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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 1,497.3 1,499.7 1,503.4 1,507.5 1,507.4 1,506.0 1,507.4 1,506.0 1,511.9 1,513.6 1,515.1 1,513.7 1,514.1 0.4 0.0

Colorado

 2,716.1 2,720.6 2,726.6 2,734.3 2,734.7 2,732.2 2,738.8 2,739.7 2,746.9 2,748.9 2,749.2 2,755.7 2,765.2 9.5 0.3

United States

 148,475 148,745 149,007 149,185 149,467 149,575 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,587 150,643 150,796 151,020 224 0.1

Footnotes
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Denver metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,493.1 1,501.2 1,509.1 16.0 1.1 2,757.7 48.4 1.8 150,942 2,559 1.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 107.3 107.6 107.9 0.6 0.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             28.6 0.6 2.1 747 33 4.6

Construction(2)

             171.2 1.2 0.7 7,379 250 3.5

Manufacturing

 69.5 69.7 70.3 0.8 1.2 148.9 2.1 1.4 12,782 203 1.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 269.1 273.9 273.4 4.3 1.6 469.1 6.4 1.4 27,562 208 0.8

Information

 50.1 50.0 49.6 -0.5 -1.0 73.8 -0.9 -1.2 2,795 -28 -1.0

Financial Activities

 110.6 108.4 109.0 -1.6 -1.4 167.5 -2.9 -1.7 8,605 109 1.3

Professional & Business Services

 269.4 274.3 279.9 10.5 3.9 441.5 21.1 5.0 21,343 515 2.5

Education & Health Services

 188.5 192.7 191.9 3.4 1.8 346.3 5.6 1.6 24,316 611 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 167.6 161.5 162.6 -5.0 -3.0 342.4 6.0 1.8 16,561 429 2.7

Other Services

 57.2 60.1 60.4 3.2 5.6 114.9 5.5 5.0 5,923 102 1.8

Government

 203.8 203.0 204.1 0.3 0.1 453.5 3.7 0.8 22,929 127 0.6

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 45,463 43,955 54,670 53,326 54,355 52,774 54,623 56,732 60,489 67,375 55,502 47,932 44,106   -1,357 -3.0

Adams

 8,404 7,790 9,681 9,537 9,576 9,342 9,656 10,076 10,922 12,254 10,381 9,032 7,954   -450 -5.4

Arapahoe

 10,286 9,886 12,300 12,007 12,229 11,904 12,391 12,868 13,575 14,889 12,239 10,465 9,855   -431 -4.2

Broomfield

 993 986 1,250 1,194 1,239 1,200 1,238 1,267 1,379 1,483 1,197 1,037 984   -9 -0.9

Clear Creek

 157 164 224 209 203 183 185 194 184 232 176 157 132   -25 -15.9

Denver

 11,396 11,203 13,769 13,533 13,594 13,268 13,697 14,459 15,348 17,395 14,212 12,297 11,248   -148 -1.3

Douglas

 4,770 4,579 5,801 5,630 5,961 5,659 5,882 6,009 6,395 6,835 5,625 4,900 4,636   -134 -2.8

Elbert

 371 354 446 409 451 419 437 450 514 531 433 355 336   -35 -9.4

Gilpin

 76 83 106 105 104 106 102 103 106 124 107 97 90   14 18.4

Jefferson

 8,734 8,635 10,762 10,385 10,686 10,381 10,705 10,974 11,689 13,162 10,757 9,277 8,575   -159 -1.8

Park

 276 275 331 317 312 312 330 332 377 470 375 315 296   20 7.2

Colorado

 88,754 86,498 106,593 104,258 105,339 101,808 106,223 111,166 118,956 132,370 109,509 93,926 85,699   -3,055 -3.4

United States (in thousands)

 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387   -545 -9.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7   -0.1

Adams

 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.5 3.8 3.3 2.9   -0.2

Arapahoe

 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7   -0.2

Broomfield

 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.5   0.0

Clear Creek

 2.6 2.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.2   -0.4

Denver

 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.7   -0.1

Douglas

 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 2.5 2.4   -0.1

Elbert

 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.2   -0.3

Gilpin

 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.4   0.3

Jefferson

 2.6 2.6 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.6   0.0

Park

 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.3 3.4 2.9 2.7   0.1

Colorado

 2.9 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 2.7   -0.2

United States

 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3   -0.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2018(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 104,182 2,121 1,500,947 31,165 2.1 $1,297 3.5 $25,265,877 5.8

Adams

 11,290 300 220,006 8,215 3.9 1,094 1.9 3,107,415 5.6

Arapahoe

 22,222 198 334,539 3,091 0.9 1,306 3.1 5,683,059 4.2

Broomfield

 2,873 59 40,255 2,568 6.8 1,546 -18.6 803,548 -13.6

Clear Creek

 374 8 3,422 117 3.5 904 5.0 37,645 10.6

Denver

 33,463 1,230 522,914 8,339 1.6 1,414 6.1 9,623,230 8.1

Douglas

 12,262 245 127,650 4,025 3.3 1,272 -3.2 2,096,956 0.4

Elbert

 673 1 3,764 215 6.1 880 4.0 43,410 9.3

Gilpin

 173 12 4,734 -180 -3.7 886 11.0 54,596 7.2

Jefferson

 20,294 59 241,298 4,849 2.1 1,211 8.9 3,790,178 11.1

Park

 558 9 2,365 -74 -3.0 809 7.6 25,839 7.2

Colorado

 205,525 5,759 2,713,706 58,965 2.2 $1,180 4.1 $41,450,420 6.5

United States

 10,169,140 226,160 148,061,773 2,120,056 1.5 1,144 3.2 2,202,342,150 4.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages