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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

 1,479.9 1,483.0 1,487.2 1,490.6 1,493.4 1,495.8 1,505.1 1,504.8 1,506.1 1,506.3 1,506.4 1,506.1 1,511.6 5.5 0.4

Colorado

 2,686.8 2,693.2 2,702.4 2,709.8 2,715.7 2,725.4 2,734.5 2,739.0 2,743.0 2,742.3 2,748.0 2,752.4 2,762.2 9.8 0.4

United States

 147,625 147,801 148,125 148,280 148,455 148,723 148,931 149,096 149,382 149,501 149,775 149,951 150,263 312 0.2

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(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

 1,483.9 1,510.4 1,514.7 30.8 2.1 2,780.0 75.3 2.8 151,190 2,660 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 105.1 108.3 107.3 2.2 2.1                

Mining & Logging(2)

             32.2 4.7 17.1 759 59 8.4

Construction(2)

             168.6 -0.1 -0.1 7,253 283 4.1

Manufacturing

 69.8 71.3 72.5 2.7 3.9 150.1 5.4 3.7 12,844 284 2.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 275.7 280.9 283.9 8.2 3.0 485.6 11.7 2.5 28,704 367 1.3

Information

 48.8 50.1 50.0 1.2 2.5 75.2 1.6 2.2 2,763 -21 -0.8

Financial Activities

 109.4 107.6 108.4 -1.0 -0.9 169.7 0.8 0.5 8,629 113 1.3

Professional & Business Services

 266.0 275.5 274.2 8.2 3.1 439.1 21.8 5.2 21,349 579 2.8

Education & Health Services

 186.5 190.6 191.7 5.2 2.8 342.6 7.2 2.1 24,077 521 2.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 168.4 168.8 170.2 1.8 1.1 353.2 12.1 3.5 16,184 322 2.0

Other Services

 56.5 57.0 57.7 1.2 2.1 110.6 2.8 2.6 5,869 69 1.2

Government

 197.7 200.3 198.8 1.1 0.6 453.1 7.3 1.6 22,759 84 0.4

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

 45,913 51,418 51,589 45,366 40,565 37,846 47,676 48,683 54,612 49,668 49,478 53,820 60,989   15,076 32.8

Adams

 8,466 9,563 9,623 8,467 7,501 6,714 8,447 8,709 9,623 8,802 8,753 9,565 11,021   2,555 30.2

Arapahoe

 10,341 11,492 11,492 10,137 9,199 8,531 10,754 10,985 12,318 11,230 11,253 12,235 13,720   3,379 32.7

Broomfield

 1,009 1,114 1,128 987 876 841 1,080 1,080 1,231 1,120 1,109 1,189 1,378   369 36.6

Clear Creek

 152 179 173 156 142 141 197 191 206 172 168 184 186   34 22.4

Denver

 11,594 13,103 13,140 11,413 10,139 9,619 11,968 12,317 13,608 12,445 12,363 13,672 15,422   3,828 33.0

Douglas

 4,637 5,107 5,218 4,641 4,221 3,911 5,013 5,102 5,937 5,282 5,282 5,655 6,395   1,758 37.9

Elbert

 390 427 440 384 332 304 388 374 452 393 396 426 516   126 32.3

Gilpin

 77 84 88 74 66 71 92 96 105 98 91 97 107   30 39.0

Jefferson

 8,991 10,024 9,976 8,845 7,847 7,481 9,453 9,544 10,824 9,839 9,769 10,487 11,870   2,879 32.0

Park

 256 325 311 262 242 233 284 285 308 287 294 310 374   118 46.1

Colorado

 89,514 101,013 101,683 89,391 79,283 74,560 93,059 95,289 105,974 95,928 96,332 105,579 120,048   30,534 34.1

United States (in thousands)

 6,278 7,189 7,091 6,671 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029   -249 -4.0

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

 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.7   0.8

Adams

 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.5 4.1   0.9

Arapahoe

 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.8   0.9

Broomfield

 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.5   0.9

Clear Creek

 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.3 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1   0.5

Denver

 2.9 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.7   0.8

Douglas

 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.4   0.9

Elbert

 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.5   0.8

Gilpin

 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.9   0.8

Jefferson

 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.5   0.8

Park

 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.6   1.1

Colorado

 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.8   0.8

United States

 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7   -0.2

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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2018(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 104,812 3,184 1,499,650 38,485 2.6 $1,184 2.6 $22,835,154 5.3

Adams

 11,316 416 214,095 7,322 3.5 1,019 4.5 2,800,668 8.4

Arapahoe

 22,417 446 335,905 4,251 1.3 1,201 3.1 5,193,260 4.3

Broomfield

 2,887 72 40,118 1,514 3.9 1,592 -24.3 823,320 -20.9

Clear Creek

 379 15 3,008 105 3.6 856 5.3 33,999 8.8

Denver

 33,438 1,390 524,634 14,562 2.9 1,269 4.5 8,581,789 7.6

Douglas

 12,373 384 128,221 4,503 3.6 1,170 3.2 1,915,977 7.1

Elbert

 687 20 4,003 279 7.5 785 6.9 39,174 13.9

Gilpin

 171 -1 4,900 -26 -0.5 831 0.7 52,587 0.3

Jefferson

 20,583 429 242,073 5,929 2.5 1,082 3.4 3,371,623 6.3

Park

 561 13 2,693 46 1.7 687 2.5 22,757 4.6

Colorado

 204,904 6,235 2,704,410 64,089 2.4 $1,075 3.2 $37,337,007 5.8

United States

 10,047,987 240,196 147,431,154 2,214,082 1.5 1,055 3.4 2,009,922,973 5.0

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