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

     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 3.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                       Change from 
                                                              February             March             March  2007 to
                      State and area                                                                  March 2008 p 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                           2007      2008      2007     2008p     Number   Percent 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
     Alabama...........................................   1,987.3   2,004.2   2,004.4   2,015.6      11.2       0.6
       Anniston-Oxford.................................      52.7      53.2      53.1      53.3        .2        .4
       Auburn-Opelika..................................      53.6      55.8      54.5      56.4       1.9       3.5
       Birmingham-Hoover...............................     529.4     529.6     532.7     532.0       -.7       -.1
       Decatur.........................................      57.5      57.9      58.0      59.0       1.0       1.7
       Dothan..........................................      62.8      62.6      63.5      62.9       -.6       -.9
       Florence-Muscle Shoals..........................      56.6      57.5      57.4      57.9        .5        .9
       Huntsville......................................     206.3     211.4     208.0     212.7       4.7       2.3
       Mobile..........................................     182.1     182.6     184.1     184.0       -.1       -.1
       Montgomery......................................     176.7     180.0     178.3     180.9       2.6       1.5
       Tuscaloosa......................................      98.1      98.5      98.5      99.0        .5        .5
                                                                                                                   
     Alaska............................................     303.0     304.7     305.8     307.2       1.4        .5
       Anchorage.......................................     163.0     164.4     164.0     165.3       1.3        .8
                                                                                                                   
     Arizona...........................................   2,668.5   2,669.3   2,686.3   2,678.8      -7.5       -.3
       Flagstaff.......................................      63.6      63.9      64.6      64.4       -.2       -.3
       Lake Havasu City-Kingman........................      54.6      53.6      55.4      54.0      -1.4      -2.5
       Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale.........................   1,908.3   1,909.3   1,921.2   1,916.9      -4.3       -.2
       Prescott........................................      64.2      65.8      64.8      65.9       1.1       1.7
       Tucson..........................................     387.5     381.2     388.7     381.2      -7.5      -1.9
       Yuma............................................      55.6      57.0      56.0      57.1       1.1       2.0
                                                                                                                   
     Arkansas..........................................   1,193.3   1,198.2   1,207.8   1,207.2       -.6        .0
       Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..................     206.4     208.1     208.7     209.0        .3        .1
       Fort Smith......................................     123.4     124.6     125.1     126.1       1.0        .8
       Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway............     341.2     345.3     344.7     348.0       3.3       1.0
                                                                                                                   
     California........................................  15,047.2  15,066.1  15,151.5  15,134.9     -16.6       -.1
       Bakersfield.....................................     236.3     240.5     237.7     241.5       3.8       1.6
       Chico...........................................      75.9      76.8      76.3      77.0        .7        .9
       Fresno..........................................     302.8     306.0     306.0     308.4       2.4        .8
       Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................   5,615.7   5,577.1   5,644.1   5,608.8     -35.3       -.6
       Merced..........................................      58.0      58.7      58.3      59.0        .7       1.2
       Modesto.........................................     157.5     157.1     158.8     157.9       -.9       -.6
       Napa............................................      61.4      62.1      62.1      62.7        .6       1.0
       Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura....................     295.4     291.0     297.3     291.7      -5.6      -1.9
       Redding.........................................      63.6      64.6      64.2      64.9        .7       1.1
       Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario................   1,267.4   1,252.7   1,275.0   1,253.3     -21.7      -1.7
       Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville...............     895.9     900.1     902.8     903.6        .8        .1
       Salinas.........................................     126.8     129.6     126.9     129.0       2.1       1.7
       San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos...................   1,297.1   1,297.4   1,305.1   1,303.4      -1.7       -.1
       San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont...................   2,012.9   2,028.8   2,024.3   2,035.9      11.6        .6
       San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara..................     898.6     906.9     904.6     911.8       7.2        .8
       San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles.....................     102.9     104.1     104.0     104.7        .7        .7
       Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta................     172.1     173.6     173.5     174.3        .8        .5
       Santa Cruz-Watsonville..........................      94.9      96.6      95.2      97.1       1.9       2.0
       Santa Rosa-Petaluma.............................     187.2     189.6     188.7     190.6       1.9       1.0
       Stockton........................................     207.7     212.1     210.2     213.0       2.8       1.3
       Vallejo-Fairfield...............................     125.5     124.6     126.8     125.3      -1.5      -1.2
       Visalia-Porterville.............................     112.6     112.5     113.6     113.2       -.4       -.4
                                                                                                                   
