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

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, St. Louis metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS29411800000000001
 1,386.1 1,389.2 1,393.3 1,400.9 1,394.1 1,397.8 1,402.0 1,402.5 1,406.1 1,410.5 1,413.5 1,411.7 1,409.8 -1.9 -0.1

Illinois
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS17000000000000001
 6,135.3 6,140.9 6,148.3 6,175.0 6,164.2 6,158.1 6,176.5 6,178.8 6,186.4 6,187.7 6,181.9 6,190.4 6,192.3 1.9 0.0

Missouri
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS29000000000000001
 2,888.9 2,889.8 2,894.1 2,899.4 2,892.7 2,901.4 2,911.1 2,915.2 2,920.7 2,927.5 2,926.9 2,924.2 2,923.5 -0.7 0.0

United States
Go to web page with historical data for series CES0000000001
 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,587 150,643 150,796 151,012 151,074 151,252 151,418 151,637 151,817 151,945 128 0.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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

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Data		 St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA(1) Missouri Illinois U.S.
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Total Nonfarm
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411800000000001
 1,396.8 1,416.6 1,420.2 23.4 1.7
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000000000000001
 2,946.9 34.0 1.2
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000000000000001
 6,251.9 54.1 0.9
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU0000000001
 152,962 2,109 1.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411801500000001
 70.0 75.2 75.8 5.8 8.3                        

Mining & Logging(3)

            
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000001000000001
 4.3 -0.2 -4.4
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000001000000001
 7.5 -0.6 -7.4
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU1000000001
 755 -4 -0.5

Construction(3)

            
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000002000000001
 128.0 1.8 1.4
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000002000000001
 239.5 -2.1 -0.9
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU2000000001
 7,705 146 1.9

Manufacturing
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411803000000001
 119.2 121.5 117.5 -1.7 -1.4
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000003000000001
 275.1 0.2 0.1
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000003000000001
 590.1 -2.6 -0.4
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU3000000001
 12,820 46 0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411804000000001
 259.5 262.8 264.8 5.3 2.0
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000004000000001
 545.1 1.4 0.3
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000004000000001
 1,229.5 7.4 0.6
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU4000000001
 27,897 133 0.5

Information
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411805000000001
 27.4 27.7 27.6 0.2 0.7
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000005000000001
 48.9 -1.1 -2.2
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000005000000001
 91.2 -3.3 -3.5
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU5000000001
 2,831 -8 -0.3

Financial Activities
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411805500000001
 90.5 92.0 92.4 1.9 2.1
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000005500000001
 177.2 4.3 2.5
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000005500000001
 406.9 1.9 0.5
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU5500000001
 8,732 114 1.3

Professional & Business Services
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411806000000001
 217.0 218.7 221.2 4.2 1.9
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000006000000001
 394.8 4.2 1.1
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000006000000001
 978.3 4.9 0.5
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU6000000001
 21,812 415 1.9

Education & Health Services
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411806500000001
 256.5 255.0 259.7 3.2 1.2
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000006500000001
 498.2 13.2 2.7
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000006500000001
 959.6 15.1 1.6
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU6500000001
 24,662 644 2.7

Leisure & Hospitality
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411807000000001
 151.2 158.7 155.0 3.8 2.5
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000007000000001
 315.3 8.2 2.7
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000007000000001
 639.6 17.4 2.8
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU7000000001
 16,781 379 2.3

Other Services
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411808000000001
 50.5 48.7 48.7 -1.8 -3.6
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000008000000001
 115.9 0.8 0.7
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000008000000001
 257.9 2.6 1.0
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU8000000001
 5,946 75 1.3

Government
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29411809000000001
 155.0 156.3 157.5 2.5 1.6
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU29000009000000001
 444.1 1.2 0.3
Go to web page with historical data for series SMU17000009000000001
 851.8 13.4 1.6
Go to web page with historical data for series CEU9000000001
 23,021 169 0.7

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
Area

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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUMT294118000000004
 41,198 42,518 50,022 58,332 55,542 58,107 45,424 45,176 51,668 54,411 49,639 38,621 40,877   -321 -0.8

Bond, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170050000000004
 341 339 397 470 407 389 322 254 284 307 287 273 278   -63 -18.5

Calhoun, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170130000000004
 107 128 147 157 138 134 123 101 129 115 92 98 96   -11 -10.3

Clinton, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170270000000004
 692 696 806 969 911 821 654 540 578 633 559 572 646   -46 -6.6

Jersey, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170830000000004
 510 506 607 719 639 615 524 448 484 494 434 424 420   -90 -17.6

Macoupin, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171170000000004
 1,071 1,113 1,328 1,498 1,330 1,268 1,036 837 914 963 869 889 867   -204 -19.0

Madison, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171190000000004
 6,044 5,910 6,630 7,338 6,440 6,453 5,485 4,607 5,347 5,675 4,999 4,980 4,889   -1,155 -19.1

Monroe, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171330000000004
 663 659 687 805 733 715 591 494 558 618 546 560 572   -91 -13.7

St. Clair, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171630000000004
 6,460 6,323 6,914 7,679 6,839 6,949 5,919 5,038 5,577 6,156 5,559 5,465 5,338   -1,122 -17.4

Crawford, Mo.(1)
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290550000000004
 278 346 395 467 498 478 350 376 443 461 397 293 314   36 12.9

Franklin, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290710000000004
 1,111 1,258 1,526 1,921 1,959 1,920 1,485 1,593 1,713 1,893 1,737 1,151 1,552   441 39.7

Jefferson, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290990000000004
 2,544 2,778 3,472 4,242 4,403 4,519 3,191 3,305 3,777 4,017 3,650 2,549 2,716   172 6.8

Lincoln, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291130000000004
 637 707 886 1,111 1,152 1,180 825 826 986 1,004 887 623 834   197 30.9

St. Charles, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291830000000004
 4,208 4,492 5,413 6,466 6,364 6,742 5,014 5,428 6,121 6,259 5,795 4,140 4,678   470 11.2

St. Louis, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291890000000004
 12,013 12,637 15,206 17,957 17,389 18,926 14,477 15,636 17,820 18,543 17,294 12,131 12,887   874 7.3

Warren, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN292190000000004
 337 382 480 583 653 654 454 489 524 541 479 344 440   103 30.6

St. Louis city, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN295100000000004
 4,460 4,590 5,523 6,417 6,185 6,822 5,324 5,580 6,856 7,193 6,452 4,422 4,664   204 4.6

Illinois
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUST170000000000004
 263,231 259,018 285,488 337,422 302,523 289,793 259,307 233,477 265,341 278,359 245,998 230,385 235,466   -27,765 -10.5

Missouri
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 70,459 75,593 93,192 113,927 112,876 117,837 86,976 94,838 107,731 116,440 104,774 73,820 78,975   8,516 12.1

United States (in thousands)
Go to web page with historical data for series LNU03000000
 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510   -261 -4.5

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
Area

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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUMT294118000000003
 2.8 2.9 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.7   -0.1

Bond, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170050000000003
 4.3 4.3 5.1 6.0 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4   -0.9

Calhoun, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170130000000003
 4.6 5.5 6.3 6.8 5.9 5.8 5.2 4.3 5.4 4.8 3.9 4.2 4.0   -0.6

Clinton, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170270000000003
 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.1   -0.3

Jersey, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN170830000000003
 4.6 4.6 5.5 6.5 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8   -0.8

Macoupin, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171170000000003
 4.6 4.8 5.8 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.7   -0.9

Madison, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171190000000003
 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.0 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.6   -0.9

Monroe, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171330000000003
 3.6 3.5 3.7 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0   -0.6

St. Clair, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN171630000000003
 5.1 5.0 5.4 6.1 5.4 5.4 4.6 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.1   -1.0

Crawford, Mo.(1)
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290550000000003
 2.6 3.2 3.7 4.4 4.6 4.4 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.6 2.6 2.8   0.2

Franklin, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290710000000003
 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.1 2.9   0.8

Jefferson, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN290990000000003
 2.2 2.4 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.3   0.1

Lincoln, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291130000000003
 2.3 2.6 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.2 2.9   0.6

St. Charles, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291830000000003
 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.0   0.1

St. Louis, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN291890000000003
 2.3 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.4   0.1

Warren, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN292190000000003
 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7 1.9 2.4   0.5

St. Louis city, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUCN295100000000003
 2.9 3.0 3.6 4.2 4.0 4.5 3.5 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.1 2.8 2.9   0.0

Illinois
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUST170000000000003
 4.1 4.0 4.4 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.6   -0.5

Missouri
Go to web page with historical data for series LAUST290000000000003
 2.3 2.5 3.1 3.8 3.7 3.9 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.5   0.2

United States
Go to web page with historical data for series LNU04000000
 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3   -0.2

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, 2nd quarter 2019(2)
Area

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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUC411820010
 88,006 3,035
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUC411810010
 1,336,968 -2,393 -0.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUC411840010
 $1,027 1.8
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUC411830010
 $17,884,193 2.0

Bond, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700520010
 303 -3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700510010
 4,422 -72 -1.6
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700540010
 775 1.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700530010
 45,898 -1.3

Calhoun, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1701320010
 98 -1
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1701310010
 702 -116 -14.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1701340010
 510 4.1
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1701330010
 4,945 -1.9

Clinton, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1702720010
 883 0
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1702710010
 12,572 177 1.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1702740010
 735 5.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1702730010
 119,924 6.5

Jersey, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1708320010
 396 -9
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1708310010
 4,845 -576 -10.6
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1708340010
 672 6.0
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1708330010
 43,100 0.6

Macoupin, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711720010
 894 5
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711710010
 10,480 -171 -1.6
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711740010
 696 4.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711730010
 94,439 2.7

Madison, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711920010
 5,384 -35
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711910010
 100,849 -688 -0.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711940010
 847 3.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1711930010
 1,118,570 3.9

Monroe, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1713320010
 792 17
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1713310010
 8,783 -213 -2.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1713340010
 691 6.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1713330010
 78,915 4.5

St. Clair, Ill.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1716320010
 5,037 -19
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1716310010
 91,939 -209 -0.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1716340010
 854 3.8
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1716330010
 1,022,109 3.3

Crawford, Mo.(4)
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2905520010
 661 -2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2905510010
 7,037 83 1.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2905540010
 715 3.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2905530010
 64,169 4.8

Franklin, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2907120010
 3,007 57
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2907110010
 40,343 695 1.8
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2907140010
 788 3.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2907130010
 410,968 5.1

Jefferson, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2909920010
 4,411 117
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2909910010
 48,432 -322 -0.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2909940010
 753 2.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2909930010
 475,130 2.3

Lincoln, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2911320010
 1,075 43
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2911310010
 12,117 32 0.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2911340010
 818 4.2
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2911330010
 127,718 3.9

St. Charles, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918320010
 9,793 387
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918310010
 153,061 3,387 2.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918340010
 887 4.7
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918330010
 1,757,831 7.2

St. Louis, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918920010
 40,230 1,713
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918910010
 611,509 -3,207 -0.5
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918940010
 1,137 -0.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2918930010
 9,051,225 -0.3

Warren, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2921920010
 667 15
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2921910010
 7,754 108 1.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2921940010
 770 2.8
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2921930010
 76,996 4.3

St. Louis City, Mo.
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2951020010
 15,036 748
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2951010010
 229,160 -1,218 -0.5
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2951040010
 1,151 3.9
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2951030010
 3,456,424 3.8

Illinois
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700020010
 378,252 10,180
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700010010
 6,074,730 19,624 0.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700040010
 $1,122 2.4
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU1700030010
 $87,899,267 2.9

Missouri
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2900020010
 208,288 8,631
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2900010010
 2,836,735 8,835 0.3
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2900040010
 948 2.5
Go to web page with historical data for series ENU2900030010
 34,937,071 3.1

United States
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUUS00020010
 10,252,043 281,328
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUUS00010010
 149,089,158 1,666,235 1.1
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUUS00040010
 1,095 3.8
Go to web page with historical data for series ENUUS00030010
 2,111,761,786 5.1

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