 371.9 229.8 234.7 234.9 237.3 473.0 482.1 485.0 475.4 Massachusetts...... 609.8 623.8 624.4 625.5 295.7 299.3 300.8 300.4 429.8 430.9 430.5 432.8 Michigan........... 584.5 592.4 593.3 596.4 406.7 408.0 408.8 412.6 673.4 664.1 670.0 651.9 Minnesota.......... 409.5 423.5 426.4 426.0 244.8 249.4 251.1 249.9 415.5 419.9 419.4 418.1 Mississippi........ 124.0 125.1 125.4 126.0 122.6 124.2 125.0 123.7 240.8 246.8 249.4 247.6 Missouri .......... 379.3 387.2 387.7 386.7 278.4 286.3 286.8 286.2 434.3 431.3 437.0 439.9 Montana............ 57.7 58.6 58.9 58.8 55.9 58.4 58.1 58.6 86.0 90.1 90.4 89.0 Nebraska (3)....... 131.1 135.0 135.2 135.2 79.6 81.4 82.1 83.6 162.8 163.6 165.1 162.2 Nevada............. 88.4 91.6 92.0 92.5 338.3 339.6 339.3 339.9 151.3 157.8 157.6 157.2 New Hampshire...... 100.7 103.8 103.6 104.3 64.7 65.2 65.9 66.3 90.7 94.7 94.6 90.3 New Jersey......... 570.9 579.3 580.4 582.3 338.2 339.6 339.0 340.8 647.7 654.4 654.0 654.3 New Mexico......... 108.2 111.4 111.5 112.2 87.1 88.7 88.2 88.6 195.5 196.4 196.4 197.1 New York........... 1,578.2 1,593.2 1,594.8 1,597.4 679.2 694.4 695.5 694.0 1,492.0 1,494.2 1,493.2 1,496.9 North Carolina..... 490.4 512.0 513.7 513.8 371.9 381.0 382.5 386.7 675.2 666.9 674.8 674.1 North Dakota....... 49.8 51.9 51.7 51.1 31.9 32.9 32.6 32.1 76.0 76.1 75.0 75.5 Ohio............... 779.8 790.1 792.4 789.0 499.8 500.1 500.3 498.9 803.2 800.3 803.4 806.7 Oklahoma........... 188.3 190.3 191.4 191.3 136.3 137.6 137.7 139.8 320.9 328.7 328.8 325.3 Oregon ............ 206.6 209.5 208.9 208.9 166.2 171.3 171.8 170.8 288.8 293.9 294.1 293.6 Pennsylvania....... 1,060.8 1,084.5 1,087.2 1,089.6 488.8 497.8 497.4 496.3 746.6 741.9 742.6 747.0 Rhode Island....... 97.5 99.0 99.1 99.1 50.6 51.0 51.1 51.8 64.9 64.5 64.5 64.2 South Carolina..... 193.2 208.5 208.2 206.9 207.7 215.7 216.5 215.9 329.0 334.4 338.1 338.2 South Dakota....... 59.1 60.9 61.0 60.2 42.4 43.0 43.7 43.3 75.0 75.9 75.7 75.3 Tennessee.......... 340.9 348.2 348.4 347.9 271.4 278.6 278.6 279.5 419.4 414.7 417.9 419.3 Texas.............. 1,225.0 1,248.6 1,247.8 1,250.9 949.6 982.3 984.4 988.6 1,718.4 1,737.6 1,744.9 1,738.0 Utah............... 135.7 139.8 141.1 141.1 108.5 113.6 113.6 113.4 205.0 207.1 209.2 207.3 Vermont............ 55.7 56.5 56.6 56.7 33.1 33.0 33.3 33.2 53.4 53.3 53.4 53.9 Virginia........... 406.4 414.5 415.6 416.4 338.3 341.9 343.3 344.9 674.7 684.1 687.5 678.6 Washington......... 339.1 344.6 346.2 348.0 272.5 276.3 277.3 276.7 530.5 529.9 534.4 529.5 West Virginia...... 113.5 113.1 113.8 113.6 71.2 71.8 71.8 72.3 145.4 142.4 142.8 143.7 Wisconsin.......... 393.0 399.2 400.5 398.7 256.9 261.2 261.3 262.9 415.7 417.7 414.4 415.5 Wyoming............ (2) (2) (2) (2) 32.4 33.3 33.2 33.5 65.8 67.0 66.5 67.3 1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except public administration, not shown separately. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from 2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available. ESTABLISHMENT DATA NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) Total Natural resources and mining Construction State August September August September August September 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p Alabama........... 1,983.5 2,011.2 1,992.7 2,018.6 13.2 13.0 13.2 13.0 111.3 114.2 112.2 114.8 Alaska............ 337.1 341.6 330.0 334.1 12.9 14.2 13.0 14.3 21.6 21.6 21.1 21.0 Arizona........... 2,637.0 2,708.5 2,668.2 2,737.0 10.1 11.9 10.3 12.0 250.9 242.2 252.8 240.0 Arkansas.......... 1,194.0 1,202.7 1,209.8 1,215.9 7.7 9.1 8.0 9.3 58.4 59.1 58.9 58.0 California........ 15058.9 15215.0 15,151.6 15291.2 26.4 26.4 26.5 26.4 969.4 945.1 965.8 937.7 Colorado.......... 2,294.4 2,340.5 2,294.7 2,339.7 21.8 25.8 21.7 25.9 174.4 172.4 172.5 170.0 Connecticut....... 1,674.2 1,689.8 1,684.7 1,704.2 .8 .8 .8 .8 71.3 72.7 70.2 71.7 Delaware ......... 437.0 442.7 437.6 443.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) 30.1 30.2 30.1 30.0 District of Columbia........ 690.1 700.9 685.5 696.3 (1) (1) (1) (1) 13.1 13.2 12.9 13.1 Florida........... 7,991.0 8,116.2 8,007.7 8,112.6 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.3 640.5 619.9 638.6 614.3 Georgia........... 4,101.7 4,177.7 4,098.5 4,176.9 12.3 12.1 12.1 12.0 224.2 231.1 223.4 229.6 Hawaii ........... 613.8 623.5 618.6 629.6 (1) (1) (1) (1) 36.3 38.1 36.7 38.1 Idaho ............ 649.4 663.5 653.8 668.1 4.7 5.1 4.8 5.1 56.5 55.7 55.5 55.0 Illinois.......... 5,975.3 6,019.1 5,984.6 6,026.7 10.3 10.4 10.2 10.4 293.7 294.9 290.0 290.8 Indiana........... 2,957.3 2,982.5 3,006.6 3,015.9 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 158.1 161.0 156.5 159.0 Iowa.............. 1,490.7 1,510.4 1,513.4 1,534.3 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 80.5 83.7 79.4 82.6 Kansas............ 1,335.1 1,371.8 1,370.9 1,394.6 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 67.9 68.3 66.8 67.9 Kentucky.......... 1,849.4 1,856.5 1,855.4 1,861.5 23.1 23.7 23.1 23.7 85.8 87.5 85.0 86.6 Louisiana......... 1,859.8 1,910.8 1,880.6 1,924.2 50.0 50.7 50.7 50.6 133.4 138.6 133.6 138.6 Maine............. 626.7 629.6 625.2 629.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 33.8 33.7 33.1 32.5 Maryland.......... 2,592.7 2,624.4 2,597.5 2,631.3 (1) (1) (1) (1) 195.0 199.1 194.0 198.2 Massachusetts..... 3,245.9 3,282.3 3,270.9 3,300.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 149.5 147.1 146.6 144.1 Michigan.......... 4,317.2 4,250.8 4,375.0 4,307.3 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.1 194.9 177.8 191.4 174.3 Minnesota......... 2,777.9 2,791.2 2,772.1 2,782.0 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 144.1 140.3 140.9 134.4 Mississippi....... 1,144.3 1,164.8 1,152.9 1,168.7 9.8 9.6 9.7 9.4 58.9 62.6 58.6 62.9 Missouri ......... 2,758.5 2,786.7 2,793.5 2,821.0 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 153.6 157.0 151.4 154.3 Montana........... 441.5 454.0 439.9 454.9 8.7 9.1 8.5 8.9 33.5 36.2 32.7 35.5 Nebraska.......... 945.7 961.4 951.8 964.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) 51.1 52.6 50.9 52.1 Nevada............ 1,282.2 1,300.8 1,292.5 1,309.8 11.9 12.2 11.8 12.0 146.8 142.3 144.8 141.1 New Hampshire..... 643.0 654.2 646.7 654.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 31.7 31.1 31.0 30.6 New Jersey........ 4,081.0 4,101.0 4,079.7 4,102.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 180.6 179.8 179.2 178.9 New Mexico........ 833.5 847.8 845.1 854.9 19.1 19.8 19.2 19.9 60.8 61.0 60.9 60.7 New York.......... 8,590.5 8,680.5 8,640.5 8,707.7 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.7 357.8 368.4 355.1 369.1 North Carolina.... 4,030.9 4,103.4 4,059.5 4,127.7 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 248.9 257.3 249.2 256.4 North Dakota...... 348.9 356.4 360.0 364.8 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.2 21.1 21.9 20.5 20.9 Ohio.............. 5,447.4 5,444.0 5,467.2 5,463.4 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.5 245.3 244.9 242.1 242.4 Oklahoma.......... 1,550.1 1,569.2 1,564.2 1,586.8 43.6 47.5 43.7 47.5 71.2 73.9 71.0 72.5 Oregon............ 1,709.1 1,724.0 1,720.1 1,734.1 9.8 8.7 9.7 8.9 107.5 109.6 106.7 107.8 Pennsylvania...... 5,728.3 5,779.1 5,784.8 5,827.8 21.1 22.2 21.1 22.2 277.2 278.4 274.9 273.8 Rhode Island...... 493.7 500.1 501.3 504.6 .3 .3 .3 .3 24.9 25.9 24.6 25.6 South Carolina.... 1,901.1 1,934.3 1,909.8 1,937.2 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 126.2 127.5 125.8 126.6 South Dakota...... 405.8 415.3 403.1 412.0 1.0 1.1 .9 1.0 24.5 25.0 23.4 24.0 Tennessee......... 2,799.9 2,814.4 2,808.0 2,825.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 133.8 142.0 134.1 141.4 Texas............. 10053.6 10273.6 10,138.1 10344.6 189.2 205.4 191.3 206.1 609.2 628.9 612.6 630.9 Utah.............. 1,208.1 1,262.1 1,222.2 1,276.2 10.4 11.6 10.4 11.6 101.3 113.2 101.5 113.4 Vermont........... 302.2 303.9 309.9 311.5 .9 1.0 .9 1.0 19.2 19.3 18.7 18.7 Virginia.......... 3,719.0 3,784.3 3,732.2 3,799.1 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.4 254.7 256.5 251.7 254.5 Washington........ 2,865.5 2,934.9 2,891.6 2,952.1 8.9 8.2 8.8 8.0 206.8 215.8 206.9 215.9 West Virginia..... 756.6 759.6 761.5 764.4 28.2 28.8 28.3 29.1 41.3 41.9 41.3 42.3 Wisconsin......... 2,872.6 2,895.9 2,884.0 2,899.5 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 137.1 135.1 134.0 132.5 Wyoming........... 284.3 293.5 284.1 293.8 27.5 27.8 27.4 27.6 26.1 27.7 26.0 27.6 Puerto Rico....... 1,031.1 1,014.7 1,032.9 1,023.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) 68.7 66.1 68.0 66.6 Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and Information utilities August September August September August September 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p Alabama............ 