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Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the Midwest, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

168,315 170,510 170,380 170,342 2,027 1.2

Midwest

35,787.6 35,933.8 35,922.0 35,898.9 111.3 0.3

Illinois

6,638.1 6,623.1 6,611.7 (p)6,598.6 (p)-39.5 (p)-0.6

Indiana

3,466.9 3,485.7 3,489.8 (p)3,489.1 (p)22.2 (p)0.6

Iowa

1,715.4 1,731.6 1,735.7 (p)1,737.5 (p)22.0 (p)1.3

Kansas

1,549.8 1,553.1 1,554.1 (p)1,553.7 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

Michigan

5,067.6 5,091.2 5,082.2 (p)5,076.6 (p)9.0 (p)0.2

Minnesota

3,134.7 3,155.4 3,157.3 (p)3,155.6 (p)20.8 (p)0.7

Missouri

3,138.9 3,158.6 3,163.9 (p)3,167.2 (p)28.3 (p)0.9

Nebraska

1,071.3 1,084.5 1,086.3 (p)1,087.4 (p)16.1 (p)1.5

North Dakota

426.8 430.1 430.2 (p)430.1 (p)3.3 (p)0.8

Ohio

5,913.1 5,963.4 5,959.8 (p)5,960.3 (p)47.2 (p)0.8

South Dakota

489.2 493.8 493.8 (p)493.3 (p)4.1 (p)0.8

Wisconsin

3,176.9 3,162.3 3,156.6 (p)3,149.9 (p)-27.0 (p)-0.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployed in the Midwest, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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7,097 7,237 7,015 7,236 139 2.0

Midwest

1,458.2 1,524.1 1,505.6 1,506.0 47.7 3.3

Illinois

338.2 318.5 307.2 (p)300.7 (p)-37.6 (p)-11.1

Indiana

149.2 128.6 124.5 (p)124.0 (p)-25.2 (p)-16.9

Iowa

53.9 62.4 63.7 (p)64.9 (p)11.0 (p)20.5

Kansas

56.9 59.4 59.4 (p)59.4 (p)2.5 (p)4.4

Michigan

244.8 276.5 271.4 (p)270.4 (p)25.6 (p)10.4

Minnesota

100.7 102.8 105.5 (p)109.0 (p)8.3 (p)8.2

Missouri

117.6 125.0 127.6 (p)129.8 (p)12.2 (p)10.4

Nebraska

30.2 32.4 32.4 (p)32.4 (p)2.1 (p)7.1

North Dakota

10.7 10.8 10.7 (p)10.7 (p)0.0 (p)0.1

Ohio

255.0 293.9 292.7 (p)296.4 (p)41.5 (p)16.3

South Dakota

8.9 9.0 9.0 (p)9.2 (p)0.2 (p)2.5

Wisconsin

93.2 104.0 100.8 (p)98.6 (p)5.5 (p)5.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployment rates in the Midwest, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 0.0

Midwest

4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 0.1

Illinois

5.1 4.8 4.6 (p)4.6 (p)-0.5

Indiana

4.3 3.7 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)-0.7

Iowa

3.1 3.6 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)0.6

Kansas

3.7 3.8 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.1

Michigan

4.8 5.4 5.3 (p)5.3 (p)0.5

Minnesota

3.2 3.3 3.3 (p)3.5 (p)0.3

Missouri

3.7 4.0 4.0 (p)4.1 (p)0.4

Nebraska

2.8 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)0.2

North Dakota

2.5 2.5 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)0.0

Ohio

4.3 4.9 4.9 (p)5.0 (p)0.7

South Dakota

1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.9 (p)0.1

Wisconsin

2.9 3.3 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployment rates in Midwest states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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Illinois

Bloomington

4.6 3.1 3.4 (p)4.1 (p)-0.5

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

4.5 3.7 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

Champaign-Urbana

5.0 3.2 3.7 (p)4.4 (p)-0.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

5.9 4.6 4.7 (p)4.9 (p)-1.0

Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL(1)

6.0 4.8 5.0 (p)5.1 (p)-0.9

Elgin

5.1 3.6 3.7 (p)4.4 (p)-0.7

Lake County, IL(1)

5.0 3.6 3.6 (p)4.3 (p)-0.7

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

4.7 4.3 4.6 (p)5.1 (p)0.4

Decatur

6.6 5.0 5.1 (p)5.9 (p)-0.7

Kankakee

5.9 4.4 4.3 (p)5.1 (p)-0.8

Peoria

5.2 3.8 3.9 (p)4.7 (p)-0.5

Rockford

5.9 4.4 4.5 (p)5.1 (p)-0.8

St Louis, MO-IL

4.2 3.7 4.1 (p)4.5 (p)0.3

Springfield

4.8 3.4 3.6 (p)4.2 (p)-0.6

Indiana

Bloomington

4.8 3.3 3.7 (p)4.4 (p)-0.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

5.9 4.6 4.7 (p)4.9 (p)-1.0

Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County(1)

