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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

 1,463.8 1,464.4 1,465.8 1,470.8 1,475.6 1,479.9 1,483.0 1,487.2 1,490.6 1,493.4 1,495.8 1,505.1 1,505.7 0.6 0.0

Colorado

 2,659.6 2,668.3 2,670.9 2,675.1 2,680.7 2,686.8 2,693.2 2,702.4 2,709.8 2,715.7 2,725.4 2,734.5 2,737.3 2.8 0.1

United States

 146,728 146,949 146,963 147,234 147,450 147,625 147,801 148,125 148,280 148,455 148,723 148,931 149,078 147 0.1

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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

 1,470.4 1,521.7 1,517.2 46.8 3.2 2,751.5 81.7 3.1 148,892 2,406 1.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 103.9 108.7 108.5 4.6 4.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             30.0 3.7 14.1 750 58 8.4

Construction(2)

             173.8 5.5 3.3 7,495 298 4.1

Manufacturing

 69.5 72.1 72.2 2.7 3.9 148.1 2.6 1.8 12,804 306 2.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 267.1 274.8 278.3 11.2 4.2 475.3 12.7 2.7 27,773 313 1.1

Information

 47.3 50.3 50.4 3.1 6.6 74.7 3.2 4.5 2,785 -22 -0.8

Financial Activities

 109.4 111.4 110.8 1.4 1.3 172.4 3.4 2.0 8,660 115 1.3

Professional & Business Services

 267.5 275.6 276.1 8.6 3.2 437.9 18.2 4.3 21,139 520 2.5

Education & Health Services

 183.8 188.3 189.3 5.5 3.0 338.3 5.8 1.7 23,322 441 1.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 173.7 183.0 183.0 9.3 5.4 370.1 21.1 6.0 17,149 261 1.5

Other Services

 57.2 56.8 55.9 -1.3 -2.3 106.8 -3.4 -3.1 5,936 84 1.4

Government

 191.0 200.7 192.7 1.7 0.9 424.1 8.9 2.1 21,079 32 0.2

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

 43,261 43,415 42,899 43,429 44,586 45,913 51,418 51,589 45,366 40,565 37,846 47,676 48,737   5,476 12.7

Adams

 7,958 7,861 7,655 7,748 8,050 8,466 9,563 9,623 8,467 7,501 6,714 8,447 8,717   759 9.5

Arapahoe

 9,786 9,902 9,883 9,904 10,146 10,341 11,492 11,492 10,137 9,199 8,531 10,754 10,999   1,213 12.4

Broomfield

 1,000 987 1,009 1,012 1,028 1,009 1,114 1,128 987 876 841 1,080 1,082   82 8.2

Clear Creek

 171 158 143 138 147 152 179 173 156 142 141 197 193   22 12.9

Denver

 10,743 10,916 10,752 10,846 11,233 11,594 13,103 13,140 11,413 10,139 9,619 11,968 12,333   1,590 14.8

Douglas

 4,471 4,387 4,359 4,488 4,550 4,637 5,107 5,218 4,641 4,221 3,911 5,013 5,102   631 14.1

Elbert

 332 337 337 360 380 390 427 440 384 332 304 388 375   43 13.0

Gilpin

 67 70 73 84 78 77 84 88 74 66 71 92 96   29 43.3

Jefferson

 8,503 8,562 8,442 8,604 8,724 8,991 10,024 9,976 8,845 7,847 7,481 9,453 9,554   1,051 12.4

Park

 230 235 246 245 250 256 325 311 262 242 233 284 286   56 24.3

Colorado

 84,207 83,673 82,092 83,759 87,030 89,514 101,013 101,683 89,391 79,283 74,560 93,059 95,383   11,176 13.3

United States (in thousands)

 7,441 7,287 6,556 6,242 6,286 6,278 7,189 7,091 6,671 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730   -711 -9.6

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

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.9 2.9   0.2

Adams

 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 3.1 3.2   0.2

Arapahoe

 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.0   0.2

Broomfield

 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7   0.1

Clear Creek

 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.3 3.2 3.1   0.2

Denver

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.9 3.0   0.3

Douglas

 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.7   0.3

Elbert

 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.5   0.2

Gilpin

 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.5   0.7

Jefferson

 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.8   0.2

Park

 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7   0.5

Colorado

 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.1   0.3

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1   -0.5

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, 1st quarter 2018(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 103,895 3,397 1,459,683 38,869 2.7 $1,325 3.4 $25,003,372 6.2

Adams

 11,210 401 209,041 9,052 4.5 1,046 2.2 2,824,722 6.8

Arapahoe

 22,275 526 327,990 4,047 1.2 1,377 3.6 5,835,872 4.8

Broomfield

 2,882 117 39,041 1,650 4.4 1,785 -1.8 903,620 2.6

Clear Creek

 372 15 3,242 135 4.3 900 10.0 37,739 14.1

Denver

 33,047 1,413 510,970 12,818 2.6 1,458 4.1 9,633,961 6.8

Douglas

 12,239 383 123,083 4,608 3.9 1,337 4.6 2,134,981 8.7

Elbert

 679 14 3,661 218 6.3 765 4.1 35,828 10.6

Gilpin

 167 -1 4,878 -11 -0.2 886 3.0 56,366 5.3

Jefferson

 20,471 516 235,396 6,301 2.8 1,155 2.7 3,517,669 5.5

Park

 553 13 2,381 51 2.2 739 0.3 22,614 2.7

Colorado

 202,577 6,371 2,639,488 64,973 2.5 $1,175 3.4 $40,115,393 6.1

United States

 10,007,967 289,576 144,562,926 2,269,130 1.6 1,152 3.7 2,153,917,047 5.4

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