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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

 1,493.7 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 1,516.3 1.2 0.1

Colorado

 2,710.2 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 2,755.3 6.1 0.2

United States

 148,279 148,475 148,745 149,007 149,185 149,467 149,575 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,587 150,620 150,816 196 0.1

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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

 1,480.4 1,497.6 1,503.7 23.3 1.6 2,745.9 49.5 1.8 149,867 2,499 1.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 106.2 107.9 107.6 1.4 1.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             28.6 0.6 2.1 746 42 6.0

Construction(2)

             169.0 2.1 1.3 7,172 239 3.4

Manufacturing

 69.5 69.3 69.7 0.2 0.3 148.1 2.1 1.4 12,768 210 1.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 268.8 273.3 273.3 4.5 1.7 469.5 7.0 1.5 27,485 202 0.7

Information

 49.6 50.0 50.1 0.5 1.0 74.3 0.0 0.0 2,810 -4 -0.1

Financial Activities

 110.1 108.2 108.1 -2.0 -1.8 166.3 -3.9 -2.3 8,590 99 1.2

Professional & Business Services

 264.9 272.4 274.5 9.6 3.6 432.1 19.0 4.6 21,092 526 2.6

Education & Health Services

 187.7 191.9 193.1 5.4 2.9 347.3 7.6 2.2 24,206 550 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 164.1 162.0 162.9 -1.2 -0.7 344.4 6.4 1.9 16,249 431 2.7

Other Services

 57.1 59.8 60.1 3.0 5.3 113.8 4.7 4.3 5,871 93 1.6

Government

 202.4 202.8 204.3 1.9 0.9 452.5 3.9 0.9 22,878 111 0.5

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

 48,214 45,463 43,955 54,670 53,326 54,355 52,774 54,623 56,732 60,489 67,375 55,502 47,964   -250 -0.5

Adams

 8,994 8,404 7,790 9,681 9,537 9,576 9,342 9,656 10,076 10,922 12,254 10,381 9,034   40 0.4

Arapahoe

 10,750 10,286 9,886 12,300 12,007 12,229 11,904 12,391 12,868 13,575 14,889 12,239 10,478   -272 -2.5

Broomfield

 1,059 993 986 1,250 1,194 1,239 1,200 1,238 1,267 1,379 1,483 1,197 1,038   -21 -2.0

Clear Creek

 165 157 164 224 209 203 183 185 194 184 232 176 158   -7 -4.2

Denver

 12,168 11,396 11,203 13,769 13,533 13,594 13,268 13,697 14,459 15,348 17,395 14,212 12,301   133 1.1

Douglas

 4,971 4,770 4,579 5,801 5,630 5,961 5,659 5,882 6,009 6,395 6,835 5,625 4,899   -72 -1.4

Elbert

 409 371 354 446 409 451 419 437 450 514 531 433 356   -53 -13.0

Gilpin

 79 76 83 106 105 104 106 102 103 106 124 107 96   17 21.5

Jefferson

 9,336 8,734 8,635 10,762 10,385 10,686 10,381 10,705 10,974 11,689 13,162 10,757 9,289   -47 -0.5

Park

 283 276 275 331 317 312 312 330 332 377 470 375 315   32 11.3

Colorado

 94,901 88,754 86,498 106,593 104,258 105,339 101,808 106,223 111,166 118,956 132,370 109,509 93,998   -903 -1.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,671 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382   -289 -4.3

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

 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.1 3.3 2.9   -0.1

Adams

 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.5 3.8 3.3   -0.1

Arapahoe

 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.9   -0.1

Broomfield

 2.7 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 2.6   -0.1

Clear Creek

 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.8 2.9 2.6   -0.2

Denver

 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.0   0.0

Douglas

 2.6 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 2.5   -0.1

Elbert

 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.4   -0.4

Gilpin

 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.5   0.4

Jefferson

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

Park

 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.3 3.4 2.9   0.3

Colorado

 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.0   -0.1

United States

 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9   -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, 3rd quarter 2018(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 105,304 2,752 1,488,354 33,340 2.3 $1,206 3.6 $23,421,956 6.3

Adams

 11,344 335 215,877 8,633 4.2 1,053 3.7 2,941,428 7.9

Arapahoe

 22,461 350 331,907 2,442 0.7 1,227 3.4 5,327,621 4.4

Broomfield

 2,927 69 39,640 1,608 4.2 1,546 3.2 802,489 7.3

Clear Creek

 374 5 2,861 80 2.9 888 4.5 34,103 6.8

Denver

 33,728 1,355 521,955 11,156 2.2 1,301 3.6 8,841,953 6.3

Douglas

 12,426 298 125,708 4,464 3.7 1,158 3.9 1,912,920 7.7

Elbert

 692 23 3,808 233 6.5 796 3.6 40,019 10.4

Gilpin

 172 1 4,735 -143 -2.9 892 7.6 56,373 6.0

Jefferson

 20,619 311 239,272 4,871 2.1 1,099 4.0 3,437,851 6.7

Park

 561 5 2,591 -4 -0.2 784 5.1 27,198 5.4

Colorado

 206,507 6,269 2,683,961 56,017 2.1 $1,104 3.5 $38,676,440 5.9

United States

 10,118,010 246,757 146,824,093 2,281,032 1.6 1,055 3.3 2,003,536,638 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