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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

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

 1,412.7 1,425.7 1,438.7 1,448.8 1,460.0 1,462.0 1,449.1 1,469.4 1,473.9 1,482.8 1,490.3 1,495.4 1,501.7 6.3 0.4

Colorado

 2,565.5 2,593.1 2,619.2 2,639.0 2,651.7 2,647.9 2,626.7 2,657.1 2,666.2 2,673.9 2,691.3 2,708.8 2,719.6 10.8 0.4

United States

 137,840 139,566 141,149 141,865 142,545 142,809 142,503 142,736 143,272 144,057 144,326 144,909 145,759 850 0.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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

 1,428.4 1,499.1 1,522.7 94.3 6.6 2,742.5 159.5 6.2 146,517 8,016 5.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 109.3 109.2 112.2 2.9 2.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.0 -0.2 -1.0 633 33 5.5

Construction(2)

             176.9 -1.5 -0.8 7,592 233 3.2

Manufacturing

 68.3 68.9 69.9 1.6 2.3 146.7 1.1 0.8 12,389 320 2.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 266.3 283.3 287.7 21.4 8.0 489.3 33.0 7.2 27,263 1,333 5.1

Information

 50.4 50.3 50.2 -0.2 -0.4 73.1 -0.8 -1.1 2,743 137 5.3

Financial Activities

 110.0 112.3 114.3 4.3 3.9 175.0 5.2 3.1 8,840 165 1.9

Professional & Business Services

 271.0 281.2 286.8 15.8 5.8 452.4 24.0 5.6 20,946 1,263 6.4

Education & Health Services

 180.3 193.0 193.1 12.8 7.1 344.2 14.8 4.5 23,355 864 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 123.2 140.5 150.3 27.1 22.0 320.9 69.7 27.7 15,329 2,692 21.3

Other Services

 52.4 57.6 57.7 5.3 10.1 108.0 3.9 3.7 5,710 493 9.4

Government

 197.2 202.8 200.5 3.3 1.7 436.0 10.3 2.4 21,717 483 2.3

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

 200,958 131,945 126,215 122,272 117,837 118,842 119,600 118,948 114,501 112,280 109,630 101,096 108,507   -92,451 -46.0

Adams

 34,782 22,939 22,066 21,532 20,812 21,596 21,294 21,727 20,867 20,292 20,091 18,659 19,852   -14,930 -42.9

Arapahoe

 46,245 30,823 29,787 28,887 27,826 27,803 27,196 26,670 25,799 25,335 25,001 23,312 24,942   -21,303 -46.1

Broomfield

 4,419 2,778 2,558 2,464 2,391 2,372 2,529 2,461 2,398 2,356 2,248 2,083 2,296   -2,123 -48.0

Clear Creek

 873 541 505 465 428 453 507 438 415 402 383 350 398   -475 -54.4

Denver

 55,189 37,525 35,947 34,930 33,661 33,698 33,223 32,940 31,354 30,304 30,175 27,801 29,172   -26,017 -47.1

Douglas

 18,272 11,220 10,599 10,211 9,883 9,886 10,706 10,661 10,521 10,638 9,877 9,007 10,256   -8,016 -43.9

Elbert

 1,125 665 623 607 585 634 705 698 698 719 665 616 741   -384 -34.1

Gilpin

 908 485 459 341 290 272 337 320 318 269 312 279 286   -622 -68.5

Jefferson

 38,122 24,344 23,095 22,269 21,404 21,590 22,532 22,470 21,548 21,396 20,346 18,480 19,997   -18,125 -47.5

Park

 1,023 625 576 566 557 538 571 563 583 569 532 509 567   -456 -44.6

Colorado

 361,503 230,437 219,516 213,829 207,486 212,590 219,804 219,461 211,931 205,805 199,970 184,411 199,752   -161,751 -44.7

United States (in thousands)

 18,072 16,882 13,742 12,277 10,620 10,264 10,404 10,851 10,486 9,905 9,220 8,829 9,883   -8,189 -45.3

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

 11.8 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.3   -5.5

Adams

 12.4 8.5 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.7 7.0   -5.4

Arapahoe

 12.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.6   -5.7

Broomfield

 10.8 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.6   -5.2

Clear Creek

 13.8 8.9 8.2 7.5 7.0 7.3 8.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.4   -7.4

Denver

 12.7 8.9 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.7   -6.0

Douglas

 9.3 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.5 5.1   -4.2

Elbert

 7.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.8   -2.8

Gilpin

 20.8 12.1 11.4 8.6 7.4 6.9 8.5 8.1 8.0 6.9 7.8 7.0 7.2   -13.6

Jefferson

 11.2 7.4 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.8   -5.4

Park

 9.1 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.9   -4.2

Colorado

 11.4 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.3   -5.1

United States

 11.2 10.5 8.5 7.7 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.1   -5.1

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 2020(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 112,548 3,758 1,447,460 -93,064 -6.0 $1,513 12.1 $28,582,926 5.9

Adams

 12,239 499 226,632 -6,334 -2.7 1,217 8.6 3,574,366 6.0

Arapahoe

 23,551 538 321,464 -16,726 -4.9 1,530 13.0 6,421,982 7.9

Broomfield

 3,066 106 38,923 -1,733 -4.3 1,918 19.4 968,736 14.5

Clear Creek

 382 4 2,915 -574 -16.5 967 3.6 35,734 -10.7

Denver

 36,591 1,439 485,080 -50,680 -9.5 1,683 15.4 10,680,673 5.1

Douglas

 13,440 534 130,595 -3,073 -2.3 1,512 0.1 2,566,096 -1.6

Elbert

 731 22 3,762 -40 -1.1 990 3.7 48,920 1.8

Gilpin

 186 2 3,422 -1,201 -26.0 1,491 73.2 70,849 38.0

Jefferson

 21,773 598 232,174 -12,691 -5.2 1,376 12.6 4,185,830 7.6

Park

 589 16 2,493 -12 -0.5 904 8.9 29,738 8.2

Colorado

 219,550 7,336 2,613,665 -159,099 -5.7 $1,378 12.3 $46,946,891 6.5

United States

 10,675,800 311,982 140,881,253 -9,124,050 -6.1 1,339 13.0 2,453,930,738 6.3

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