303.1 299.6 301.5 298.8 386.2 394.4 387.1 393.5 30.2 30.2 30.1 30.1 Alaska............. 20.2 20.5 15.2 15.5 68.9 69.5 66.4 67.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 Arizona............ 188.1 186.3 187.8 186.5 509.4 526.1 508.1 526.6 44.8 42.9 44.4 42.6 Arkansas........... 199.6 190.7 197.9 190.1 248.9 249.5 249.9 249.0 20.1 21.0 20.1 20.7 California......... 1,517.4 1,514.1 1,519.0 1,511.4 2,876.2 2,897.0 2,886.1 2,901.2 475.8 470.1 470.8 478.0 Colorado........... 149.8 145.0 149.1 144.7 419.9 427.4 418.9 426.4 75.5 76.5 75.0 75.8 Connecticut........ 193.9 192.1 193.2 191.5 305.2 306.8 308.5 310.8 37.7 37.7 37.2 37.3 Delaware .......... 33.5 32.3 33.6 32.1 82.4 83.9 81.9 83.3 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 District of Columbia......... 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 27.3 27.6 27.6 27.9 22.8 23.2 22.8 23.1 Florida............ 401.8 395.4 400.9 394.8 1,584.3 1,607.1 1,583.3 1,601.2 167.2 163.1 166.7 163.8 Georgia............ 448.6 437.2 447.0 436.6 866.5 884.3 866.0 884.8 114.5 114.8 114.6 115.2 Hawaii ............ 15.2 14.9 15.3 14.9 121.1 120.9 120.9 120.7 10.6 11.4 11.0 11.3 Idaho ............. 67.2 64.9 67.3 64.8 129.1 134.6 129.5 134.5 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.8 Illinois........... 683.7 680.7 684.9 678.1 1,197.8 1,199.8 1,198.9 1,200.7 116.9 115.7 115.7 115.2 Indiana............ 568.4 560.9 564.8 558.9 586.4 590.8 585.7 589.4 40.2 40.2 39.8 39.8 Iowa............... 232.1 232.8 230.8 231.6 309.0 311.7 308.1 310.9 32.9 32.8 32.8 32.7 Kansas............. 184.6 186.7 184.4 186.9 262.0 265.5 262.9 265.1 39.5 39.0 39.4 38.8 Kentucky........... 261.3 254.3 262.0 256.4 378.9 379.3 378.5 377.9 29.7 30.0 29.5 29.8 Louisiana.......... 153.5 154.7 155.3 154.1 375.3 383.5 376.1 384.4 25.8 25.9 25.7 25.6 Maine.............. 61.2 60.0 60.2 59.2 128.1 128.9 126.3 127.3 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.3 Maryland........... 136.8 133.8 136.1 134.1 472.6 477.7 471.5 476.4 50.5 50.2 50.3 50.6 Massachusetts...... 298.8 296.4 298.4 295.1 568.9 574.6 568.4 572.3 88.1 89.2 87.3 88.3 Michigan........... 647.9 622.7 646.2 623.7 797.9 783.0 794.1 779.9 66.9 66.1 66.3 65.8 Minnesota.......... 356.2 347.0 352.0 343.1 533.6 533.9 530.6 530.9 57.5 56.5 56.7 55.7 Mississippi........ 175.2 172.1 174.3 171.4 227.1 229.4 227.0 229.6 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.5 Missouri .......... 306.3 297.9 305.8 298.9 543.9 551.8 545.3 554.8 62.8 62.3 62.6 62.1 Montana............ 20.5 21.1 20.3 20.8 90.2 92.4 89.7 92.6 8.0 7.7 8.0 7.6 Nebraska........... 101.7 101.2 101.4 100.2 200.4 203.8 200.8 202.3 19.5 19.4 19.3 19.1 Nevada............. 50.9 52.1 51.1 52.2 226.6 233.0 227.5 233.5 15.7 15.5 15.2 15.6 New Hampshire...... 76.8 76.1 76.4 75.7 142.7 145.7 142.1 144.4 12.7 12.8 12.6 12.7 New Jersey......... 324.7 317.8 324.5 317.9 871.9 871.6 873.2 874.1 99.5 98.9 99.1 98.3 New Mexico......... 38.7 38.4 38.8 37.7 142.5 145.0 142.1 144.6 16.0 17.0 17.2 17.0 New York........... 569.4 554.9 568.3 552.4 1,497.3 1,507.6 1,508.3 1,515.0 271.8 268.7 269.4 265.6 North Carolina..... 554.9 544.5 554.0 543.4 757.8 767.5 756.0 765.1 72.0 75.2 71.8 75.2 North Dakota....... 26.1 26.2 26.4 26.2 76.1 77.7 76.2 77.5 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.5 Ohio............... 796.9 781.0 795.0 780.0 1,046.3 1,047.4 1,043.0 1,045.1 88.9 87.7 88.1 87.1 Oklahoma........... 150.5 151.0 149.9 150.6 284.8 286.4 284.6 286.7 29.9 29.5 29.7 29.4 Oregon............. 212.5 204.0 211.0 204.1 338.9 344.2 340.4 346.0 35.3 37.3 35.2 37.5 Pennsylvania....... 676.7 663.6 673.9 660.6 1,117.6 1,126.5 1,124.0 1,132.8 108.9 108.5 108.8 107.3 Rhode Island....... 52.3 51.2 52.9 51.4 79.3 79.7 80.2 80.2 10.8 11.1 10.8 11.0 South Carolina..... 250.9 243.8 249.9 242.4 367.0 370.7 366.3 370.0 27.4 28.2 27.1 28.0 South Dakota....... 42.1 43.1 42.0 43.1 81.7 83.7 80.4 82.8 7.1 7.3 7.0 7.2 Tennessee.......... 399.3 388.9 398.5 387.8 608.3 614.0 609.4 613.5 50.4 51.8 50.6 51.8 Texas.............. 935.7 930.3 937.8 927.1 2,054.0 2,070.6 2,052.4 2,073.7 222.5 221.9 222.3 221.1 Utah............... 123.8 128.8 123.9 128.8 236.1 247.2 236.6 247.9 32.9 33.1 32.8 32.8 Vermont............ 36.4 36.2 36.1 35.9 59.4 59.8 59.2 59.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 Virginia........... 289.3 287.9 286.2 287.5 660.5 677.2 657.5 674.7 92.0 93.2 91.3 91.4 Washington......... 289.9 297.5 291.8 298.3 546.6 558.3 546.8 559.2 100.2 106.8 100.4 105.9 West Virginia...... 61.0 59.5 61.0 59.4 141.7 143.6 142.4 143.6 11.6 11.3 11.5 11.7 Wisconsin.......... 513.3 509.0 508.1 503.2 543.0 552.2 542.9 551.3 49.3 50.6 48.8 50.3 Wyoming............ 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.2 54.1 56.8 53.2 56.1 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.1 Puerto Rico........ 109.1 102.5 108.5 102.4 184.4 181.0 183.7 179.8 22.3 21.5 22.0 21.1 Financial activities Professional and business Education and health services services August September August September August September 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p Alabama............ 98.9 98.6 98.6 98.5 218.1 223.8 219.1 223.9 203.9 207.6 205.0 208.8 Alaska............. 15.5 15.5 15.2 15.1 25.8 26.8 25.5 26.4 37.2 37.6 37.1 37.6 Arizona............ 183.7 185.9 184.5 185.9 397.1 419.5 398.8 423.0 291.4 301.1 294.4 303.8 Arkansas........... 53.0 53.9 52.9 53.9 114.5 117.3 115.6 118.0 149.9 153.6 152.6 156.5 California......... 941.0 933.3 939.9 929.3 2,247.7 2,280.5 2,251.6 2,278.7 1,594.7 1,643.9 1,624.8 1,669.9 Colorado........... 161.4 163.1 160.7 162.2 339.9 354.4 338.0 351.7 230.5 240.2 231.5 241.4 Connecticut........ 146.1 146.0 144.6 144.9 206.5 210.9 207.2 211.8 273.8 279.7 280.6 286.7 Delaware .......... 44.3 43.9 43.9 43.5 61.9 63.2 61.9 63.6 55.9 58.0 56.4 58.8 District of Columbia......... 29.8 30.6 29.7 30.5 154.1 160.3 154.4 160.6 87.0 87.1 92.2 92.4 Florida............ 