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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

1,616.5 1,620.0 1,623.9 1,629.3 1,631.9 1,635.9 1,636.0 1,637.1 1,637.7 1,628.2 1,626.8 1,626.2 1,626.2 0.0 0.0

Colorado

2,911.5 2,915.5 2,922.1 2,929.3 2,935.7 2,948.2 2,950.8 2,955.5 2,962.6 2,960.3 2,958.1 2,961.4 2,969.4 8.0 0.3

United States

154,773 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 229 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)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

1,592.4 1,631.6 1,601.3 8.9 0.6 2,933.8 59.2 2.1 155,414 2,726 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

108.5 108.2 106.0 -2.5 -2.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

            21.9 0.8 3.8 628 6 1.0

Construction(2)

            176.2 -0.6 -0.3 7,802 216 2.8

Manufacturing

69.6 68.5 69.1 -0.5 -0.7 149.7 -1.3 -0.9 12,882 28 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

295.1 303.5 292.0 -3.1 -1.1 502.6 -4.3 -0.8 28,769 39 0.1

Information

53.9 51.7 51.8 -2.1 -3.9 77.3 -1.9 -2.4 2,973 -47 -1.6

Financial Activities

117.2 120.4 118.9 1.7 1.5 182.5 2.9 1.6 9,178 85 0.9

Professional & Business Services

311.6 312.6 307.8 -3.8 -1.2 492.8 9.0 1.9 22,548 174 0.8

Education & Health Services

198.9 207.2 206.5 7.6 3.8 376.1 17.2 4.8 25,754 1,042 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

166.2 170.3 165.6 -0.6 -0.4 351.3 10.4 3.1 16,078 462 3.0

Other Services

67.0 68.5 67.1 0.1 0.1 126.8 2.9 2.3 5,794 88 1.5

Government

204.4 220.7 216.5 12.1 5.9 476.6 24.1 5.3 23,008 633 2.8

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Unemployment, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

51,236 55,801 46,125 42,371 48,586 58,253 60,560 62,453 56,779 55,797 56,293 57,252 66,270   15,034 29.3

Adams

9,590 10,311 8,483 7,570 8,559 10,187 10,508 10,853 9,867 9,666 9,658 9,984 11,855   2,265 23.6

Arapahoe

11,123 12,037 10,023 9,089 10,443 12,519 13,029 13,454 12,211 11,942 11,905 12,032 13,838   2,715 24.4

Broomfield

1,124 1,249 1,049 994 1,161 1,413 1,485 1,517 1,369 1,378 1,392 1,378 1,541   417 37.1

Clear Creek

171 188 148 126 160 177 197 199 167 169 186 177 197   26 15.2

Denver

13,721 14,938 12,387 11,536 13,048 15,415 16,153 16,830 15,183 14,952 15,223 15,894 18,266   4,545 33.1

Douglas

5,286 5,961 4,971 4,568 5,458 6,668 6,901 7,013 6,480 6,363 6,332 6,168 7,120   1,834 34.7

Elbert

379 435 337 305 378 472 489 484 452 433 447 437 509   130 34.3

Gilpin

102 112 82 81 102 117 121 118 101 104 111 107 135   33 32.4

Jefferson

9,414 10,218 8,372 7,838 8,972 10,930 11,310 11,621 10,630 10,474 10,706 10,750 12,431   3,017 32.0

Park

326 352 273 264 305 355 367 364 319 316 333 325 378   52 16.0

Colorado

99,898 108,417 94,125 86,175 95,154 114,860 105,990 110,447 100,970 102,223 104,840 105,305 122,660   22,762 22.8

United States (in thousands)

6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778   400 6.3

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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, CO MSA

3.0 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.8   0.8

Adams

3.4 3.6 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2   0.8

Arapahoe

2.9 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.7   0.8

Broomfield

2.6 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.6   1.0

Clear Creek

2.8 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.2   0.4

Denver

3.1 3.4 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2   1.1

Douglas

2.5 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4   0.9

Elbert

2.4 2.7 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.3   0.9

Gilpin

2.6 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.5   0.9

Jefferson

2.7 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.6   0.9

Park

2.8 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3   0.5

Colorado

3.1 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.8   0.7

United States

3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1   0.2

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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 employment and wages(1), Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

136,326 6,255 1,603,705 27,894 1.8 $1,563 -0.9 $32,745,029 0.9

Adams

14,658 847 247,365 8,001 3.3 1,329 -2.4 4,283,622 1.1

Arapahoe

27,727 1,122 339,473 4,974 1.5 1,537 -1.3 6,811,335 -0.2

Broomfield

3,682 157 43,291 712 1.7 2,018 2.0 1,143,620 3.3

Clear Creek

430 14 3,171 56 1.8 1,276 15.8 53,672 15.2

Denver

45,193 1,911 567,063 6,528 1.2 1,741 -0.1 12,871,787 1.3

Douglas

16,682 908 144,747 4,480 3.2 1,487 -3.4 2,836,925 -0.2

Elbert

898 63 4,793 393 8.9 1,063 -2.7 66,343 6.2

Gilpin

235 9 4,285 -24 -0.6 1,359 10.2 77,064 9.3

Jefferson

26,105 1,186 246,466 2,572 1.1 1,413 -0.4 4,560,574 0.8

Park

716 38 3,051 202 7.1 974 -2.3 40,088 4.8

Colorado

261,901 14,668 2,888,723 64,341 2.3 $1,431 -0.5 $53,965,934 1.7

United States

12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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