Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                           ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                 NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                                                               Change from    
                                                         November            December        December 2008 to 
            State, area, and division                                                        December 2009 p  
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                      2008      2009      2008      2009p     Number    Percent
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
California........................................  14,909.7  14,281.4  14,825.2  14,240.9    -584.3      -3.9
  Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................   5,521.5   5,329.8   5,492.3   5,328.1    -164.2      -3.0
   Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale................   4,054.1   3,915.9   4,028.9   3,913.6    -115.3      -2.9
   Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.......................   1,467.4   1,413.9   1,463.4   1,414.5     -48.9      -3.3
  San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont...................   2,014.1   1,935.1   2,006.9   1,929.9     -77.0      -3.8
   Oakland-Fremont-Hayward........................   1,021.1     986.2   1,017.7     986.6     -31.1      -3.1
   San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City...........     993.0     948.9     989.2     943.3     -45.9      -4.6
                                                                                                              
District of Columbia..............................     709.2     713.2     707.7     713.8       6.1        .9
  Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1).............   3,021.3   3,001.8   3,015.2   2,999.5     -15.7       -.5
   Bethesda-Frederick-Rockville (2)...............     576.9     581.4     576.8     579.9       3.1        .5
   Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1)............   2,444.4   2,420.4   2,438.4   2,419.6     -18.8       -.8
                                                                                                              
Florida...........................................   7,650.7   7,383.5   7,656.9   7,421.9    -235.0      -3.1
  Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach.............   2,345.6   2,283.2   2,350.0   2,297.0     -53.0      -2.3
   Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach..     762.9     740.1     762.9     743.7     -19.2      -2.5
   Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall......................   1,043.1   1,018.9   1,044.3   1,023.7     -20.6      -2.0
   West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach.......     539.6     524.2     542.8     529.6     -13.2      -2.4
                                                                                                              
Illinois..........................................   5,933.5   5,679.1   5,885.4   5,645.7    -239.7      -4.1
  Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (1)...................   4,513.9   4,326.9   4,488.5   4,306.2    -182.3      -4.1
   Chicago-Naperville-Joliet......................   3,830.1   3,662.3   3,810.4   3,647.2    -163.2      -4.3
   Gary (2).......................................     284.1     277.2     280.3     275.2      -5.1      -1.8
   Lake County-Kenosha County (1).................     399.7     387.4     397.8     383.8     -14.0      -3.5
                                                                                                              
Massachusetts.....................................   3,287.2   3,202.4   3,254.2   3,187.0     -67.2      -2.1
  Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (1).....................   2,504.4   2,453.1   2,479.8   2,445.0     -34.8      -1.4
   Boston-Cambridge-Quincy........................   1,721.7   1,682.4   1,707.3   1,675.6     -31.7      -1.9
   Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton....................      89.0      86.0      87.8      85.4      -2.4      -2.7
   Framingham.....................................     160.8     157.8     160.2     158.0      -2.2      -1.4
   Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury (1)...........      77.5      75.0      76.9      74.5      -2.4      -3.1
   Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford (1)................     118.8     114.9     118.6     114.4      -4.2      -3.5
   Nashua (1).....................................     133.4     130.9     133.5     131.2      -2.3      -1.7
   Peabody........................................     100.9      97.2     100.8      97.1      -3.7      -3.7
                                                                                                              
Michigan..........................................   4,140.8   3,893.4   4,068.9   3,858.1    -210.8      -5.2
  Detroit-Warren-Livonia..........................   1,880.9   1,750.6   1,852.3   1,737.8    -114.5      -6.2
   Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn.......................     754.3     717.1     746.6     714.8     -31.8      -4.3
   Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills...................   1,126.6   1,033.5   1,105.7   1,023.0     -82.7      -7.5
                                                                                                              
New York..........................................   8,861.7   8,653.5   8,818.1   8,648.3    -169.8      -1.9
  New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (1)....   8,639.8   8,461.7   8,604.4   8,454.0    -150.4      -1.7
   Edison-New Brunswick (2)........................  1,030.2   1,017.0   1,020.6   1,007.5     -13.1      -1.3
   Nassau-Suffolk.................................   1,277.8   1,244.1   1,269.1   1,244.5     -24.6      -1.9
   New York-White Plains-Wayne (1)................   5,297.7   5,180.2   5,282.4   5,178.9    -103.5      -2.0
   Newark-Union (2)...............................   1,034.1   1,020.4   1,032.3   1,023.1      -9.2       -.9
                                                                                                              
Pennsylvania......................................   5,830.5   5,665.4   5,791.9   5,642.0    -149.9      -2.6
  Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (1)..............   2,817.7   2,737.0   2,804.2   2,734.4     -69.8      -2.5
   Camden (2).....................................     534.5     516.7     530.0     517.1     -12.9      -2.4
   Philadelphia...................................   1,933.8   1,884.2   1,925.4   1,880.8     -44.6      -2.3
   Wilmington (2).................................     349.4     336.1     348.8     336.5     -12.3      -3.5
                                                                                                              
Texas.............................................  10,712.6  10,443.9  10,685.7  10,408.3    -277.4      -2.6
  Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.....................   2,998.3   2,946.6   3,003.8   2,953.7     -50.1      -1.7
   Dallas-Plano-Irving............................   2,116.9   2,071.8   2,119.6   2,077.5     -42.1      -2.0
   Fort Worth-Arlington...........................     881.4     874.8     884.2     876.2      -8.0       -.9
                                                                                                              
Washington........................................   2,964.8   2,858.1   2,931.0   2,842.3     -88.7      -3.0
  Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue.........................   1,761.1   1,693.4   1,741.2   1,689.4     -51.8      -3.0
   Seattle-Bellevue-Everett.......................   1,479.9   1,415.4   1,463.3   1,414.2     -49.1      -3.4
   Tacoma.........................................     281.2     278.0     277.9     275.2      -2.7      -1.0

   1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
   2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
   p  = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are
provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.  Area definitions are based on 
Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 09-01, dated November 20, 2008, and 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.  Some divisions lie in more than 
one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas 
are listed.



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