546.5 554.4 544.5 552.1 1,342.8 1,359.4 1,348.0 1,362.2 966.2 1,002.1 975.2 1,008.8 Georgia............ 232.5 234.7 231.9 233.2 555.6 565.5 552.8 564.7 438.0 453.1 438.0 453.2 Hawaii ............ 30.0 30.3 29.8 30.3 79.4 82.9 79.4 83.1 70.8 72.3 71.4 73.0 Idaho ............. 32.5 33.8 32.4 33.6 84.6 87.7 84.0 87.6 70.5 71.9 72.0 73.2 Illinois........... 409.4 413.8 406.5 409.5 872.4 891.5 869.5 888.7 758.3 772.5 766.8 780.6 Indiana............ 140.9 141.6 140.1 140.4 287.2 287.7 286.0 286.7 374.2 376.0 390.0 391.6 Iowa............... 101.5 103.1 101.3 102.9 118.7 122.2 118.3 121.9 190.7 194.6 198.7 203.5 Kansas............. 72.4 73.7 72.3 73.4 139.3 146.9 141.2 147.1 163.7 169.1 167.6 171.5 Kentucky........... 90.7 92.7 90.9 92.5 179.9 184.3 180.5 184.2 237.7 240.7 238.9 241.7 Louisiana.......... 95.8 97.7 95.9 97.5 195.5 199.6 196.9 199.1 235.8 243.9 239.7 246.2 Maine.............. 33.9 33.6 33.3 33.0 53.0 54.3 52.2 53.3 113.1 115.5 114.0 116.7 Maryland........... 160.8 161.0 159.6 160.3 400.0 409.2 397.4 407.3 359.1 368.1 362.8 369.9 Massachusetts...... 227.0 227.9 224.5 225.3 481.1 491.2 478.7 489.0 590.7 606.7 606.3 622.0 Michigan........... 218.6 214.2 215.9 213.0 598.3 597.2 598.8 596.0 572.6 582.6 585.7 594.2 Minnesota.......... 181.4 183.6 180.9 182.8 329.5 331.2 325.8 328.0 404.1 419.1 404.3 420.6 Mississippi........ 46.7 46.7 46.6 46.7 94.1 97.3 93.9 97.4 122.0 124.3 124.8 125.8 Missouri .......... 167.3 168.2 166.4 166.7 334.4 338.0 333.9 337.2 374.2 384.0 380.0 387.3 Montana............ 22.6 22.5 22.4 22.2 40.0 41.8 39.0 41.1 56.7 57.7 57.5 58.8 Nebraska........... 66.7 66.5 66.1 66.5 103.4 107.9 103.1 107.6 130.6 134.3 131.3 135.3 Nevada............. 66.2 65.6 66.4 65.5 158.1 159.9 157.9 159.4 87.3 91.6 88.5 92.6 New Hampshire...... 40.1 40.4 39.5 40.5 63.2 64.2 62.6 63.4 99.8 102.6 100.5 104.1 New Jersey......... 283.9 285.3 281.2 281.1 613.0 623.2 610.3 622.7 562.2 572.7 567.3 578.2 New Mexico......... 35.1 35.6 35.0 35.4 108.1 109.2 108.2 109.1 105.1 108.3 109.1 112.7 New York........... 737.5 747.6 728.6 741.1 1,123.8 1,144.7 1,118.3 1,142.9 1,513.3 1,544.3 1,568.7 1,585.7 North Carolina..... 210.3 216.7 209.2 215.3 479.4 496.3 480.1 495.6 489.0 510.8 492.3 514.1 North Dakota....... 19.4 20.2 19.3 20.1 29.8 30.9 29.9 31.1 50.0 51.8 49.7 51.0 Ohio............... 308.6 305.5 307.0 303.6 669.2 675.2 666.3 670.7 764.5 776.4 781.2 790.5 Oklahoma........... 84.8 83.6 84.5 83.3 177.7 178.0 177.1 179.9 187.9 190.0 189.6 192.1 Oregon............. 107.7 107.0 107.3 106.3 196.7 198.8 196.4 197.3 201.1 203.6 206.7 208.9 Pennsylvania....... 338.3 337.0 334.5 333.0 687.0 705.2 683.9 700.7 1,029.4 1,058.3 1,057.5 1,084.7 Rhode Island....... 35.7 36.2 35.9 36.1 57.6 60.1 58.7 59.9 93.1 94.9 96.8 98.6 South Carolina..... 103.6 105.7 103.0 104.7 218.3 218.3 219.7 217.1 191.5 205.2 193.8 206.5 South Dakota....... 29.9 31.2 29.9 31.1 26.0 27.0 25.7 26.5 58.3 60.1 59.0 60.1 Tennessee.......... 