5.8 4.5 4.6 (p)5.1 (p)-0.7

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

4.7 4.3 4.8 (p)5.2 (p)0.5

Columbus

4.7 3.3 3.6 (p)4.0 (p)-0.7

Elkhart-Goshen

5.9 3.6 3.9 (p)5.1 (p)-0.8

Evansville, IN

4.4 3.2 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)-0.5

Fort Wayne

5.6 3.1 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)-1.7

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood

4.4 3.2 3.5 (p)3.8 (p)-0.6

Kokomo

6.4 5.5 6.5 (p)6.9 (p)0.5

Lafayette-West Lafayette

4.7 3.2 3.7 (p)4.6 (p)-0.1

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

5.6 3.9 4.3 (p)5.0 (p)-0.6

Michigan City-LaPorte

5.0 3.7 3.9 (p)4.3 (p)-0.7

Muncie

5.8 3.8 4.3 (p)5.0 (p)-0.8

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

5.6 4.0 4.4 (p)5.0 (p)-0.6

Terre Haute

4.9 3.5 3.9 (p)4.4 (p)-0.5

Iowa

Ames

3.0 3.2 3.2 (p)3.6 (p)0.6

Cedar Rapids

3.7 3.8 4.0 (p)4.3 (p)0.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

4.7 4.3 4.6 (p)5.1 (p)0.4

Des Moines-West Des Moines

3.4 3.6 3.8 (p)4.1 (p)0.7

Dubuque

4.2 3.5 3.7 (p)4.0 (p)-0.2

Iowa City

2.8 3.0 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.6

Omaha, NE-IA

3.3 3.1 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

3.3 3.2 3.6 (p)4.0 (p)0.7

Waterloo-Cedar Falls

3.9 4.2 4.3 (p)4.6 (p)0.7

Kansas

Kansas City, MO-KS

4.2 3.8 4.2 (p)4.4 (p)0.2

Lawrence

4.1 3.3 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)0.1

Manhattan

4.2 3.3 4.1 (p)4.4 (p)0.2

Topeka

5.4 3.7 4.1 (p)4.3 (p)-1.1

St. Joseph, MO-KS

4.5 4.0 4.5 (p)4.8 (p)0.3

Wichita

4.9 4.0 4.3 (p)4.7 (p)-0.2

Michigan

Ann Arbor

4.9 4.9 5.2 (p)5.3 (p)0.4

Battle Creek

6.5 6.2 6.7 (p)7.4 (p)0.9

Bay City

6.3 6.8 7.0 (p)7.1 (p)0.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

5.7 4.6 4.5 (p)5.7 (p)0.0

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia(1)

7.4 5.6 5.3 (p)6.9 (p)-0.5

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills(1)

