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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the Midwest and West, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 163,894 159,932 159,870 160,838 -3,056 -1.9

Midwest

 35,019.4 34,872.8 34,225.2 34,612.0 -407.3 -1.2

Illinois

 6,442.9 6,493.4 6,248.9 (p)6,347.1 (p)-95.7 (p)-1.5

Indiana

 3,380.9 3,393.9 3,318.7 (p)3,360.4 (p)-20.5 (p)-0.6

Iowa

 1,746.3 1,644.2 1,626.5 (p)1,616.8 (p)-129.5 (p)-7.4

Kansas

 1,488.1 1,482.6 1,491.3 (p)1,497.3 (p)9.3 (p)0.6

Michigan

 4,937.2 4,943.1 4,816.6 (p)4,916.3 (p)-20.9 (p)-0.4

Minnesota

 3,115.8 3,114.1 3,093.3 (p)3,113.1 (p)-2.7 (p)-0.1

Missouri

 3,087.1 3,027.7 3,073.3 (p)3,081.6 (p)-5.4 (p)-0.2

Nebraska

 1,036.8 1,044.0 1,047.0 (p)1,038.0 (p)1.2 (p)0.1

North Dakota

 403.9 403.8 402.2 (p)397.0 (p)-6.9 (p)-1.7

Ohio

 5,810.6 5,801.5 5,664.0 (p)5,757.6 (p)-53.0 (p)-0.9

South Dakota

 464.9 469.0 466.2 (p)459.4 (p)-5.5 (p)-1.2

Wisconsin

 3,104.9 3,062.8 3,026.5 (p)3,048.4 (p)-56.6 (p)-1.8

West

 39,031.1 38,461.2 38,244.7 37,950.1 -1,081.0 -2.8

Alaska

 347.6 343.6 341.0 (p)329.0 (p)-18.6 (p)-5.4

Arizona

 3,571.6 3,509.6 3,565.8 (p)3,420.1 (p)-151.4 (p)-4.2

California

 19,419.7 18,971.2 18,825.9 (p)18,708.8 (p)-710.9 (p)-3.7

Colorado

 3,160.2 3,177.1 3,084.5 (p)3,087.0 (p)-73.2 (p)-2.3

Hawaii

 664.6 630.8 638.1 (p)636.9 (p)-27.8 (p)-4.2

Idaho

 886.1 895.0 901.5 (p)895.8 (p)9.7 (p)1.1

Montana

 535.1 535.1 534.3 (p)530.1 (p)-5.0 (p)-0.9

Nevada

 1,548.3 1,501.1 1,488.6 (p)1,493.6 (p)-54.6 (p)-3.5

New Mexico

 957.2 921.8 910.7 (p)895.5 (p)-61.8 (p)-6.5

Oregon

 2,102.8 2,159.5 2,061.8 (p)2,053.9 (p)-48.9 (p)-2.3

Utah

 1,614.4 1,619.4 1,626.9 (p)1,625.1 (p)10.7 (p)0.7

Washington

 3,930.7 3,893.2 3,961.1 (p)3,955.1 (p)24.4 (p)0.6

Wyoming

 292.9 295.8 294.5 (p)292.2 (p)-0.7 (p)-0.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the Midwest and West, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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 5,999 17,750 16,338 13,550 7,551 125.9

Midwest

 1,251.0 3,819.2 2,862.3 2,764.6 1,513.6 121.0

Illinois

 245.9 943.6 715.8 (p)695.0 (p)449.2 (p)182.7

Indiana

 108.2 376.6 261.1 (p)214.4 (p)106.2 (p)98.2

Iowa

 48.1 137.7 110.3 (p)96.5 (p)48.5 (p)100.9

Kansas

 46.1 110.8 107.1 (p)103.6 (p)57.5 (p)124.7

Michigan

 197.8 738.5 421.4 (p)428.5 (p)230.6 (p)116.6

Minnesota

 100.3 268.0 236.5 (p)231.6 (p)131.3 (p)131.0

Missouri

 99.7 236.2 211.4 (p)215.2 (p)115.5 (p)115.8

Nebraska

 31.7 57.7 51.2 (p)41.5 (p)9.8 (p)30.9

North Dakota

 9.9 29.8 26.6 (p)19.9 (p)10.1 (p)102.2

Ohio

 241.4 635.7 510.3 (p)509.9 (p)268.4 (p)111.2

South Dakota

 15.6 33.9 30.0 (p)22.0 (p)6.5 (p)41.6

Wisconsin

 106.5 264.6 215.8 (p)190.0 (p)83.5 (p)78.4

West

 1,492.2 4,799.0 4,403.7 3,599.9 2,107.7 141.3

Alaska

 21.5 42.7 39.7 (p)24.4 (p)2.9 (p)13.3

Arizona

 165.9 351.2 380.2 (p)202.4 (p)36.5 (p)22.0

California

 763.8 2,830.9 2,543.3 (p)2,134.6 (p)1,370.7 (p)179.5

Colorado

 82.8 336.8 229.6 (p)206.1 (p)123.2 (p)148.8

Hawaii

 18.1 84.5 86.1 (p)79.7 (p)61.6 (p)341.2

Idaho

 25.7 51.6 45.6 (p)37.4 (p)11.7 (p)45.5

Montana

 18.6 38.3 34.6 (p)29.7 (p)11.1 (p)59.6

Nevada

 59.2 227.4 210.7 (p)197.8 (p)138.6 (p)234.1

New Mexico

 45.8 77.4 115.4 (p)101.4 (p)55.6 (p)121.3

Oregon

 75.6 249.9 215.2 (p)157.8 (p)82.1 (p)108.6

Utah

 40.3 86.3 73.3 (p)66.1 (p)25.8 (p)64.2

Washington

 163.8 389.8 403.7 (p)337.8 (p)173.9 (p)106.2

Wyoming

 10.9 22.5 20.8 (p)19.2 (p)8.3 (p)76.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the Midwest and West, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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United States

 3.7 11.1 10.2 8.4 4.7

Midwest

 3.6 11.0 8.4 8.0 4.4

Illinois

 3.8 14.5 11.5 (p)11.0 (p)7.2

Indiana

 3.2 11.1 7.9 (p)6.4 (p)3.2

Iowa

 2.8 8.4 6.8 (p)6.0 (p)3.2

Kansas

 3.1 7.5 7.2 (p)6.9 (p)3.8

Michigan

 4.0 14.9 8.7 (p)8.7 (p)4.7

Minnesota

 3.2 8.6 7.6 (p)7.4 (p)4.2

Missouri

 3.2 7.8 6.9 (p)7.0 (p)3.8

Nebraska

 3.1 5.5 4.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.9

North Dakota

 2.4 7.4 6.6 (p)5.0 (p)2.6

Ohio

 4.2 11.0 9.0 (p)8.9 (p)4.7

South Dakota

 3.3 7.2 6.4 (p)4.8 (p)1.5

Wisconsin

 3.4 8.6 7.1 (p)6.2 (p)2.8

West

 3.8 12.5 11.5 9.5 5.7

Alaska

 6.2 12.4 11.6 (p)7.4 (p)1.2

Arizona

 4.6 10.0 10.7 (p)5.9 (p)1.3

California

 3.9 14.9 13.5 (p)11.4 (p)7.5

Colorado

 2.6 10.6 7.4 (p)6.7 (p)4.1

Hawaii

 2.7 13.4 13.5 (p)12.5 (p)9.8

Idaho

 2.9 5.8 5.1 (p)4.2 (p)1.3

Montana

 3.5 7.2 6.5 (p)5.6 (p)2.1

Nevada

 3.8 15.2 14.2 (p)13.2 (p)9.4

New Mexico

 4.8 8.4 12.7 (p)11.3 (p)6.5

Oregon

 3.6 11.6 10.4 (p)7.7 (p)4.1

Utah

 2.5 5.3 4.5 (p)4.1 (p)1.6

Washington

 4.2 10.0 10.2 (p)8.5 (p)4.3

Wyoming

 3.7 7.6 7.1 (p)6.6 (p)2.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in Mountain and West North Central states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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Mountain Census Division

Arizona

Flagstaff

 6.0 11.7 13.3 (p)13.6 (p)7.6

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 5.9 13.7 12.7 (p)12.5 (p)6.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale

 4.4 8.3 9.8 (p)10.3 (p)5.9

Prescott

 4.7 8.5 9.2 (p)9.6 (p)4.9

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 6.1 7.2 8.8 (p)9.3 (p)3.2

Tucson

 4.8 8.4 9.9 (p)10.5 (p)5.7

Yuma

 20.4 18.2 22.0 (p)24.8 (p)4.4

Colorado

Boulder

 2.3 8.3 9.6 (p)6.6 (p)4.3

Colorado Springs

 3.4 9.7 10.5 (p)6.9 (p)3.5

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood

 2.6 10.5 11.1 (p)7.8 (p)5.2

Fort Collins

 2.2 8.6 9.2 (p)6.2 (p)4.0

Grand Junction

 3.5 9.1 10.1 (p)6.9 (p)3.4

Greeley

 2.6 8.6 10.1 (p)7.2 (p)4.6

Pueblo

 4.3 9.1 10.9 (p)7.9 (p)3.6

Idaho

Boise City

 2.7 9.2 5.8 (p)5.1 (p)2.4

Coeur d'Alene

 2.9 11.2 6.9 (p)6.0 (p)3.1

Idaho Falls

 2.2 5.5 3.7 (p)3.1 (p)0.9

Lewiston ID-WA

 3.1 8.3 5.2 (p)5.3 (p)2.2

Logan, UT-ID

 2.4 4.8 3.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.3

Pocatello

 3.2 7.7 5.0 (p)4.5 (p)1.3

Montana

Billings

 3.1 7.9 6.7 (p)5.9 (p)2.8

Great Falls

 3.2 8.1 7.0 (p)6.1 (p)2.9

Missoula

 2.8 9.3 7.4 (p)6.3 (p)3.5

Nevada

Carson City

 3.8 15.2 8.8 (p)8.0 (p)4.2

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise

 4.3 28.8 17.8 (p)16.4 (p)12.1

Reno

 3.2 16.0 8.7 (p)8.1 (p)4.9

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 5.2 9.1 9.0 (p)13.1 (p)7.9

Farmington

 6.4 10.3 11.4 (p)16.0 (p)9.6

Las Cruces

 6.3 8.5 8.9 (p)13.0 (p)6.7

Santa Fe

 4.4 9.4 9.5 (p)13.5 (p)9.1

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 2.4 4.8 3.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.3

Ogden-Clearfield

 2.7 8.0 5.0 (p)4.0 (p)1.3

Provo-Orem

 2.6 6.2 4.4 (p)3.6 (p)1.0

Salt Lake City

 2.6 9.4 6.4 (p)5.3 (p)2.7

St. George

 3.2 9.5 6.3 (p)5.2 (p)2.0

Wyoming

Casper

 3.7 11.6 10.9 (p)10.2 (p)6.5

Cheyenne

 3.4 7.9 6.7 (p)5.8 (p)2.4

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

Ames

 2.3 7.1 6.3 (p)5.0 (p)2.7

Cedar Rapids

 3.0 11.1 9.6 (p)7.6 (p)4.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

 3.9 14.4 11.5 (p)9.1 (p)5.2

Des Moines-West Des Moines

 2.7 10.9 9.2 (p)6.9 (p)4.2

Dubuque

 2.5 12.6 9.1 (p)7.0 (p)4.5

Iowa City

 2.3 9.0 7.6 (p)6.1 (p)3.8

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

 3.3 6.4 6.9 (p)5.9 (p)2.6

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 8.7 7.4 (p)5.8 (p)2.9

Waterloo-Cedar Falls

 3.4 11.1 8.7 (p)6.9 (p)3.5

Kansas

Kansas City, MO-KS

 4.0 10.8 7.8 (p)7.6 (p)3.6

Lawrence

 3.7 10.4 8.3 (p)8.2 (p)4.5

Manhattan

 3.5 7.4 7.4 (p)7.4 (p)3.9

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 3.5 6.6 5.8 (p)5.5 (p)2.0

Topeka

 3.7 9.6 7.2 (p)6.9 (p)3.2

Wichita

 3.9 14.1 10.8 (p)10.9 (p)7.0

Minnesota

Duluth, MN-WI

 4.0 12.4 10.4 (p)8.7 (p)4.7

Fargo, ND-MN

 2.1 7.2 6.4 (p)5.1 (p)3.0

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 2.8 8.3 7.0 (p)5.8 (p)3.0

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

 3.1 10.4 7.5 (p)5.9 (p)2.8

Mankato-North Mankato

 2.8 8.2 7.3 (p)6.2 (p)3.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 3.0 10.1 9.2 (p)8.2 (p)5.2