145.0 145.2 145.1 144.9 323.5 322.8 326.0 325.2 340.2 347.0 342.2 349.2 Texas.............. 630.5 644.2 630.1 645.6 1,236.2 1,300.9 1,238.1 1,302.4 1,221.6 1,244.5 1,232.9 1,255.1 Utah............... 71.9 76.0 71.8 76.0 158.2 165.6 157.8 164.8 131.9 137.2 136.7 142.1 Vermont............ 13.4 13.5 13.2 13.3 22.9 23.1 22.5 22.7 54.7 55.4 56.1 56.8 Virginia........... 197.9 201.8 196.0 200.0 634.7 653.2 632.7 651.6 387.2 395.4 409.9 418.7 Washington......... 157.9 159.7 156.8 158.8 337.7 348.8 337.3 349.2 330.8 339.8 338.0 347.1 West Virginia...... 30.2 30.1 30.1 30.1 60.1 61.8 60.1 61.4 111.5 112.0 113.2 113.4 Wisconsin.......... 162.7 163.5 161.0 162.8 276.2 280.9 275.2 280.5 390.5 396.5 392.0 398.4 Wyoming............ 11.2 11.4 11.1 11.3 18.1 19.4 17.7 18.8 22.9 23.4 22.7 23.5 Puerto Rico........ 49.9 50.4 49.7 49.9 104.7 105.5 104.2 105.3 101.7 102.9 105.4 110.3 Leisure and hospitality Other services Government August September August September August September 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p 2006 2007 2006 2007p Alabama............ 175.0 179.7 173.1 177.5 80.8 81.5 80.9 81.2 362.8 368.6 371.9 378.5 Alaska............. 38.7 39.4 35.4 36.2 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.5 77.8 77.9 82.5 82.5 Arizona............ 262.8 274.6 265.5 278.6 101.0 106.4 101.3 107.3 397.7 411.6 420.3 430.7 Arkansas........... 100.3 103.4 98.8 101.6 43.8 44.3 43.6 44.4 197.8 200.8 211.5 214.4 California......... 1,554.7 1,593.5 1,539.3 1,577.9 507.8 515.5 510.7 517.5 2,347.8 2,395.6 2,417.1 2,463.2 Colorado........... 278.0 284.9 266.8 273.9 91.8 93.2 90.8 92.3 351.4 357.6 369.7 375.4 Connecticut........ 141.7 144.1 135.7 138.1 64.6 65.5 63.4 64.5 232.6 233.5 243.3 246.1 Delaware .......... 44.6 46.5 42.9 44.5 20.4 20.7 20.0 20.8 57.1 57.3 60.2 59.7 District of Columbia......... 53.7 54.6 54.2 55.0 60.1 61.1 59.4 60.4 240.4 241.7 230.7 231.8 Florida............ 894.7 932.5 887.8 926.1 338.7 349.2 341.1 348.0 1,102.0 1,126.7 1,115.3 1,135.0 Georgia............ 390.6 403.8 384.9 398.0 160.2 160.8 158.9 159.5 658.7 680.3 668.9 690.1 Hawaii ............ 108.3 110.2 108.0 110.0 26.3 26.8 26.3 27.0 115.8 115.7 119.8 121.2 Idaho ............. 64.3 67.5 62.3 65.0 19.6 19.5 19.0 19.1 109.6 111.9 116.4 119.4 Illinois........... 548.4 561.5 538.5 551.4 266.7 264.7 257.5 257.6 817.7 813.6 846.1 843.7 Indiana............ 292.0 295.7 286.6 290.3 112.1 113.0 111.6 112.0 390.6 408.4 438.3 440.5 Iowa............... 140.4 142.8 137.2 139.4 56.9 56.8 56.5 56.4 225.6 227.7 248.0 250.2 Kansas............. 118.8 120.2 117.9 119.1 51.9 53.7 52.6 54.1 226.1 239.5 256.9 261.5 Kentucky........... 173.8 174.8 171.4 172.8 75.8 76.3 75.8 76.2 312.7 312.9 319.8 319.7 Louisiana.......... 189.5 199.0 188.2 197.7 66.7 69.6 67.5 70.0 338.5 347.6 351.0 360.4 Maine.............. 75.0 75.5 66.9 67.4 20.1 20.1 19.6 19.7 94.2 93.7 105.5 105.8 Maryland........... 