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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

 1,465.8 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 1,504.8 1,506.1 1,507.3 1.2 0.1

Colorado

 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 2,739.0 2,743.0 2,748.1 5.1 0.2

United States

 146,963 147,234 147,450 147,625 147,801 148,125 148,280 148,455 148,723 148,931 149,096 149,382 149,500 118 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

 1,470.9 1,516.1 1,509.9 39.0 2.7 2,754.8 77.3 2.9 149,738 2,561 1.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 104.3 109.2 109.7 5.4 5.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             31.3 4.7 17.7 759 63 9.1

Construction(2)

             176.9 9.0 5.4 7,474 297 4.1

Manufacturing

 69.0 71.1 71.1 2.1 3.0 147.2 2.8 1.9 12,791 282 2.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 266.1 275.8 273.9 7.8 2.9 469.2 8.7 1.9 27,715 313 1.1

Information

 47.1 50.5 50.3 3.2 6.8 75.6 4.5 6.3 2,753 -25 -0.9

Financial Activities

 109.0 110.5 110.9 1.9 1.7 172.2 4.3 2.6 8,606 116 1.4

Professional & Business Services

 267.0 274.3 273.4 6.4 2.4 435.2 17.0 4.1 21,185 556 2.7

Education & Health Services

 184.6 187.5 188.0 3.4 1.8 339.6 5.3 1.6 23,691 470 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 168.6 182.4 173.8 5.2 3.1 345.8 11.1 3.3 16,530 303 1.9

Other Services

 57.0 56.9 55.6 -1.4 -2.5 108.1 -1.2 -1.1 5,864 89 1.5

Government

 198.2 197.9 203.2 5.0 2.5 453.7 11.1 2.5 22,370 97 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

 42,899 43,429 44,586 45,913 51,418 51,589 45,366 40,565 37,846 47,676 48,683 54,612 49,696   6,797 15.8

Adams

 7,655 7,748 8,050 8,466 9,563 9,623 8,467 7,501 6,714 8,447 8,709 9,623 8,809   1,154 15.1

Arapahoe

 9,883 9,904 10,146 10,341 11,492 11,492 10,137 9,199 8,531 10,754 10,985 12,318 11,237   1,354 13.7

Broomfield

 1,009 1,012 1,028 1,009 1,114 1,128 987 876 841 1,080 1,080 1,231 1,124   115 11.4

Clear Creek

 143 138 147 152 179 173 156 142 141 197 191 206 172   29 20.3

Denver

 10,752 10,846 11,233 11,594 13,103 13,140 11,413 10,139 9,619 11,968 12,317 13,608 12,445   1,693 15.7

Douglas

 4,359 4,488 4,550 4,637 5,107 5,218 4,641 4,221 3,911 5,013 5,102 5,937 5,280   921 21.1

Elbert

 337 360 380 390 427 440 384 332 304 388 374 452 394   57 16.9

Gilpin

 73 84 78 77 84 88 74 66 71 92 96 105 98   25 34.2

Jefferson

 8,442 8,604 8,724 8,991 10,024 9,976 8,845 7,847 7,481 9,453 9,544 10,824 9,849   1,407 16.7

Park

 246 245 250 256 325 311 262 242 233 284 285 308 288   42 17.1

Colorado

 82,092 83,759 87,030 89,514 101,013 101,683 89,391 79,283 74,560 93,059 95,289 105,974 95,998   13,906 16.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,556 6,242 6,286 6,278 7,189 7,091 6,671 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766   -790 -12.1

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
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 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.0   0.3

Adams

 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.6 3.3   0.4

Arapahoe

 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.1   0.3

Broomfield

 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.9   0.3

Clear Creek

 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.3 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.8   0.4

Denver

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

Douglas

 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.8   0.5

Elbert

 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.6   0.3

Gilpin

 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6   0.6

Jefferson

 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.9   0.3

Park

 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7   0.3

Colorado

 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.1   0.4

United States

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