Rochester

 2.7 9.3 8.1 (p)6.6 (p)3.9

St. Cloud

 2.9 8.8 7.4 (p)6.1 (p)3.2

Missouri

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

 3.7 9.0 7.1 (p)6.5 (p)2.8

Columbia

 2.9 6.5 5.7 (p)5.1 (p)2.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

 3.0 7.2 6.4 (p)5.7 (p)2.7

Jefferson City

 3.1 6.0 5.5 (p)5.6 (p)2.5

Joplin

 3.8 8.9 7.2 (p)6.6 (p)2.8

Kansas City, MO-KS

 4.0 10.8 7.8 (p)7.6 (p)3.6

Springfield

 3.0 8.2 7.3 (p)6.3 (p)3.3

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 3.5 6.6 5.8 (p)5.5 (p)2.0

St. Louis, MO-IL

 3.6 11.3 9.7 (p)8.2 (p)4.6

Nebraska

Grand Island

 3.4 7.5 6.2 (p)5.4 (p)2.0

Lincoln

 3.0 5.2 5.7 (p)5.0 (p)2.0

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

 3.3 6.4 6.9 (p)5.9 (p)2.6

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 8.7 7.4 (p)5.8 (p)2.9

North Dakota

Bismarck

 2.2 7.8 6.1 (p)4.9 (p)2.7

Fargo, ND-MN

 2.1 7.2 6.4 (p)5.1 (p)3.0

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 2.8 8.3 7.0 (p)5.8 (p)3.0

South Dakota

Rapid City

 3.0 10.9 8.2 (p)6.8 (p)3.8

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 8.7 7.4 (p)5.8 (p)2.9

Sioux Falls

 2.4 9.4 6.7 (p)5.5 (p)3.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in Mountain and West North Central States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 151,160 137,809 (p)139,543 (p)140,914 (p)-10,246 (p)-6.8

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 2,959.8 2,830.1 2,834.7 (p)2,864.2 (p)-95.6 (p)-3.2

Colorado

 2,797.4 2,599.1 2,612.7 (p)2,649.6 (p)-147.8 (p)-5.3

Idaho

 763.7 737.3 751.2 (p)758.2 (p)-5.5 (p)-0.7

Montana

 485.7 458.1 461.0 (p)461.4 (p)-24.3 (p)-5.0

Nevada

 1,423.4 1,266.3 1,283.3 (p)1,289.8 (p)-133.6 (p)-9.4

New Mexico

 860.1 792.8 788.5 (p)791.4 (p)-68.7 (p)-8.0

Utah

 1,566.9 1,518.6 1,532.8 (p)1,538.7 (p)-28.2 (p)-1.8

Wyoming

 291.2 266.3 269.3 (p)269.8 (p)-21.4 (p)-7.3

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

 1,585.1 1,459.3 1,487.7 (p)1,493.0 (p)-92.1 (p)-5.8

Kansas

 1,426.5 1,345.0 1,355.8 (p)1,365.1 (p)-61.4 (p)-4.3

Minnesota

 2,984.3 2,690.7 2,725.3 (p)2,765.8 (p)-218.5 (p)-7.3

Missouri

 2,907.1 2,691.8 2,763.8 (p)2,769.5 (p)-137.6 (p)-4.7

Nebraska

 1,027.4 972.9 987.4 (p)990.6 (p)-36.8 (p)-3.6

North Dakota

 439.9 400.5 404.7 (p)408.7 (p)-31.2 (p)-7.1

South Dakota

 440.5 416.6 419.2 (p)420.6 (p)-19.9 (p)-4.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.