     Colorado..........................................   2,280.5   2,327.2   2,306.3   2,344.8      38.5       1.7
       Boulder ........................................     163.9     166.5     165.6     167.8       2.2       1.3
       Colorado Springs................................     254.8     259.4     257.6     261.3       3.7       1.4
       Denver-Aurora...................................   1,209.0   1,232.0   1,221.4   1,241.1      19.7       1.6
       Fort Collins-Loveland...........................     131.3     136.0     133.1     136.8       3.7       2.8
       Grand Junction..................................      60.4      63.4      61.4      64.1       2.7       4.4
       Greeley.........................................      79.8      82.7      81.0      83.0       2.0       2.5
       Pueblo..........................................      57.8      58.6      58.2      58.9        .7       1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Connecticut.......................................   1,668.4   1,681.0   1,671.9   1,683.4      11.5        .7
       Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk.....................     412.1     417.5     413.8     419.0       5.2       1.3
       Danbury.........................................      68.2      69.1      68.9      69.8        .9       1.3
       Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford............     548.7     556.0     550.2     558.5       8.3       1.5
       New Haven.......................................     275.0     275.0     273.8     273.0       -.8       -.3
       Norwich-New London..............................     133.1     133.9     133.9     134.2        .3        .2
       Waterbury.......................................      68.1      68.1      68.0      68.4        .4        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Delaware..........................................     425.1     428.0     430.4     431.3        .9        .2
       Dover...........................................      64.8      64.9      65.3      65.3        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     District of Columbia..............................     690.3     697.6     693.1     698.7       5.6        .8
       Washington-Arlington-Alexandria.................   2,949.1   2,975.6   2,972.9   2,995.4      22.5        .8
                                                                                                                   
     Florida...........................................   8,077.4   8,041.3   8,141.6   8,063.7     -77.9      -1.0
       Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice.......................     303.7     290.9     306.0     292.8     -13.2      -4.3
       Cape Coral-Fort Myers...........................     238.6     225.2     240.0     226.1     -13.9      -5.8
       Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach..............     174.2     172.4     176.2     173.1      -3.1      -1.8
       Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin..............      84.7      85.0      86.2      86.2        .0        .0
       Gainesville.....................................     134.8     137.4     135.1     137.6       2.5       1.9
       Jacksonville....................................     629.4     630.6     635.2     634.6       -.6       -.1
       Lakeland-Winter Haven...........................     217.0     214.4     218.9     215.7      -3.2      -1.5
       Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach.............   2,447.4   2,437.2   2,463.7   2,442.9     -20.8       -.8
       Naples-Marco Island.............................     137.2     131.1     139.0     131.6      -7.4      -5.3
       Ocala...........................................     106.9     105.7     107.9     106.5      -1.4      -1.3
       Orlando-Kissimmee...............................   1,098.8   1,102.2   1,104.4   1,108.8       4.4        .4
       Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville...................     213.1     211.5     214.1     213.0      -1.1       -.5
       Panama City-Lynn Haven..........................      75.1      75.9      77.1      77.4        .3        .4
       Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent......................     173.5     175.8     174.6     176.4       1.8       1.0
       Port St. Lucie..................................     135.9     134.6     137.2     135.6      -1.6      -1.2
       Tallahassee.....................................     179.5     180.4     180.8     181.5        .7        .4
       Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.................   1,306.4   1,296.2   1,318.5   1,301.2     -17.3      -1.3
                                                                                                                   
     Georgia...........................................   4,114.8   4,151.1   4,130.9   4,161.3      30.4        .7
       Albany..........................................      64.8      64.4      64.7      64.6       -.1       -.2
       Athens-Clarke County............................      81.8      82.9      81.6      82.7       1.1       1.3
       Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta..................   2,432.8   2,462.3   2,444.8   2,471.2      26.4       1.1
       Augusta-Richmond County.........................     214.2     216.9     215.9     218.0       2.1       1.0
       Columbus........................................     121.0     121.2     121.3     121.1       -.2       -.2
       Dalton..........................................      78.3      77.5      78.3      77.6       -.7       -.9
       Gainesville.....................................      75.2      76.9      75.6      77.2       1.6       2.1
       Macon...........................................     100.0     100.2      99.7     100.4        .7        .7
       Savannah........................................     160.4     161.0     161.0     161.8        .8        .5
       Valdosta........................................      56.2      56.4      56.1      56.4        .3        .5
       Warner Robins...................................      58.4      59.1      58.8      59.4        .6       1.0
                                                                                                                   