248.0 253.8 237.9 244.9 117.7 119.1 117.0 117.9 452.2 452.4 470.9 471.7 Massachusetts...... 325.0 327.2 309.7 311.7 123.4 123.6 118.9 118.4 391.5 396.5 430.2 432.1 Michigan........... 431.6 432.8 423.4 424.3 179.5 178.1 178.4 176.8 600.5 588.0 666.5 651.2 Minnesota.......... 261.6 268.2 252.9 258.2 118.7 117.0 118.8 116.6 384.7 388.1 403.0 405.7 Mississippi........ 123.0 126.4 124.2 125.1 37.3 37.4 37.0 37.2 236.6 245.4 243.3 249.7 Missouri .......... 293.9 301.2 286.5 293.8 120.9 121.7 120.4 121.0 395.7 399.0 435.7 439.3 Montana............ 62.5 64.3 58.8 61.0 17.2 17.6 17.2 17.6 81.6 83.6 85.8 88.8 Nebraska........... 83.0 85.0 81.2 83.7 35.4 35.5 35.4 35.6 153.9 155.2 162.3 161.6 Nevada............. 341.1 343.5 341.6 343.1 37.0 38.4 37.2 38.4 140.6 146.7 150.5 156.4 New Hampshire...... 72.9 75.1 67.1 68.7 22.0 22.4 21.6 21.8 80.0 82.7 92.2 91.8 New Jersey......... 368.3 368.4 351.4 351.4 162.6 165.0 159.5 161.8 612.6 616.5 632.3 636.6 New Mexico......... 89.8 92.0 88.4 90.2 31.1 31.5 29.4 29.8 187.2 190.0 196.8 197.8 New York........... 726.2 740.8 698.3 710.7 355.1 358.6 356.5 357.8 1,431.6 1,437.6 1,462.3 1,460.7 North Carolina..... 385.5 400.8 379.7 394.1 178.5 182.8 177.2 181.6 647.7 644.7 683.1 680.1 North Dakota....... 32.9 33.8 32.8 32.9 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 66.1 66.1 77.7 77.4 Ohio............... 533.7 530.4 515.8 513.5 223.8 223.7 222.6 222.4 758.3 760.2 794.4 796.6 Oklahoma........... 139.9 141.2 138.1 141.0 74.7 76.7 74.5 76.9 305.1 311.4 321.5 326.9 Oregon............. 173.6 180.2 170.8 175.5 59.6 60.6 59.8 61.0 266.4 270.0 276.1 280.8 Pennsylvania....... 523.3 530.9 502.6 509.2 262.7 264.3 259.8 261.0 686.1 684.2 743.8 742.5 Rhode Island....... 55.6 56.8 53.8 54.6 23.3 23.6 23.0 23.5 60.8 60.3 64.3 63.4 South Carolina..... 217.0 225.1 210.6 218.1 76.1 79.7 77.3 80.7 318.4 325.4 331.6 338.4 South Dakota....... 48.9 49.7 44.7 45.3 15.9 16.1 15.7 16.1 70.4 71.0 74.4 74.8 Tennessee.......... 281.6 289.7 276.5 284.8 101.8 102.5 101.6 102.4 411.7 406.2 419.8 419.8 Texas.............. 964.7 1,002.7 956.3 991.5 346.5 354.3 345.2 353.3 1,643.5 1,669.9 1,719.1 1,737.8 Utah............... 111.7 116.4 109.6 114.3 35.7 36.9 35.3 36.5 194.2 196.1 205.8 208.0 Vermont............ 35.2 35.4 32.9 33.1 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.9 44.0 44.1 54.3 54.4 Virginia........... 359.5 366.4 345.5 352.3 183.0 185.2 181.7 184.3 648.6 656.0 668.2 672.7 Washington......... 284.7 290.9 282.4 288.2 105.6 106.7 105.1 105.7 496.4 502.4 517.3 515.8 West Virginia...... 74.2 75.2 73.4 74.3 55.8 56.3 56.2 56.6 141.0 139.1 144.0 142.5 Wisconsin.......... 280.1 284.1 268.1 272.1 136.6 139.0 136.2 137.9 379.5 380.6 413.5 406.2 Wyoming............ 37.8 39.0 35.0 36.2 11.3 11.6 11.1 11.6 60.8 62.0 65.5 66.8 Puerto Rico........ 74.8 73.2 73.5 72.4 21.3 23.3 21.4 23.8 294.2 288.3 296.5 291.4 1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from 2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.