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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, St. Louis metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 1,382.8 1,384.4 1,384.6 1,382.1 1,382.3 1,383.1 1,387.2 1,385.8 1,385.7 1,386.1 1,389.2 1,393.3 1,402.0 8.7 0.6

Illinois

 6,094.7 6,103.3 6,114.0 6,095.5 6,099.4 6,111.0 6,123.3 6,120.8 6,120.1 6,135.3 6,140.9 6,148.3 6,172.7 24.4 0.4

Missouri

 2,880.3 2,883.8 2,887.1 2,883.2 2,882.6 2,885.9 2,892.9 2,890.5 2,890.9 2,888.9 2,889.8 2,894.1 2,903.4 9.3 0.3

United States

 147,767 148,097 148,279 148,475 148,745 149,007 149,185 149,467 149,575 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,586 311 0.2

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(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, St. Louis metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Total Nonfarm

 1,357.5 1,398.7 1,376.2 18.7 1.4 2,857.7 30.9 1.1 6,035.8 73.2 1.2 148,306 2,878 2.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 61.1 67.3 64.1 3.0 4.9                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.3 0.2 4.9 7.5 0.1 1.4 746 60 8.7

Construction(3)

             115.8 2.7 2.4 201.5 4.2 2.1 7,072 343 5.1

Manufacturing

 115.0 120.1 119.0 4.0 3.5 274.0 6.1 2.3 589.0 10.1 1.7 12,741 273 2.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 259.8 267.7 263.4 3.6 1.4 539.6 1.0 0.2 1,221.0 14.2 1.2 27,705 366 1.3

Information

 27.8 27.6 27.6 -0.2 -0.7 49.6 -1.0 -2.0 92.1 -2.5 -2.6 2,769 -3 -0.1

Financial Activities

 89.0 90.6 90.9 1.9 2.1 172.1 -0.2 -0.1 403.4 8.7 2.2 8,567 119 1.4

Professional & Business Services

 208.9 213.9 210.9 2.0 1.0 379.9 5.4 1.4 924.2 6.5 0.7 20,853 525 2.6

Education & Health Services

 251.5 256.0 256.1 4.6 1.8 485.0 12.3 2.6 937.7 15.5 1.7 23,801 539 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 143.6 150.5 145.9 2.3 1.6 292.7 8.0 2.8 594.7 13.2 2.3 15,880 443 2.9

Other Services

 50.5 49.9 48.7 -1.8 -3.6 113.0 -1.2 -1.1 252.5 2.2 0.9 5,811 77 1.3

Government

 150.3 155.1 149.6 -0.7 -0.5 431.7 -2.4 -0.6 812.2 1.0 0.1 22,361 136 0.6

Footnotes
(1) Area boundaries do not reflect OMB definitions.
(2) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(3) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 55,590 54,941 54,631 47,407 47,900 54,546 56,913 52,849 42,674 40,995 42,799 49,477 58,435   2,845 5.1

Bond, Ill.

 354 308 310 261 279 351 328 324 294 327 334 383 470   116 32.8

Calhoun, Ill.

 130 121 121 100 108 120 108 112 94 105 127 143 157   27 20.8

Clinton, Ill.

 805 689 688 526 584 712 698 657 629 674 693 785 969   164 20.4

Jersey, Ill.

 544 515 503 414 472 522 487 491 437 496 505 591 718   174 32.0

Macoupin, Ill.

 1,176 1,059 1,064 850 926 1,113 1,086 1,049 951 1,046 1,113 1,299 1,501   325 27.6

Madison, Ill.

 5,730 5,181 5,416 4,564 5,127 6,340 6,111 5,963 5,305 5,853 5,867 6,450 7,348   1,618 28.2

Monroe, Ill.

 614 566 567 468 509 653 628 628 579 640 653 669 806   192 31.3

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,967 5,460 5,710 4,774 5,313 6,735 6,551 6,387 5,615 6,259 6,283 6,723 7,689   1,722 28.9

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 576 577 541 451 437 465 486 411 324 281 352 395 467   -109 -18.9

Franklin, Mo.

 2,036 2,259 2,061 1,717 1,577 1,710 1,800 1,587 1,236 1,122 1,274 1,522 1,926   -110 -5.4

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,681 4,835 4,506 3,855 3,669 3,855 4,080 3,769 2,931 2,574 2,822 3,469 4,250   -431 -9.2

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,200 1,150 1,056 897 870 972 1,072 955 744 639 712 878 1,113   -87 -7.3

St. Charles, Mo.