     Hawaii............................................     623.0     627.6     626.6     630.8       4.2        .7
       Honolulu........................................     454.2     457.7     457.2     459.8       2.6        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Idaho.............................................     635.5     638.8     642.3     643.2        .9        .1
       Boise City-Nampa................................     273.5     270.4     276.3     271.9      -4.4      -1.6
       Coeur d'Alene...................................      52.8      56.6      54.1      57.2       3.1       5.7
                                                                                                                   
     Illinois..........................................   5,845.5   5,885.2   5,903.2   5,924.5      21.3        .4
       Bloomington-Normal..............................      90.7      91.2      91.0      91.3        .3        .3
       Champaign-Urbana................................     112.3     112.9     113.6     113.2       -.4       -.4
       Chicago-Naperville-Joliet.......................   4,450.3   4,480.8   4,489.7   4,505.8      16.1        .4
       Davenport-Moline-Rock Island....................     183.7     185.3     186.4     186.8        .4        .2
       Decatur.........................................      53.3      54.5      54.4      54.5        .1        .2
       Peoria..........................................     182.9     185.3     185.1     186.8       1.7        .9
       Rockford........................................     157.6     158.8     159.8     159.0       -.8       -.5
       Springfield.....................................     109.2     110.0     110.6     110.5       -.1       -.1
                                                                                                                   
     Indiana...........................................   2,924.6   2,948.8   2,965.4   2,966.5       1.1        .0
       Bloomington.....................................      82.9      84.1      83.1      84.4       1.3       1.6
       Elkhart-Goshen..................................     127.0     126.4     129.0     127.3      -1.7      -1.3
       Evansville......................................     175.6     177.5     178.3     179.5       1.2        .7
       Fort Wayne......................................     215.0     213.9     217.1     212.7      -4.4      -2.0
       Indianapolis-Carmel.............................     890.3     905.2     905.0     912.1       7.1        .8
       Lafayette.......................................      94.3      94.9      95.2      95.7        .5        .5
       Muncie..........................................      53.4      53.2      54.3      53.7       -.6      -1.1
       South Bend-Mishawaka............................     141.9     143.2     143.0     143.9        .9        .6
       Terre Haute.....................................      73.2      72.9      74.1      73.1      -1.0      -1.3
                                                                                                                   
     Iowa..............................................   1,485.7   1,497.2   1,496.4   1,508.1      11.7        .8
       Cedar Rapids....................................     135.1     135.4     135.5     136.6       1.1        .8
       Des Moines-West Des Moines......................     314.0     319.6     316.0     321.5       5.5       1.7
       Dubuque.........................................      54.4      55.1      54.8      55.3        .5        .9
       Iowa City.......................................      89.1      89.9      89.7      90.4        .7        .8
       Sioux City......................................      73.5      72.3      73.5      72.9       -.6       -.8
       Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................      88.2      89.6      88.2      89.8       1.6       1.8
                                                                                                                   
     Kansas............................................   1,351.9   1,371.1   1,372.9   1,382.8       9.9        .7
       Topeka..........................................     108.1     109.3     110.0     110.5        .5        .5
       Wichita.........................................     295.7     302.0     300.1     303.5       3.4       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Kentucky..........................................   1,830.9   1,855.5   1,849.8   1,870.1      20.3       1.1
       Bowling Green...................................      60.7      62.5      61.3      62.7       1.4       2.3
       Lexington-Fayette...............................     251.4     253.7     253.9     255.1       1.2        .5
       Louisville-Jefferson County.....................     611.7     620.5     615.0     626.4      11.4       1.9
                                                                                                                   
     Louisiana.........................................   1,895.4   1,935.3   1,915.5   1,945.8      30.3       1.6
       Alexandria......................................      64.1      65.2      65.0      65.4        .4        .6
       Baton Rouge.....................................     365.5     369.9     369.5     371.8       2.3        .6
       Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux......................      93.9      95.3      94.8      96.3       1.5       1.6
       Lafayette.......................................     146.4     150.8     147.7     151.8       4.1       2.8
       Lake Charles....................................      92.3      91.9      93.0      92.4       -.6       -.6
       Monroe..........................................      78.5      78.7      78.7      79.0        .3        .4
       New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner.....................     508.5     521.1     515.2     525.0       9.8       1.9
       Shreveport-Bossier City.........................     176.1     180.6     177.5     181.6       4.1       2.3
                                                                                                                   
     Maine.............................................     596.2     597.1     599.1     599.3        .2        .0
       Bangor..........................................      65.1      64.9      65.2      65.5        .3        .5
       Portland-South Portland-Biddeford...............     189.0     189.6     190.1     190.1        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Maryland..........................................   2,552.7   2,585.5   2,586.3   2,611.2      24.9       1.0
       Baltimore-Towson ...............................   1,293.0   1,305.7   1,309.0   1,317.9       8.9        .7
       Hagerstown-Martinsburg..........................     100.5     100.8     101.4     101.4        .0        .0
       Salisbury.......................................      55.1      55.5      56.1      56.3        .2        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Massachusetts.....................................   3,206.1   3,233.2   3,221.1   3,248.6      27.5        .9
       Barnstable Town.................................      90.7      90.5      91.9      91.4       -.5       -.5
       Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ........................   2,436.4   2,460.1   2,446.3   2,471.9      25.6       1.0
       New Bedford.....................................      66.2      65.7      66.2      65.6       -.6       -.9
       Springfield.....................................     293.1     293.3     294.2     294.4        .2        .1
       Worcester.......................................     245.0     246.1     245.9     247.0       1.1        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Michigan..........................................   4,213.0   4,160.7   4,234.0   4,161.6     -72.4      -1.7
       Ann Arbor.......................................     200.1     199.0     201.7     198.4      -3.3      -1.6
       Battle Creek....................................      58.2      57.0      58.6      57.4      -1.2      -2.0
       Detroit-Warren-Livonia..........................   1,951.3   1,910.4   1,955.4   1,910.1     -45.3      -2.3
       Flint...........................................     148.9     144.8     149.8     141.8      -8.0      -5.3
       Grand Rapids-Wyoming............................     387.7     387.6     389.4     389.3       -.1        .0
       Holland-Grand Haven.............................     112.0     110.6     113.1     111.5      -1.6      -1.4
       Jackson.........................................      57.9      56.8      58.3      56.9      -1.4      -2.4
       Kalamazoo-Portage...............................     145.4     145.2     146.8     146.4       -.4       -.3
       Lansing-East Lansing............................     224.5     223.8     225.8     224.4      -1.4       -.6
       Muskegon-Norton Shores..........................      63.6      64.0      63.9      64.3        .4        .6
       Niles-Benton Harbor.............................      61.8      64.1      62.5      64.7       2.2       3.5
       Saginaw-Saginaw Township North..................      89.3      86.7      89.7      86.6      -3.1      -3.5
                                                                                                                   
     Minnesota.........................................   2,711.9   2,725.4   2,722.2   2,739.7      17.5        .6
       Duluth..........................................     130.2     131.9     130.8     132.5       1.7       1.3
       Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington................   1,767.1   1,776.7   1,772.1   1,785.4      13.3        .8
       Rochester.......................................     104.0     105.9     104.6     106.5       1.9       1.8
       St. Cloud.......................................     100.7     102.4     101.6     103.1       1.5       1.5
                                                                                                                   
     Mississippi.......................................   1,144.5   1,150.6   1,148.3   1,157.7       9.4        .8
       Gulfport-Biloxi.................................     107.8     111.0     108.6     111.6       3.0       2.8
       Hattiesburg.....................................      60.4      61.5      60.5      61.9       1.4       2.3
       Jackson.........................................     258.4     262.1     260.7     262.0       1.3        .5
       Pascagoula......................................      56.5      58.9      51.9      59.1       7.2      13.9
                                                                                                                   
