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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 
                                                              February             March             March  2007 to
                 State, area, and division                                                            March 2008 p 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                           2007      2008      2007     2008p     Number   Percent 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
     California........................................  15,047.2  15,066.1  15,151.5  15,134.9     -16.6      -0.1
       Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................   5,615.7   5,577.1   5,644.1   5,608.8     -35.3       -.6
        Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale................   4,103.5   4,088.8   4,127.2   4,113.6     -13.6       -.3
        Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.......................   1,512.2   1,488.3   1,516.9   1,495.2     -21.7      -1.4
       San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont...................   2,012.9   2,028.8   2,024.3   2,035.9      11.6        .6
        Oakland-Fremont-Hayward........................   1,039.5   1,036.0   1,047.1   1,038.5      -8.6       -.8
        San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City...........     973.4     992.8     977.2     997.4      20.2       2.1
                                                                                                                   
     District of Columbia..............................     690.3     697.6     693.1     698.7       5.6        .8
       Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1).............   2,949.1   2,975.6   2,972.9   2,995.4      22.5        .8
        Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg (2)............     566.8     567.8     572.3     570.9      -1.4       -.2
        Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1)............   2,382.3   2,407.8   2,400.6   2,424.5      23.9       1.0
                                                                                                                   
     Florida...........................................   8,077.4   8,041.3   8,141.6   8,063.7     -77.9      -1.0
       Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach.............   2,447.4   2,437.2   2,463.7   2,442.9     -20.8       -.8
        Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield                                                                    
         Beach.........................................     794.1     786.4     799.1     789.3      -9.8      -1.2
        Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall......................   1,063.4   1,064.9   1,070.5   1,067.2      -3.3       -.3
        West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach.......     589.9     585.9     594.1     586.4      -7.7      -1.3
                                                                                                                   
     Illinois..........................................   5,845.5   5,885.2   5,903.2   5,924.5      21.3        .4
       Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (1)...................   4,450.3   4,480.8   4,489.7   4,505.8      16.1        .4
        Chicago-Naperville-Joliet......................   3,788.0   3,813.2   3,819.9   3,832.9      13.0        .3
        Gary (2).......................................     276.5     278.1     280.2     280.5       0.3        .1
        Lake County-Kenosha County (1).................     385.9     389.5     389.8     392.4       2.6        .7
                                                                                                                   
     Massachusetts.....................................   3,206.1   3,233.2   3,221.1   3,248.6      27.5        .9
       Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (1).....................   2,436.4   2,460.1   2,446.3   2,471.9      25.6       1.0
        Boston-Cambridge-Quincy........................   1,671.4   1,694.1   1,677.2   1,701.4      24.2       1.4
        Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton....................      87.6      88.4      88.7      89.4        .7        .8
        Framingham.....................................     153.4     155.6     154.4     156.4       2.0       1.3
        Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury (1)...........      76.5      77.3      76.9      77.4        .5        .7
        Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford (1)................     117.3     117.8     117.9     118.1        .2        .2
        Nashua (1).....................................     130.6     131.4     131.3     131.9        .6        .5
        Peabody........................................      99.3      99.1      99.3      99.3        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Michigan..........................................   4,213.0   4,160.7   4,234.0   4,161.6     -72.4      -1.7
       Detroit-Warren-Livonia..........................   1,951.3   1,910.4   1,955.4   1,910.1     -45.3      -2.3
        Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn.......................     786.6     759.5     786.0     758.0     -28.0      -3.6
        Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills...................   1,164.7   1,150.9   1,169.4   1,152.1     -17.3      -1.5
                                                                                                                   
     New York..........................................   8,571.5   8,650.6   8,627.9   8,698.2      70.3        .8
       New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (1)....   8,412.3   8,483.9   8,473.7   8,539.2      65.5        .8
        Edison-New Brunswick(2)........................   1,012.9   1,014.4   1,022.7   1,025.0       2.3        .2
        Nassau-Suffolk.................................   1,232.0   1,246.9   1,244.7   1,256.1      11.4        .9
        New York-White Plains-Wayne (1)................   5,147.7   5,201.5   5,180.8   5,233.0      52.2       1.0
        Newark-Union (2)...............................   1,019.7   1,021.1   1,025.5   1,025.1       -.4        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Pennsylvania......................................   5,690.8   5,722.3   5,742.4   5,756.7      14.3        .2
       Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (1)..............   2,771.8   2,789.8   2,791.2   2,804.5      13.3        .5
        Camden (2).....................................     531.1     535.6     534.8     539.9       5.1       1.0
        Philadelphia...................................   1,893.4   1,905.6   1,904.9   1,913.5       8.6        .5
        Wilmington (2).................................     347.3     348.6     351.5     351.1       -.4       -.1
                                                                                                                   
     Texas.............................................  10,206.6  10,446.3  10,301.8  10,511.0     209.2       2.0
       Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.....................   2,889.5   2,958.4   2,917.2   2,975.4      58.2       2.0
        Dallas-Plano-Irving............................   2,037.4   2,087.1   2,057.5   2,098.3      40.8       2.0
        Fort Worth-Arlington...........................     852.1     871.3     859.7     877.1      17.4       2.0
                                                                                                                   
     Washington........................................   2,873.7   2,927.1   2,891.4   2,940.4      49.0       1.7
       Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue.........................   1,709.1   1,747.2   1,716.8   1,752.5      35.7       2.1
        Seattle-Bellevue-Everett.......................   1,433.2   1,463.6   1,438.6   1,468.0      29.4       2.0
        Tacoma.........................................     275.9     283.6     278.2     284.5       6.3       2.3
     
        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 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.  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.  Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry 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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