For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, May 22, 2020 USDL-20-1013
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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- APRIL 2020
Unemployment rates were higher in April in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Similarly, all
50 states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier.
The national unemployment rate rose by 10.3 percentage points over the month
to 14.7 percent and was 11.1 points higher than in April 2019.
Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia in April 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased
in all 50 states and the District.
This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The civilian
labor force and unemployment data are modeled based largely on a survey of
households. These data pertain to individuals by where they reside. The
employment data are from an establishment survey that measures nonfarm
employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These data pertain to jobs on
payrolls defined by where the establishments are located. For more information
about the concepts and statistical methodologies used by these two programs,
see the Technical Note.
Unemployment
Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in April, 28.2 percent, followed by
Michigan, 22.7 percent, and Hawaii, 22.3 percent. The rates in 43 states set
new series highs. (All state series begin in 1976.) The rates in Hawaii and
Nevada exceeded their previous series highs by more than 10.0 percentage points
each, while the rates in Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
exceeded their previous highs by more than 5.0 points each. Connecticut had
the lowest unemployment rate, 7.9 percent. The next lowest rates were in Minnesota
and Nebraska, 8.1 percent and 8.3 percent, respectively. In total, 27 states
and the District of Columbia had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure
of 14.7 percent, 10 states had higher rates, and 13 states had rates that were
not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A, B, and 1.)
In April, the largest unemployment rate increases occurred in Nevada (+21.3
percentage points), Hawaii (+19.9 points), and Michigan (+18.4 points). Rates
rose over the month by at least 10.0 percentage points in an additional 17
states. The smallest over-the-month jobless rate increases occurred in Nebraska
(+4.3 percentage points) and Connecticut (+4.5 points). (See table C.)
The largest unemployment rate increases from April 2019 occurred in Nevada
(+24.2 percentage points), Hawaii (+19.6 points), and Michigan (+18.4 points),
with another 21 states experiencing increases of 10.0 points or more. The
smallest over-the-year rate increases occurred in Connecticut (+4.2 percentage
points) and Minnesota (+4.9 points). (See table D.)
Nonfarm Payroll Employment
Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia in April 2020. The largest job declines occurred in California
(-2,344,700), New York (-1,827,300), and Texas (-1,298,900). The largest
percentage declines occurred in Michigan (-22.8 percent), Vermont (-19.6
percent), and New York (-18.8 percent). (See tables E and 3.)
All 50 states and the District of Columbia had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm
payroll employment in April. The largest job declines occurred in California
(-2,324,000), New York (-1,904,900), and Texas (-1,110,600). The largest
percentage declines occurred in Michigan (-23.0 percent), Vermont (-21.5 percent),
and New York (-19.4 percent). (See table F.)
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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for April
is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
The State Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled
to be released on Friday, June 19, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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| Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on April 2020 |
| Establishment and Household Survey Data |
| |
| BLS has continued to review all estimation and methodological procedures for |
| the establishment survey, which included the review of data, estimation |
| processes, the application of the birth-death model, and seasonal adjustment. |
| Business births and deaths cannot be adequately captured by the establishment |
| survey as they occur. Therefore, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) |
| program uses a model to account for the relatively stable net employment change |
| generated by business births and deaths. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the |
| relationship between business births and deaths is no longer stable. For the |
| March 2020 final estimates updated with this news release, CES modified the |
| birth-death model. Typically, reports with zero employment are not included in |
| estimation. For the March final estimates, CES included a portion of these |
| reports in the estimates. For the April 2020 preliminary estimates, in addition |
| to the inclusion of reported zeros, the establishment survey made modifications |
| to the birth-death model. For more information, see |
| www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm. |
| |
| In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for all or |
| any part of the pay period including the 12th of the month are counted as |
| employed, even if they were not actually at their jobs. Workers who are |
| temporarily or permanently absent from their jobs and are not being paid are |
| not counted as employed, even if they are continuing to receive benefits. The |
| length of the reference period does vary across the respondents in the |
| establishment survey; one-third of businesses have a weekly pay period, |
| slightly over 40 percent a bi-weekly, about 20 percent semi-monthly, and a |
| small amount monthly. |
| |
| For the April 2020 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the |
| Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS determined that no |
| modifications to the model-based methodology were necessary. Rather, the LAUS |
| program implemented level-shift outliers in the employment and/or unemployment |
| inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of movements in each |
| area's inputs. Both the household survey inputs, which serve as the primary |
| inputs to the LAUS models, and the nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment |
| insurance claims covariates were examined for outliers. The resulting |
| implementation of level shifts preserved movements in published estimates that |
| the models otherwise would have discounted, without requiring changes to how |
| the models create estimates at other points in the time series. Outlier |
| detection and implementation of level shifts are usual aspects of the LAUS |
| modeling procedures. However, until March 2020 these activities generally had |
| been limited to annual processing, following the completion of estimation for |
| the full calendar year. Furthermore, prior to April 2020, outlier detection for |
| model-based areas had been limited to the household survey inputs. The |
| implementation of level shifts for the model covariates in the April 2020 |
| processing cycle resulted in some unusually large monthly revisions to |
| estimates for March 2020. |
| |
| The "Frequently asked questions" document at |
| www.bls.gov/cps/employment-situation-covid19-faq-april-2020.pdf extensively |
| discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey on the |
| national estimates for April 2020. This misclassification was widespread |
| geographically, with BLS analysis indicating that all states were affected to |
| at least some degree. However, according to usual practice, the data from the |
| household survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad |
| hoc actions are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household |
| survey estimates of employed and unemployed people that serve as the primary |
| inputs to the state models were affected to varying degrees by the |
| misclassification, which in turn affected the official LAUS estimates for |
| April 2020. |
| |
| Due to the effects of the pandemic and efforts to contain the virus, Puerto |
| Rico was not able to conduct normal data collection for its household survey in |
| March or April 2020; therefore, its data were not published. Household data for |
| Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived from a monthly household |
| survey similar to the Current Population Survey. |
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Table A. States with new series high unemployment rates,
April 2020, seasonally adjusted (1)
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State | Rate(p)
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Alaska ..............................| 12.9
Arizona .............................| 12.6
California ..........................| 15.5
Colorado ............................| 11.3
Delaware ............................| 14.3
Florida .............................| 12.9
Georgia .............................| 11.9
Hawaii ..............................| 22.3
Idaho ...............................| 11.5
Illinois ............................| 16.4
|
Indiana .............................| 16.9
Iowa ................................| 10.2
Kansas ..............................| 11.2
Kentucky ............................| 15.4
Louisiana ...........................| 14.5
Maine ...............................| 10.6
Maryland ............................| 9.9
Massachusetts .......................| 15.1
Michigan ............................| 22.7
Mississippi .........................| 15.4
|
Montana .............................| 11.3
Nebraska ............................| 8.3
Nevada ..............................| 28.2
New Hampshire .......................| 16.3
New Jersey ..........................| 15.3
New Mexico ..........................| 11.3
New York ............................| 14.5
North Carolina ......................| 12.2
North Dakota ........................| 8.5
Ohio ................................| 16.8
|
Oklahoma ............................| 13.7
Oregon ..............................| 14.2
Pennsylvania ........................| 15.1
Rhode Island ........................| 17.0
South Carolina ......................| 12.1
South Dakota ........................| 10.2
Tennessee ...........................| 14.7
Texas ...............................| 12.8
Utah ................................| 9.7
Vermont .............................| 15.6
|
Virginia ............................| 10.6
Washington ..........................| 15.4
Wisconsin ...........................| 14.1
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(1) All state series begin in 1976.
(p) = preliminary.
Table B. States with unemployment rates significantly different
from that of the U.S., April 2020, seasonally adjusted
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State | Rate(p)
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United States (1) ...................| 14.7
|
Alabama .............................| 12.9
Alaska ..............................| 12.9
Arizona .............................| 12.6
Arkansas ............................| 10.2
California ..........................| 15.5
Colorado ............................| 11.3
Connecticut .........................| 7.9
District of Columbia ................| 11.1
Florida .............................| 12.9
Georgia .............................| 11.9
|
Hawaii ..............................| 22.3
Idaho ...............................| 11.5
Illinois ............................| 16.4
Indiana .............................| 16.9
Iowa ................................| 10.2
Kansas ..............................| 11.2
Maine ...............................| 10.6
Maryland ............................| 9.9
Michigan ............................| 22.7
Minnesota ...........................| 8.1
|
Missouri ............................| 9.7
Montana .............................| 11.3
Nebraska ............................| 8.3
Nevada ..............................| 28.2
New Hampshire .......................| 16.3
New Mexico ..........................| 11.3
North Carolina ......................| 12.2
North Dakota ........................| 8.5
Ohio ................................| 16.8
Oklahoma ............................| 13.7
|
Rhode Island ........................| 17.0
South Carolina ......................| 12.1
South Dakota ........................| 10.2
Texas ...............................| 12.8
Utah ................................| 9.7
Vermont .............................| 15.6
Virginia ............................| 10.6
Wyoming .............................| 9.2
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(1) Data are not preliminary.
(p) = preliminary.
Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from March 2020 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted
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| Rate |
|-----------|-----------| Over-the-month
State | March | April | change(p)
| 2020 | 2020(p) |
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Alabama ........................| 3.0 | 12.9 | 9.9
Alaska .........................| 5.2 | 12.9 | 7.7
Arizona ........................| 6.1 | 12.6 | 6.5
Arkansas .......................| 5.0 | 10.2 | 5.2
California .....................| 5.5 | 15.5 | 10.0
Colorado .......................| 5.2 | 11.3 | 6.1
Connecticut ....................| 3.4 | 7.9 | 4.5
Delaware .......................| 5.0 | 14.3 | 9.3
District of Columbia ...........| 6.0 | 11.1 | 5.1
Florida ........................| 4.4 | 12.9 | 8.5
| | |
Georgia ........................| 4.6 | 11.9 | 7.3
Hawaii .........................| 2.4 | 22.3 | 19.9
Idaho ..........................| 2.5 | 11.5 | 9.0
Illinois .......................| 4.2 | 16.4 | 12.2
Indiana ........................| 3.0 | 16.9 | 13.9
Iowa ...........................| 3.3 | 10.2 | 6.9
Kansas .........................| 2.8 | 11.2 | 8.4
Kentucky .......................| 5.2 | 15.4 | 10.2
Louisiana ......................| 6.7 | 14.5 | 7.8
Maine ..........................| 3.0 | 10.6 | 7.6
| | |
Maryland .......................| 3.3 | 9.9 | 6.6
Massachusetts ..................| 2.8 | 15.1 | 12.3
Michigan .......................| 4.3 | 22.7 | 18.4
Minnesota ......................| 2.9 | 8.1 | 5.2
Mississippi ....................| 5.1 | 15.4 | 10.3
Missouri .......................| 3.9 | 9.7 | 5.8
Montana ........................| 3.6 | 11.3 | 7.7
Nebraska .......................| 4.0 | 8.3 | 4.3
Nevada .........................| 6.9 | 28.2 | 21.3
New Hampshire ..................| 2.4 | 16.3 | 13.9
| | |
New Jersey .....................| 3.7 | 15.3 | 11.6
New Mexico .....................| 6.3 | 11.3 | 5.0
New York .......................| 4.1 | 14.5 | 10.4
North Carolina .................| 4.3 | 12.2 | 7.9
North Dakota ...................| 2.0 | 8.5 | 6.5
Ohio ...........................| 5.8 | 16.8 | 11.0
Oklahoma .......................| 2.9 | 13.7 | 10.8
Oregon .........................| 3.5 | 14.2 | 10.7
Pennsylvania ...................| 5.8 | 15.1 | 9.3
Rhode Island ...................| 4.7 | 17.0 | 12.3
| | |
South Carolina .................| 3.2 | 12.1 | 8.9
South Dakota ...................| 3.1 | 10.2 | 7.1
Tennessee ......................| 3.3 | 14.7 | 11.4
Texas ..........................| 5.1 | 12.8 | 7.7
Utah ...........................| 3.8 | 9.7 | 5.9
Vermont ........................| 3.1 | 15.6 | 12.5
Virginia .......................| 3.3 | 10.6 | 7.3
Washington .....................| 5.1 | 15.4 | 10.3
West Virginia ..................| 6.0 | 15.2 | 9.2
Wisconsin ......................| 3.1 | 14.1 | 11.0
Wyoming ........................| 3.8 | 9.2 | 5.4
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(p) = preliminary.
Table D. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from April 2019 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted
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| Rate |
|-----------|-----------| Over-the-year
State | April | April | change(p)
| 2019 | 2020(p) |
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Alabama ........................| 3.2 | 12.9 | 9.7
Alaska .........................| 6.1 | 12.9 | 6.8
Arizona ........................| 4.8 | 12.6 | 7.8
Arkansas .......................| 3.5 | 10.2 | 6.7
California .....................| 4.2 | 15.5 | 11.3
Colorado .......................| 2.9 | 11.3 | 8.4
Connecticut ....................| 3.7 | 7.9 | 4.2
Delaware .......................| 3.6 | 14.3 | 10.7
District of Columbia ...........| 5.6 | 11.1 | 5.5
Florida ........................| 3.3 | 12.9 | 9.6
| | |
Georgia ........................| 3.6 | 11.9 | 8.3
Hawaii .........................| 2.7 | 22.3 | 19.6
Idaho ..........................| 2.9 | 11.5 | 8.6
Illinois .......................| 4.2 | 16.4 | 12.2
Indiana ........................| 3.4 | 16.9 | 13.5
Iowa ...........................| 2.7 | 10.2 | 7.5
Kansas .........................| 3.2 | 11.2 | 8.0
Kentucky .......................| 4.3 | 15.4 | 11.1
Louisiana ......................| 4.5 | 14.5 | 10.0
Maine ..........................| 3.1 | 10.6 | 7.5
| | |
Maryland .......................| 3.7 | 9.9 | 6.2
Massachusetts ..................| 3.0 | 15.1 | 12.1
Michigan .......................| 4.3 | 22.7 | 18.4
Minnesota ......................| 3.2 | 8.1 | 4.9
Mississippi ....................| 5.3 | 15.4 | 10.1
Missouri .......................| 3.2 | 9.7 | 6.5
Montana ........................| 3.5 | 11.3 | 7.8
Nebraska .......................| 3.1 | 8.3 | 5.2
Nevada .........................| 4.0 | 28.2 | 24.2
New Hampshire ..................| 2.5 | 16.3 | 13.8
| | |
New Jersey .....................| 3.4 | 15.3 | 11.9
New Mexico .....................| 5.0 | 11.3 | 6.3
New York .......................| 4.0 | 14.5 | 10.5
North Carolina .................| 4.1 | 12.2 | 8.1
North Dakota ...................| 2.3 | 8.5 | 6.2
Ohio ...........................| 4.1 | 16.8 | 12.7
Oklahoma .......................| 3.2 | 13.7 | 10.5
Oregon .........................| 4.0 | 14.2 | 10.2
Pennsylvania ...................| 4.1 | 15.1 | 11.0
Rhode Island ...................| 3.6 | 17.0 | 13.4
| | |
South Carolina .................| 3.3 | 12.1 | 8.8
South Dakota ...................| 3.2 | 10.2 | 7.0
Tennessee ......................| 3.5 | 14.7 | 11.2
Texas ..........................| 3.5 | 12.8 | 9.3
Utah ...........................| 2.7 | 9.7 | 7.0
Vermont ........................| 2.3 | 15.6 | 13.3
Virginia .......................| 2.9 | 10.6 | 7.7
Washington .....................| 4.4 | 15.4 | 11.0
West Virginia ..................| 4.7 | 15.2 | 10.5
Wisconsin ......................| 3.3 | 14.1 | 10.8
Wyoming ........................| 3.5 | 9.2 | 5.7
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(p) = preliminary.
Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from
March 2020 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted
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| | | Over-the-month change(p)
State | March | April |---------------------------
| 2020 | 2020(p) | Level | Percent
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Alabama ......................| 2,076,600 | 1,866,200 | -210,400 | -10.1
Alaska .......................| 325,700 | 281,900 | -43,800 | -13.4
Arizona ......................| 2,964,500 | 2,676,900 | -287,600 | -9.7
Arkansas .....................| 1,272,000 | 1,169,900 | -102,100 | -8.0
California ...................| 17,394,000 | 15,049,300 | -2,344,700 | -13.5
Colorado .....................| 2,796,900 | 2,473,400 | -323,500 | -11.6
Connecticut ..................| 1,677,400 | 1,411,100 | -266,300 | -15.9
Delaware .....................| 465,300 | 390,600 | -74,700 | -16.1
District of Columbia .........| 801,200 | 734,300 | -66,900 | -8.3
Florida ......................| 8,976,300 | 7,910,200 | -1,066,100 | -11.9
| | | |
Georgia ......................| 4,618,600 | 4,126,500 | -492,100 | -10.7
Hawaii .......................| 654,300 | 532,500 | -121,800 | -18.6
Idaho ........................| 767,200 | 687,700 | -79,500 | -10.4
Illinois .....................| 6,060,900 | 5,298,700 | -762,200 | -12.6
Indiana ......................| 3,147,200 | 2,744,800 | -402,400 | -12.8
Iowa .........................| 1,572,400 | 1,395,300 | -177,100 | -11.3
Kansas .......................| 1,422,900 | 1,292,500 | -130,400 | -9.2
Kentucky .....................| 1,926,900 | 1,637,300 | -289,600 | -15.0
Louisiana ....................| 1,960,700 | 1,721,100 | -239,600 | -12.2
Maine ........................| 630,100 | 531,700 | -98,400 | -15.6
| | | |
Maryland .....................| 2,766,300 | 2,417,000 | -349,300 | -12.6
Massachusetts ................| 3,668,800 | 3,045,800 | -623,000 | -17.0
Michigan .....................| 4,422,800 | 3,413,800 | -1,009,000 | -22.8
Minnesota ....................| 2,949,800 | 2,590,000 | -359,800 | -12.2
Mississippi ..................| 1,154,700 | 1,037,700 | -117,000 | -10.1
Missouri .....................| 2,878,100 | 2,573,300 | -304,800 | -10.6
Montana ......................| 488,600 | 426,400 | -62,200 | -12.7
Nebraska .....................| 1,030,000 | 943,700 | -86,300 | -8.4
Nevada .......................| 1,404,600 | 1,159,800 | -244,800 | -17.4
New Hampshire ................| 680,300 | 572,500 | -107,800 | -15.8
| | | |
New Jersey ...................| 4,166,800 | 3,409,100 | -757,700 | -18.2
New Mexico ...................| 862,100 | 764,500 | -97,600 | -11.3
New York .....................| 9,723,100 | 7,895,800 | -1,827,300 | -18.8
North Carolina ...............| 4,567,700 | 3,996,000 | -571,700 | -12.5
North Dakota .................| 439,300 | 396,800 | -42,500 | -9.7
Ohio .........................| 5,539,100 | 4,715,400 | -823,700 | -14.9
Oklahoma .....................| 1,686,900 | 1,556,100 | -130,800 | -7.8
Oregon .......................| 1,942,500 | 1,689,100 | -253,400 | -13.0
Pennsylvania .................| 6,038,300 | 5,014,200 | -1,024,100 | -17.0
Rhode Island .................| 498,500 | 409,700 | -88,800 | -17.8
| | | |
South Carolina ...............| 2,197,700 | 1,925,000 | -272,700 | -12.4
South Dakota .................| 441,000 | 405,000 | -36,000 | -8.2
Tennessee ....................| 3,147,800 | 2,770,900 | -376,900 | -12.0
Texas ........................| 12,926,900 | 11,628,000 | -1,298,900 | -10.0
Utah .........................| 1,582,700 | 1,446,100 | -136,600 | -8.6
Vermont ......................| 309,400 | 248,700 | -60,700 | -19.6
Virginia .....................| 4,067,400 | 3,684,000 | -383,400 | -9.4
Washington ...................| 3,495,400 | 2,968,400 | -527,000 | -15.1
West Virginia ................| 709,500 | 619,400 | -90,100 | -12.7
Wisconsin ....................| 2,967,800 | 2,528,400 | -439,400 | -14.8
Wyoming ......................| 286,600 | 263,800 | -22,800 | -8.0
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(p) = preliminary.
Table F. States with statistically significant employment changes from
April 2019 to April 2020, seasonally adjusted
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| | | Over-the-year change(p)
State | April | April |---------------------------
| 2019 | 2020(p) | Level | Percent
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Alabama ......................| 2,067,400 | 1,866,200 | -201,200 | -9.7
Alaska .......................| 329,900 | 281,900 | -48,000 | -14.5
Arizona ......................| 2,915,300 | 2,676,900 | -238,400 | -8.2
Arkansas .....................| 1,277,800 | 1,169,900 | -107,900 | -8.4
California ...................| 17,373,300 | 15,049,300 | -2,324,000 | -13.4
Colorado .....................| 2,769,600 | 2,473,400 | -296,200 | -10.7
Connecticut ..................| 1,687,900 | 1,411,100 | -276,800 | -16.4
Delaware .....................| 465,500 | 390,600 | -74,900 | -16.1
District of Columbia .........| 796,400 | 734,300 | -62,100 | -7.8
Florida ......................| 8,920,700 | 7,910,200 | -1,010,500 | -11.3
| | | |
Georgia ......................| 4,599,600 | 4,126,500 | -473,100 | -10.3
Hawaii .......................| 653,700 | 532,500 | -121,200 | -18.5
Idaho ........................| 755,900 | 687,700 | -68,200 | -9.0
Illinois .....................| 6,121,500 | 5,298,700 | -822,800 | -13.4
Indiana ......................| 3,165,300 | 2,744,800 | -420,500 | -13.3
Iowa .........................| 1,586,500 | 1,395,300 | -191,200 | -12.1
Kansas .......................| 1,425,700 | 1,292,500 | -133,200 | -9.3
Kentucky .....................| 1,937,200 | 1,637,300 | -299,900 | -15.5
Louisiana ....................| 1,994,200 | 1,721,100 | -273,100 | -13.7
Maine ........................| 634,500 | 531,700 | -102,800 | -16.2
| | | |
Maryland .....................| 2,768,000 | 2,417,000 | -351,000 | -12.7
Massachusetts ................| 3,683,800 | 3,045,800 | -638,000 | -17.3
Michigan .....................| 4,430,900 | 3,413,800 | -1,017,100 | -23.0
Minnesota ....................| 2,972,900 | 2,590,000 | -382,900 | -12.9
Mississippi ..................| 1,156,300 | 1,037,700 | -118,600 | -10.3
Missouri .....................| 2,901,800 | 2,573,300 | -328,500 | -11.3
Montana ......................| 482,600 | 426,400 | -56,200 | -11.6
Nebraska .....................| 1,025,000 | 943,700 | -81,300 | -7.9
Nevada .......................| 1,414,600 | 1,159,800 | -254,800 | -18.0
New Hampshire ................| 684,300 | 572,500 | -111,800 | -16.3
| | | |
New Jersey ...................| 4,193,400 | 3,409,100 | -784,300 | -18.7
New Mexico ...................| 853,700 | 764,500 | -89,200 | -10.4
New York .....................| 9,800,700 | 7,895,800 | -1,904,900 | -19.4
North Carolina ...............| 4,564,200 | 3,996,000 | -568,200 | -12.4
North Dakota .................| 439,600 | 396,800 | -42,800 | -9.7
Ohio .........................| 5,592,100 | 4,715,400 | -876,700 | -15.7
Oklahoma .....................| 1,704,200 | 1,556,100 | -148,100 | -8.7
Oregon .......................| 1,935,700 | 1,689,100 | -246,600 | -12.7
Pennsylvania .................| 6,058,200 | 5,014,200 | -1,044,000 | -17.2
Rhode Island .................| 503,500 | 409,700 | -93,800 | -18.6
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South Carolina ...............| 2,179,600 | 1,925,000 | -254,600 | -11.7
South Dakota .................| 438,500 | 405,000 | -33,500 | -7.6
Tennessee ....................| 3,111,900 | 2,770,900 | -341,000 | -11.0
Texas ........................| 12,738,600 | 11,628,000 | -1,110,600 | -8.7
Utah .........................| 1,555,200 | 1,446,100 | -109,100 | -7.0
Vermont ......................| 316,800 | 248,700 | -68,100 | -21.5
Virginia .....................| 4,049,200 | 3,684,000 | -365,200 | -9.0
Washington ...................| 3,456,900 | 2,968,400 | -488,500 | -14.1
West Virginia ................| 722,800 | 619,400 | -103,400 | -14.3
Wisconsin ....................| 2,984,000 | 2,528,400 | -455,600 | -15.3
Wyoming ......................| 289,800 | 263,800 | -26,000 | -9.0
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United States Department of Labor