     Missouri .........................................   2,741.7   2,759.3   2,785.3   2,778.4      -6.9       -.2
       Columbia........................................      91.7      93.5      93.4      94.1        .7        .7
       Jefferson City..................................      78.2      79.2      79.2      79.6        .4        .5
       Joplin..........................................      78.9      79.8      79.8      80.2        .4        .5
       Kansas City ....................................     991.6   1,007.7   1,007.1   1,014.9       7.8        .8
       St. Joseph......................................      58.6      59.2      59.6      59.8        .2        .3
       St. Louis (1)...................................   1,331.2   1,335.4   1,348.3   1,342.9      -5.4       -.4
       Springfield ....................................     196.6     201.2     200.7     203.2       2.5       1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Montana...........................................     430.2     438.1     436.4     442.2       5.8       1.3
       Billings........................................      77.7      79.4      79.0      80.1       1.1       1.4
       Missoula........................................      56.2      56.2      57.1      56.8       -.3       -.5
                                                                                                                   
     Nebraska..........................................     940.7     958.5     947.4     963.3      15.9       1.7
       Lincoln.........................................     170.8     173.4     171.7     175.1       3.4       2.0
       Omaha-Council Bluffs............................     454.7     461.2     457.1     463.2       6.1       1.3
                                                                                                                   
     Nevada............................................   1,283.1   1,284.8   1,290.7   1,286.8      -3.9       -.3
       Las Vegas-Paradise..............................     923.9     925.6     927.9     925.5      -2.4       -.3
       Reno-Sparks.....................................     220.8     220.7     222.2     221.1      -1.1       -.5
                                                                                                                   
     New Hampshire.....................................     633.9     642.2     635.8     645.1       9.3       1.5
       Manchester......................................      99.3     100.4      99.6     101.2       1.6       1.6
       Portsmouth......................................      53.7      54.8      53.9      54.9       1.0       1.9
       Rochester-Dover.................................      56.4      57.1      56.2      57.6       1.4       2.5
                                                                                                                   
     New Jersey........................................   3,989.4   4,003.2   4,020.6   4,029.5       8.9        .2
       Atlantic City-Hammonton.........................     146.0     145.7     147.4     147.0       -.4       -.3
       Trenton-Ewing...................................     234.8     237.1     235.8     237.8       2.0        .8
       Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton....................      61.5      60.9      61.7      61.2       -.5       -.8
                                                                                                                   
     New Mexico........................................     833.9     839.7     842.3     847.6       5.3        .6
       Albuquerque.....................................     391.6     394.0     395.9     397.2       1.3        .3
       Las Cruces......................................      67.8      69.1      68.6      69.7       1.1       1.6
       Santa Fe........................................      64.5      65.4      65.0      65.9        .9       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     New York..........................................   8,571.5   8,650.6   8,627.9   8,698.2      70.3        .8
       Albany-Schenectady-Troy.........................     441.5     442.5     444.2     444.8        .6        .1
       Binghamton......................................     112.4     113.2     112.9     113.5        .6        .5
       Buffalo-Niagara Falls...........................     537.5     539.8     541.2     542.3       1.1        .2
       Glens Falls.....................................      52.0      52.7      51.8      52.7        .9       1.7
       Ithaca..........................................      64.5      64.9      64.2      64.9        .7       1.1
       Kingston........................................      63.7      63.9      64.4      64.0       -.4       -.6
       New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island........   8,412.3   8,483.9   8,473.7   8,539.2      65.5        .8
       Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown................     250.5     251.4     251.8     252.1        .3        .1
       Rochester.......................................     508.1     508.2     509.5     510.2        .7        .1
       Syracuse........................................     316.7     320.2     318.1     321.3       3.2       1.0
       Utica-Rome......................................     130.2     131.4     131.2     131.8        .6        .5
                                                                                                                   