 6,815 6,769 6,613 5,763 5,629 6,258 6,751 6,132 4,827 4,229 4,526 5,364 6,479   -336 -4.9

St. Louis, Mo.

 18,224 18,461 18,493 16,561 16,357 17,788 19,189 17,719 13,672 12,174 12,840 15,199 17,992   -232 -1.3

Warren, Mo.

 662 668 585 497 468 524 556 505 389 336 382 475 584   -78 -11.8

St. Louis city, Mo.

 6,652 6,900 6,938 6,160 6,012 6,893 7,468 6,571 4,971 4,521 4,668 5,527 6,433   -219 -3.3

Illinois

 328,535 316,539 281,008 245,015 235,509 306,543 292,489 278,285 248,531 263,231 259,018 285,488 337,734   9,199 2.8

Missouri

 115,924 121,881 113,538 90,686 91,272 106,756 112,187 100,958 78,485 70,459 75,593 93,192 114,163   -1,761 -1.5

United States (in thousands)

 7,189 7,091 6,671 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140   -49 -0.7

Footnotes
(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(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, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.6 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.4 4.0   0.1

Bond, Ill.

 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.9 6.0   1.4

Calhoun, Ill.

 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.8 3.9 4.4 5.3 6.0 6.8   1.2

Clinton, Ill.

 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.8   0.8

Jersey, Ill.

 5.0 4.7 4.5 3.7 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.5 3.9 4.4 4.5 5.3 6.5   1.5

Macoupin, Ill.

 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.9 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.7 5.6 6.5   1.3

Madison, Ill.

 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.5   1.2

Monroe, Ill.

 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.4   1.0

St. Clair, Ill.

 4.8 4.3 4.5 3.7 4.1 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.8 4.9 5.3 6.1   1.3

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.5 3.9 3.0 2.6 3.3 3.8 4.4   -1.1

Franklin, Mo.

 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.7   -0.3

Jefferson, Mo.

 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.2 2.4 3.0 3.7   -0.4

Lincoln, Mo.

 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.9 3.5 2.8 2.4 2.6 3.3 4.1   -0.4

St. Charles, Mo.

 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.9   -0.3

St. Louis, Mo.

 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.9 3.5   0.0

Warren, Mo.

 3.9 3.9 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.4   -0.5

St. Louis city, Mo.

 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.2 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.2   -0.2

Illinois

 5.1 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.7 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.4 5.3   0.2

Missouri

 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.3 2.5 3.1 3.8   0.0

United States

 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4   -0.1

Footnotes
(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(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, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2018(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 86,880 386 1,332,613 5,236 0.4 $981 3.5 $16,906,054 4.1

Bond, Ill.

 311 3 4,522 -244 -5.1 801 1.9 46,741 -1.4

Calhoun, Ill.

 99 -2 804 33 4.3 518 5.1 5,310 9.4

Clinton, Ill.

 880 10 12,358 26 0.2 705 2.5 112,941 2.9

Jersey, Ill.

 404 3 5,133 73 1.4 630 4.3 42,423 5.3

Macoupin, Ill.

 897 4 10,922 467 4.5 666 1.4 93,481 6.3

Madison, Ill.

 5,422 14 101,591 242 0.2 806 3.7 1,052,463 4.9

Monroe, Ill.

 769 12 8,988 161 1.8 650 -2.3 75,575 -1.1

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,089 48 92,736 -1,471 -1.6 818 1.2 977,816 -0.3

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 671 0 6,780 214 3.3 670 -7.3 57,998 -5.1

Franklin, Mo.

 3,001 -49 39,502 -473 -1.2 772 3.3 389,560 2.6

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,398 41 48,451 509 1.1 700 2.9 433,524 4.7

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,061 30 11,898 203 1.7 725 0.1 109,991 2.7

St. Charles, Mo.

 9,607 64 148,500 803 0.5 834 3.3 1,591,113 4.3

St. Louis, Mo.

 39,559 161 607,990 1,065 0.2 1,083 3.3 8,562,939 3.9

Warren, Mo.

 659 -10 7,691 172 2.3 721 5.9 70,423 9.5

St. Louis City, Mo.

 14,724 57 231,527 3,670 1.6 1,118 4.9 3,341,754 6.1

Illinois

 375,124 11,549 6,029,247 46,428 0.8 $1,087 3.0 $84,849,220 3.8

Missouri

 204,995 -2,550 2,812,002 11,058 0.4 907 3.3 32,772,975 3.8

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.
(4) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes only the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages