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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

 1,507.5 1,507.4 1,506.0 1,507.4 1,506.0 1,511.9 1,513.6 1,515.1 1,513.7 1,515.6 1,519.7 1,522.5 1,525.2 2.7 0.2

Colorado

 2,734.3 2,734.7 2,732.2 2,738.8 2,739.7 2,746.9 2,748.9 2,749.2 2,755.7 2,764.3 2,771.3 2,779.8 2,787.0 7.2 0.3

United States

 149,185 149,467 149,575 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,587 150,643 150,796 151,012 151,074 151,267 151,431 164 0.1

Footnotes
(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

 1,516.1 1,539.8 1,538.8 22.7 1.5 2,802.7 56.9 2.1 151,183 2,235 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 110.5 110.4 110.3 -0.2 -0.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             29.0 0.4 1.4 762 17 2.3

Construction(2)

             179.1 0.8 0.4 7,756 201 2.7

Manufacturing

 70.1 70.8 70.7 0.6 0.9 150.5 1.6 1.1 12,935 152 1.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 273.6 274.9 275.1 1.5 0.5 476.4 4.7 1.0 27,794 158 0.6

Information

 50.9 50.3 50.1 -0.8 -1.6 75.4 -0.4 -0.5 2,837 -13 -0.5

Financial Activities

 111.9 111.4 113.0 1.1 1.0 170.8 -2.2 -1.3 8,761 108 1.2

Professional & Business Services

 276.9 286.2 287.8 10.9 3.9 459.3 25.0 5.8 21,605 466 2.2

Education & Health Services

 188.3 192.2 193.3 5.0 2.7 348.2 9.1 2.7 23,951 618 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 176.7 176.6 178.9 2.2 1.2 367.8 12.7 3.6 17,504 340 2.0

Other Services

 58.3 60.9 60.4 2.1 3.6 114.6 2.5 2.2 6,021 104 1.8

Government

 198.9 206.1 199.2 0.3 0.2 431.6 2.7 0.6 21,257 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

 53,326 54,355 52,774 54,623 56,732 60,489 67,375 55,502 47,932 43,925 40,597 48,806 45,341   -7,985 -15.0

Adams

 9,537 9,576 9,342 9,656 10,076 10,922 12,254 10,381 9,032 7,928 7,245 8,632 8,166   -1,371 -14.4

Arapahoe

 12,007 12,229 11,904 12,391 12,868 13,575 14,889 12,239 10,465 9,806 9,173 11,065 10,324   -1,683 -14.0

Broomfield

 1,194 1,239 1,200 1,238 1,267 1,379 1,483 1,197 1,037 978 910 1,115 1,004   -190 -15.9

Clear Creek

 209 203 183 185 194 184 232 176 157 132 139 180 175   -34 -16.3

Denver

 13,533 13,594 13,268 13,697 14,459 15,348 17,395 14,212 12,297 11,201 10,476 12,339 11,603   -1,930 -14.3

Douglas

 5,630 5,961 5,659 5,882 6,009 6,395 6,835 5,625 4,900 4,621 4,166 5,180 4,724   -906 -16.1

Elbert

 409 451 419 437 450 514 531 433 355 333 302 382 326   -83 -20.3

Gilpin

 105 104 106 102 103 106 124 107 97 89 84 105 93   -12 -11.4

Jefferson

 10,385 10,686 10,381 10,705 10,974 11,689 13,162 10,757 9,277 8,542 7,834 9,511 8,651   -1,734 -16.7

Park

 317 312 312 330 332 377 470 375 315 295 268 297 275   -42 -13.2

Colorado

 104,258 105,339 101,808 106,223 111,166 118,956 132,370 109,509 93,926 85,336 79,211 94,919 88,082   -16,176 -15.5

United States (in thousands)

 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556   -174 -2.6

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

 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.7   -0.5

Adams

 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.5 3.8 3.3 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.0   -0.5

Arapahoe

 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.8   -0.5

Broomfield

 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.5   -0.5

Clear Creek

 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.8   -0.6

Denver

 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.7   -0.5

Douglas

 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.4   -0.5

Elbert

 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.1   -0.6

Gilpin

 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.4   -0.4

Jefferson

 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.5   -0.6

Park

 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.3 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.4   -0.5

Colorado

 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.8   -0.5

United States

 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0   -0.1

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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2019(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 104,857 1,146 1,483,775 23,455 1.6 $1,388 4.8 $26,731,969 6.9

Adams

 11,386 175 218,688 9,589 4.6 1,079 3.2 3,061,327 8.4

Arapahoe

 22,317 90 328,088 529 0.2 1,442 5.0 6,141,977 5.7

Broomfield

 2,870 -10 39,782 708 1.8 1,958 9.9 1,012,883 12.2

Clear Creek

 375 3 3,375 133 4.1 931 3.4 40,669 7.8

Denver

 33,700 723 518,454 6,760 1.3 1,533 5.1 10,304,523 6.8

Douglas

 12,376 149 126,429 3,072 2.5 1,366 1.3 2,250,101 4.3

Elbert

 689 14 3,642 39 1.1 822 6.3 38,620 8.4

Gilpin

 174 8 4,664 -214 -4.4 903 1.9 54,743 -2.9

Jefferson

 20,416 -7 238,361 2,929 1.2 1,229 6.4 3,804,000 8.1

Park

 554 1 2,292 -90 -3.8 768 3.8 23,127 2.2

Colorado

 207,605 4,911 2,690,274 50,559 1.9 $1,231 4.8 $42,921,641 7.0

United States

 10,202,975 306,876 146,497,599 1,965,681 1.4 1,184 2.8 2,246,038,756 4.4

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