     North Carolina....................................   4,076.8   4,141.6   4,117.2   4,162.8      45.6       1.1
       Asheville.......................................     172.6     178.1     174.9     178.8       3.9       2.2
       Burlington......................................      59.9      61.0      60.6      61.4        .8       1.3
       Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord......................     844.1     860.6     853.3     867.8      14.5       1.7
       Durham..........................................     283.3     290.4     285.6     292.2       6.6       2.3
       Fayetteville....................................     127.5     128.6     127.9     128.9       1.0        .8
       Greensboro-High Point...........................     368.0     373.1     371.6     376.0       4.4       1.2
       Greenville......................................      75.9      78.2      76.6      78.4       1.8       2.3
       Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton........................     162.6     162.7     163.7     163.8        .1        .1
       Raleigh-Cary....................................     502.8     523.3     507.4     525.5      18.1       3.6
       Rocky Mount.....................................      64.5      64.3      64.8      64.3       -.5       -.8
       Wilmington......................................     142.7     146.0     145.8     147.9       2.1       1.4
       Winston-Salem...................................     217.9     220.5     219.3     222.4       3.1       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     North Dakota......................................     349.6     356.3     352.6     358.6       6.0       1.7
       Bismarck........................................      58.7      59.5      59.1      60.4       1.3       2.2
       Fargo...........................................     115.6     117.7     116.2     118.3       2.1       1.8
       Grand Forks.....................................      53.1      54.1      53.3      54.2        .9       1.7
                                                                                                                   
     Ohio..............................................   5,321.0   5,325.1   5,369.0   5,361.6      -7.4       -.1
       Akron...........................................     333.1     334.7     334.8     336.1       1.3        .4
       Canton-Massillon................................     169.0     169.5     170.6     170.4       -.2       -.1
       Cincinnati-Middletown...........................   1,022.7   1,030.0   1,035.7   1,037.2       1.5        .1
       Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor.........................   1,052.6   1,049.1   1,061.5   1,055.2      -6.3       -.6
       Columbus........................................     922.5     934.4     929.5     939.4       9.9       1.1
       Dayton..........................................     399.2     399.0     402.4     397.4      -5.0      -1.2
       Lima............................................      55.1      54.6      55.4      55.0       -.4       -.7
       Mansfield.......................................      57.2      56.3      57.1      56.2       -.9      -1.6
       Springfield.....................................      51.6      51.5      52.2      51.8       -.4       -.8
       Toledo..........................................     322.5     320.8     324.8     321.0      -3.8      -1.2
       Youngstown-Warren-Boardman......................     235.7     235.2     237.5     236.9       -.6       -.3
                                                                                                                   
     Oklahoma..........................................   1,543.8   1,569.7   1,565.2   1,580.9      15.7       1.0
       Oklahoma City...................................     560.4     566.8     567.7     570.4       2.7        .5
       Tulsa...........................................     420.7     423.2     426.3     426.0       -.3       -.1
                                                                                                                   
     Oregon............................................   1,704.5   1,721.4   1,717.7   1,728.1      10.4        .6
       Bend............................................      69.2      70.6      70.4      71.3        .9       1.3
       Eugene-Springfield..............................     155.2     155.4     155.9     155.9        .0        .0
       Medford.........................................      82.0      82.6      82.8      83.1        .3        .4
       Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton....................   1,022.8   1,034.5   1,029.6   1,038.5       8.9        .9
       Salem...........................................     149.0     150.3     150.5     150.9        .4        .3
                                                                                                                   
     Pennsylvania......................................   5,690.8   5,722.3   5,742.4   5,756.7      14.3        .2
       Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton......................     337.0     338.5     341.8     342.2        .4        .1
       Altoona.........................................      61.1      61.6      61.6      62.1        .5        .8
       Erie............................................     131.3     132.7     132.4     133.0        .6        .5
       Harrisburg-Carlisle.............................     325.2     328.3     327.7     330.5       2.8        .9
       Johnstown.......................................      60.7      61.1      61.2      61.2        .0        .0
       Lancaster.......................................     232.6     235.5     235.1     237.1       2.0        .9
       Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington..................   2,771.8   2,789.8   2,791.2   2,804.5      13.3        .5
       Pittsburgh......................................   1,119.4   1,128.9   1,131.5   1,139.4       7.9        .7
       Reading.........................................     172.3     172.2     173.6     172.6      -1.0       -.6
       Scranton--Wilkes-Barre..........................     256.8     258.7     259.5     260.6       1.1        .4
       State College...................................      72.9      74.6      73.5      75.2       1.7       2.3
       Williamsport....................................      53.2      52.9      53.5      53.0       -.5       -.9
       York-Hanover....................................     176.6     181.8     181.4     182.9       1.5        .8
                                                                                                                   
     Rhode Island......................................     483.5     477.6     485.9     477.0      -8.9      -1.8
       Providence-Fall River-Warwick...................     572.4     566.3     575.1     565.9      -9.2      -1.6
                                                                                                                   
     South Carolina....................................   1,916.2   1,934.7   1,939.6   1,949.6      10.0        .5
       Anderson........................................      64.3      63.4      64.5      64.0       -.5       -.8
       Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville.........     291.7     297.8     295.4     298.9       3.5       1.2
       Columbia........................................     361.8     368.7     363.7     369.6       5.9       1.6
       Florence........................................      86.6      90.7      87.7      91.0       3.3       3.8
       Greenville-Mauldin-Easley.......................     312.4     321.5     315.0     323.3       8.3       2.6
       Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway..........     118.2     120.9     122.9     124.8       1.9       1.5
       Spartanburg.....................................     124.4     125.9     125.9     126.8        .9        .7
                                                                                                                   
     South Dakota......................................     392.8     400.6     396.4     403.2       6.8       1.7
       Rapid City......................................      58.1      59.0      58.7      60.0       1.3       2.2
       Sioux Falls.....................................     129.1     132.4     130.5     133.6       3.1       2.4
                                                                                                                   
     Tennessee.........................................   2,753.7   2,763.4   2,784.0   2,783.2       -.8        .0
       Chattanooga.....................................     245.1     245.9     247.1     247.3        .2        .1
       Clarksville.....................................      85.1      84.4      85.2      85.4        .2        .2
       Jackson.........................................      61.2      62.1      62.2      62.7        .5        .8
       Johnson City....................................      81.1      81.7      81.5      82.4        .9       1.1
       Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol.......................     120.6     120.9     121.5     121.9        .4        .3
       Knoxville.......................................     332.5     335.7     335.4     338.1       2.7        .8
       Memphis.........................................     632.1     636.6     638.1     639.6       1.5        .2
       Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin........     747.8     759.4     755.6     766.5      10.9       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Texas.............................................  10,206.6  10,446.3  10,301.8  10,511.0     209.2       2.0
       Abilene.........................................      65.0      66.3      65.2      66.6       1.4       2.1
       Amarillo........................................     110.3     111.8     110.9     112.7       1.8       1.6
       Austin-Round Rock...............................     743.5     766.9     751.5     773.3      21.8       2.9
       Beaumont-Port Arthur............................     164.1     163.9     165.7     164.8       -.9       -.5
       Brownsville-Harlingen...........................     122.9     123.8     124.3     124.8        .5        .4
       College Station-Bryan...........................      91.3      92.8      92.3      93.0        .7        .8
       Corpus Christi..................................     174.2     176.3     176.6     177.7       1.1        .6
       Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.....................   2,889.5   2,958.4   2,917.2   2,975.4      58.2       2.0
       El Paso.........................................     267.0     274.6     269.0     276.1       7.1       2.6
       Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown......................   2,495.0   2,581.7   2,518.9   2,599.0      80.1       3.2
       Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood........................     119.4     122.7     121.1     123.4       2.3       1.9
       Laredo..........................................      85.8      86.9      86.8      87.5        .7        .8
       Longview........................................      93.7      96.8      95.6      97.6       2.0       2.1
       Lubbock.........................................     127.9     128.3     127.9     129.0       1.1        .9
       McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................     209.0     214.0     210.1     215.3       5.2       2.5
       Midland.........................................      64.2      66.6      64.9      67.1       2.2       3.4
       Odessa..........................................      57.9      60.8      58.1      61.1       3.0       5.2
       San Antonio.....................................     820.1     839.8     826.4     845.3      18.9       2.3
       Texarkana.......................................      55.5      56.6      56.2      57.0        .8       1.4
       Tyler...........................................      92.2      93.2      93.0      94.0       1.0       1.1
       Waco............................................     106.1     109.8     107.1     110.4       3.3       3.1
       Wichita Falls...................................      61.6      62.9      62.5      63.2        .7       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Utah..............................................   1,226.7   1,255.5   1,238.5   1,265.0      26.5       2.1
       Ogden-Clearfield................................     197.1     200.2     199.3     202.3       3.0       1.5
       Provo-Orem......................................     187.3     191.3     188.7     192.4       3.7       2.0
       St. George......................................      52.1      53.5      52.9      54.2       1.3       2.5
       Salt Lake City..................................     628.6     643.4     632.4     646.5      14.1       2.2
                                                                                                                   
