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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

 1,511.9 1,513.6 1,515.1 1,513.7 1,515.6 1,519.7 1,522.5 1,527.0 1,532.8 1,535.2 1,538.1 1,542.3 1,545.8 3.5 0.2

Colorado

 2,746.9 2,748.9 2,749.2 2,755.7 2,764.3 2,771.3 2,779.8 2,790.6 2,791.0 2,788.4 2,792.7 2,802.1 2,803.5 1.4 0.0

United States

 149,865 150,134 150,135 150,282 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,961 147 0.1

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

 1,516.0 1,546.8 1,551.1 35.1 2.3 2,821.5 55.7 2.0 152,934 2,102 1.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 108.0 111.9 112.4 4.4 4.1                

Mining & Logging(2)

             27.8 -1.2 -4.1 713 -29 -3.9

Construction(2)

             173.6 2.9 1.7 7,447 136 1.9

Manufacturing

 70.9 70.8 71.3 0.4 0.6 150.9 0.8 0.5 12,874 60 0.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 282.9 280.3 284.9 2.0 0.7 490.6 6.1 1.3 28,584 175 0.6

Information

 49.8 51.7 51.4 1.6 3.2 74.4 -0.1 -0.1 2,897 31 1.1

Financial Activities

 109.6 114.8 113.2 3.6 3.3 171.5 1.3 0.8 8,820 146 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 277.0 285.2 284.5 7.5 2.7 457.0 21.4 4.9 21,597 370 1.7

Education & Health Services

 191.5 200.5 200.7 9.2 4.8 357.4 14.4 4.2 24,630 608 2.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 165.1 164.7 167.7 2.6 1.6 346.9 1.5 0.4 16,455 369 2.3

Other Services

 59.8 59.7 58.6 -1.2 -2.0 112.6 -0.7 -0.6 5,902 75 1.3

Government

 201.4 207.2 206.4 5.0 2.5 458.8 9.3 2.1 23,015 161 0.7

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

 60,489 67,375 55,502 47,932 43,925 40,597 48,806 45,295 44,351 36,456 39,396 40,611 38,512   -21,977 -36.3

Adams

 10,922 12,254 10,381 9,032 7,928 7,245 8,632 8,165 7,844 6,487 6,946 7,229 6,997   -3,925 -35.9

Arapahoe

 13,575 14,889 12,239 10,465 9,806 9,173 11,065 10,314 10,037 8,270 8,930 9,211 8,643   -4,932 -36.3

Broomfield

 1,379 1,483 1,197 1,037 978 910 1,115 995 990 825 894 922 850   -529 -38.4

Clear Creek

 184 232 176 157 132 139 180 174 156 131 132 132 121   -63 -34.2

Denver

 15,348 17,395 14,212 12,297 11,201 10,476 12,339 11,594 11,356 9,291 10,054 10,368 9,931   -5,417 -35.3

Douglas

 6,395 6,835 5,625 4,900 4,621 4,166 5,180 4,722 4,686 3,894 4,202 4,267 3,901   -2,494 -39.0

Elbert

 514 531 433 355 333 302 382 326 331 263 287 307 285   -229 -44.6

Gilpin

 106 124 107 97 89 84 105 93 82 71 78 79 73   -33 -31.1

Jefferson

 11,689 13,162 10,757 9,277 8,542 7,834 9,511 8,637 8,611 7,011 7,647 7,858 7,472   -4,217 -36.1

Park

 377 470 375 315 295 268 297 275 258 213 226 238 239   -138 -36.6

Colorado

 118,956 132,370 109,509 93,926 85,336 79,211 94,919 88,007 85,327 70,003 75,810 79,530 75,357   -43,599 -36.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503   -526 -8.7

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

 3.6 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3   -1.3

Adams

 4.0 4.5 3.8 3.3 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5   -1.5

Arapahoe

 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3   -1.4

Broomfield

 3.4 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.1   -1.3

Clear Creek

 3.0 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0   -1.0

Denver

 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3   -1.4

Douglas

 3.3 3.6 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.0   -1.3

Elbert

 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8   -1.6

Gilpin

 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.1 1.9   -0.9

Jefferson

 3.5 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2   -1.3

Park

 3.5 4.3 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2   -1.3

Colorado

 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4   -1.4

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4   -0.3

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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2019(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 106,289 1,551 1,532,786 32,509 2.2 $1,242 4.9 $24,483,144 7.2

Adams

 11,537 219 227,227 12,941 6.0 1,065 4.5 3,100,004 10.6

Arapahoe

 22,629 239 337,789 1,929 0.6 1,244 3.6 5,418,408 4.3

Broomfield

 2,903 12 41,021 893 2.2 1,797 12.9 948,349 15.2

Clear Creek

 378 -4 3,145 130 4.3 894 4.4 37,476 10.1

Denver

 34,158 746 532,355 7,439 1.4 1,338 5.4 9,184,087 6.9

Douglas

 12,552 185 133,364 5,027 3.9 1,246 6.4 2,117,583 10.4

Elbert

 698 13 4,068 121 3.1 826 4.3 41,390 6.1

Gilpin

 178 8 4,767 -133 -2.7 822 -1.1 50,388 -4.2

Jefferson

 20,691 127 246,375 4,180 1.7 1,125 4.0 3,561,395 5.5

Park

 565 6 2,675 -18 -0.7 729 6.1 24,063 5.7

Colorado

 210,232 5,413 2,765,723 60,473 2.2 $1,128 4.9 $40,059,596 7.2

United States

 10,252,043 281,328 149,089,158 1,666,235 1.1 1,095 3.8 2,111,761,786 5.1

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