4.7 4.1 4.0 (p)4.9 (p)0.2

Flint

6.7 6.9 7.2 (p)7.9 (p)1.2

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood

5.0 5.0 5.3 (p)5.5 (p)0.5

Jackson

5.9 5.8 6.2 (p)6.5 (p)0.6

Kalamazoo-Portage

5.1 5.3 5.6 (p)5.9 (p)0.8

Lansing-East Lansing

5.3 5.3 5.7 (p)6.4 (p)1.1

Midland

5.1 5.4 5.7 (p)5.8 (p)0.7

Monroe

7.3 5.8 6.0 (p)6.6 (p)-0.7

Muskegon-Norton Shores

6.0 6.3 6.7 (p)7.0 (p)1.0

Niles

5.8 5.9 6.3 (p)6.3 (p)0.5

Saginaw

6.9 7.1 7.3 (p)7.7 (p)0.8

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

5.6 4.0 4.4 (p)5.0 (p)-0.6

Traverse City

4.3 5.0 5.0 (p)5.0 (p)0.7

Minnesota

Duluth, MN-WI

3.9 3.8 4.7 (p)4.7 (p)0.8

Fargo, ND-MN

2.3 2.3 2.8 (p)2.6 (p)0.3

Grand Forks, ND-MN

2.8 2.3 3.1 (p)2.8 (p)0.0

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Mankato

3.3 2.8 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

3.4 3.1 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.4

Rochester

2.9 2.6 3.1 (p)3.0 (p)0.1

St. Cloud

3.7 3.1 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.4

Missouri

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

4.5 3.7 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

Columbia

4.0 3.5 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)0.5

Jefferson City

3.7 3.2 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.1

Joplin, MO-KS

4.3 3.8 4.4 (p)4.5 (p)0.2

Kansas City, MO-KS

4.2 3.8 4.2 (p)4.4 (p)0.2

Springfield

3.9 3.7 4.2 (p)4.3 (p)0.4

St. Joseph

4.5 4.0 4.5 (p)4.8 (p)0.3

St. Louis, MO-IL

4.2 3.7 4.1 (p)4.5 (p)0.3

Nebraska

Grand Island

3.1 3.1 4.4 (p)4.0 (p)0.9

Lincoln

2.6 2.8 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)0.3

Omaha, NE-IA

3.3 3.1 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

3.3 3.2 3.6 (p)4.0 (p)0.7

North Dakota

Bismarck

2.6 1.9 2.3 (p)2.5 (p)-0.1

Fargo, ND-MN

2.3 2.3 2.8 (p)2.6 (p)0.3

Grand Forks, ND-MN

2.8 2.3 3.1 (p)2.8 (p)0.0

Minot

2.3 2.2 2.6 (p)2.2 (p)-0.1

Ohio

Akron

4.7 4.8 5.2 (p)5.6 (p)0.9

Canton-Massillon

4.7 4.8 5.1 (p)5.4 (p)0.7

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

4.7 4.3 4.8 (p)5.2 (p)0.5

Cleveland

4.4 4.8 4.9 (p)5.2 (p)0.8

Columbus

4.3 4.3 4.7 (p)5.0 (p)0.7

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek

4.7 4.9 5.2 (p)5.6 (p)0.9

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

5.5 4.4 5.1 (p)5.3 (p)-0.2

Lima

4.7 4.7 5.2 (p)5.7 (p)1.0

Mansfield

5.2 5.2 5.5 (p)6.0 (p)0.8

Sandusky

5.2 4.9 4.8 (p)5.5 (p)0.3

Springfield

4.9 5.0 5.4 (p)5.9 (p)1.0

Toledo

6.6 5.4 5.7 (p)6.8 (p)0.2

Wheeling, WV-OH

5.1 4.4 4.9 (p)4.9 (p)-0.2

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

6.5 5.3 5.9 (p)5.9 (p)-0.6

Youngstown-Warren, OH

5.4 5.5 5.9 (p)6.3 (p)0.9

South Dakota

Rapid City

1.6 1.9 1.9 (p)1.7 (p)0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

3.3 3.2 3.6 (p)4.0 (p)0.7

Sioux Falls, SD-MN

1.6 1.7 1.8 (p)1.7 (p)0.1

Wisconsin

Appleton

2.8 2.9 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Duluth, MN-WI

3.9 3.8 4.7 (p)4.7 (p)0.8

Eau Claire

3.0 3.0 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)0.0

Fond du Lac

4.8 3.1 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)-1.6

Green Bay

2.9 3.0 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Janesville-Beloit

3.4 3.6 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.1

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Madison

2.6 2.9 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)0.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

3.6 3.6 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

3.4 3.1 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.4

Oshkosh-Neenah

3.1 3.0 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)0.0

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

3.9 3.8 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)-0.1

Sheboygan

2.8 3.0 2.9 (p)2.8 (p)0.0

Wausau

2.9 2.9 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)-0.1

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
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Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in Midwest States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

158,003 159,452 159,439 (p)159,518 (p)1,515 (p)1.0

Illinois

(1)6,145.3 6,165.8 6,168.1 (p)6,165.6 (1)(p)20.3 (1)(p)0.3

Indiana

3,256.1 3,280.6 3,283.8 (p)3,292.8 (p)36.7 (p)1.1

Iowa

1,595.1 1,593.4 1,591.2 (p)1,591.5 (p)-3.6 (p)-0.2

Kansas

1,455.9 1,463.4 1,463.5 (p)1,459.2 (p)3.3 (p)0.2

Michigan

4,471.1 4,531.5 4,525.7 (p)4,528.6 (p)57.5 (p)1.3

Minnesota

3,008.3 3,055.7 3,047.7 (p)3,043.3 (p)35.0 (p)1.2

Missouri

2,980.1 3,006.9 3,012.3 (p)3,029.4 (p)49.3 (p)1.7

Nebraska

1,057.2 1,065.8 1,066.7 (p)1,063.6 (p)6.4 (p)0.6

North Dakota

446.7 450.9 450.8 (p)450.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.8

Ohio

5,651.2 5,703.5 5,716.0 (p)5,721.4 (p)70.2 (p)1.2

South Dakota

467.3 471.0 472.1 (p)471.5 (p)4.2 (p)0.9

Wisconsin

3,038.3 3,049.5 3,056.7 (p)3,058.5 (p)20.2 (p)0.7

Footnotes
(1) Correction
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.