     Vermont...........................................     306.8     307.2     306.4     306.8        .4        .1
       Burlington-South Burlington.....................     113.2     113.4     112.9     113.1        .2        .2
                                                                                                                   
     Virginia..........................................   3,705.7   3,724.7   3,737.1   3,748.5      11.4        .3
       Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford...............      72.1      68.6      72.4      68.9      -3.5      -4.8
       Charlottesville.................................     100.5     101.9     102.2     102.6        .4        .4
       Harrisonburg....................................      64.1      64.8      64.2      65.0        .8       1.2
       Lynchburg.......................................     106.9     109.0     107.7     109.9       2.2       2.0
       Richmond........................................     627.8     629.7     630.2     633.5       3.3        .5
       Roanoke.........................................     160.9     161.9     162.7     163.2        .5        .3
       Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.............     759.3     766.1     767.6     774.7       7.1        .9
       Winchester......................................      57.3      58.7      57.8      59.0       1.2       2.1
                                                                                                                   
     Washington........................................   2,873.7   2,927.1   2,891.4   2,940.4      49.0       1.7
       Bellingham......................................      82.9      85.8      83.6      86.3       2.7       3.2
       Bremerton-Silverdale............................      84.8      85.7      85.7      86.2        .5        .6
       Kennewick-Pasco-Richland........................      87.3      92.6      88.9      93.5       4.6       5.2
       Olympia.........................................      99.6     103.1     100.7     103.8       3.1       3.1
       Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue.........................   1,709.1   1,747.2   1,716.8   1,752.5      35.7       2.1
       Spokane.........................................     213.9     216.4     216.1     217.6       1.5        .7
       Yakima..........................................      76.5      79.2      77.5      79.7       2.2       2.8
                                                                                                                   
     West Virginia.....................................     741.5     745.3     752.0     753.6       1.6        .2
       Charleston......................................     147.7     148.8     150.2     150.6        .4        .3
       Huntington-Ashland..............................     117.1     118.9     119.5     120.3        .8        .7
       Morgantown......................................      60.2      61.2      60.7      61.9       1.2       2.0
       Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna.....................      71.1      72.5      72.5      73.2        .7       1.0
       Wheeling........................................      66.9      66.8      67.4      66.8       -.6       -.9
                                                                                                                   
     Wisconsin.........................................   2,810.0   2,812.2   2,830.0   2,825.1      -4.9       -.2
       Appleton........................................     116.2     116.4     116.8     116.6       -.2       -.2
       Eau Claire......................................      81.8      82.2      81.9      82.7        .8       1.0
       Green Bay.......................................     165.7     166.3     166.6     166.8        .2        .1
       Janesville......................................      68.3      68.4      69.0      68.7       -.3       -.4
       La Crosse.......................................      73.4      73.4      73.8      73.8        .0        .0
       Madison.........................................     340.8     343.0     342.3     344.2       1.9        .6
       Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis...................     843.0     841.5     846.0     844.7      -1.3       -.2
       Oshkosh-Neenah..................................      91.5      91.9      92.4      92.3       -.1       -.1
       Racine..........................................      78.8      78.1      79.2      78.7       -.5       -.6
       Sheboygan.......................................      62.7      62.7      63.2      63.0       -.2       -.3
       Wausau..........................................      71.9      71.5      72.2      71.8       -.4       -.6
                                                                                                                   
     Wyoming...........................................     276.9     285.8     280.3     287.8       7.5       2.7
       Cheyenne........................................      42.9      44.1      43.2      44.4       1.2       2.8
                                                                                                                   
     Puerto Rico.......................................   1,025.1   1,011.9   1,030.0   1,013.9     -16.1      -1.6
       Ponce...........................................      65.4      66.6      65.9      66.5        .6        .9
       San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo........................     766.0     756.5     769.6     757.3     -12.3      -1.6
                                                                                                                   
     Virgin Islands....................................      45.7      46.3      45.9      46.4        .5       1.1
     
        1  Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
        p  = preliminary.
        NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provi-
     sional and will be revised when new information becomes available.  Area definitions are based on Office of
     Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/
     lau/lausmsa.htm.  Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas
     (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.  Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states.
     They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles.  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill.,
     and Weirton-Steubenville, W. Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio,
     respectively, for operational reasons.  Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and
     tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002.  For more details, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/
     saenaics07.htm.
     
     
     
     
     
     

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