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Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics

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

167,113 167,732 168,009 168,429 1,316 0.8

Midwest

35,196.6 35,274.3 35,305.0 35,369.5 172.9 0.5

Illinois

6,440.5 6,510.2 6,516.9 (p)6,529.4 (p)88.9 (p)1.4

Indiana

3,403.8 3,377.2 3,378.8 (p)3,387.1 (p)-16.7 (p)-0.5

Iowa

1,710.9 1,691.5 1,688.2 (p)1,685.6 (p)-25.3 (p)-1.5

Kansas

1,512.8 1,507.1 1,507.3 (p)1,508.8 (p)-4.0 (p)-0.3

Michigan

5,029.8 5,054.4 5,053.2 (p)5,062.6 (p)32.8 (p)0.7

Minnesota

3,110.4 3,100.0 3,096.7 (p)3,094.6 (p)-15.8 (p)-0.5

Missouri

3,097.2 3,121.2 3,130.5 (p)3,142.3 (p)45.2 (p)1.5

Nebraska

1,056.7 1,053.6 1,053.2 (p)1,053.4 (p)-3.3 (p)-0.3

North Dakota

416.6 418.5 418.6 (p)418.8 (p)2.3 (p)0.5

Ohio

5,796.0 5,817.2 5,838.5 (p)5,859.8 (p)63.8 (p)1.1

South Dakota

481.5 481.5 481.7 (p)482.7 (p)1.2 (p)0.2

Wisconsin

3,141.2 3,140.5 3,140.2 (p)3,143.0 (p)1.7 (p)0.1

West

39,683.5 39,779.9 39,804.8 39,848.9 165.3 0.4

Alaska

358.1 357.2 357.0 (p)357.1 (p)-1.0 (p)-0.3

Arizona

3,698.9 3,740.6 3,747.4 (p)3,758.3 (p)59.4 (p)1.6

California

19,322.0 19,338.9 19,346.5 (p)19,361.6 (p)39.5 (p)0.2

Colorado

3,236.2 3,234.1 3,237.5 (p)3,242.9 (p)6.7 (p)0.2

Hawaii

676.9 669.6 669.9 (p)671.0 (p)-6.0 (p)-0.9

Idaho

963.6 975.7 977.9 (p)981.9 (p)18.3 (p)1.9

Montana

574.5 577.6 578.4 (p)580.0 (p)5.5 (p)1.0

Nevada

1,603.8 1,616.2 1,617.8 (p)1,620.4 (p)16.6 (p)1.0

New Mexico

966.9 970.2 972.1 (p)974.6 (p)7.7 (p)0.8

Oregon

2,159.8 2,190.1 2,191.8 (p)2,192.5 (p)32.7 (p)1.5

Utah

1,795.5 1,799.3 1,799.2 (p)1,801.3 (p)5.8 (p)0.3

Washington

4,031.7 4,016.7 4,018.9 (p)4,017.4 (p)-14.3 (p)-0.4

Wyoming

295.4 293.1 293.7 (p)294.5 (p)-0.9 (p)-0.3

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)
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United States

5,904 6,649 6,811 7,163 1,259 21.3

Midwest

1,209.8 1,307.5 1,352.9 1,417.6 207.8 17.2

Illinois

286.1 317.4 327.9 (p)341.6 (p)55.6 (p)19.4

Indiana

114.9 124.6 128.4 (p)135.7 (p)20.9 (p)18.2

Iowa

51.7 46.9 46.6 (p)47.6 (p)-4.1 (p)-8.0

Kansas

39.3 43.9 46.0 (p)48.4 (p)9.1 (p)23.2

Michigan

193.6 196.8 204.8 (p)220.8 (p)27.2 (p)14.0

Minnesota

92.0 86.9 91.3 (p)97.6 (p)5.6 (p)6.0

Missouri

95.8 109.4 114.5 (p)120.9 (p)25.1 (p)26.2

Nebraska

24.2 26.4 27.0 (p)27.5 (p)3.3 (p)13.8

North Dakota

7.4 8.6 8.8 (p)9.3 (p)1.9 (p)25.7

Ohio

196.8 242.8 254.2 (p)263.7 (p)66.8 (p)34.0

South Dakota

9.7 9.6 9.5 (p)9.6 (p)-0.1 (p)-0.7

Wisconsin

99.4 92.5 91.8 (p)93.3 (p)-6.1 (p)-6.1

West

1,641.6 1,811.8 1,802.2 1,826.7 185.1 11.3

Alaska

15.4 16.1 16.1 (p)16.2 (p)0.8 (p)5.5

Arizona

144.8 126.7 123.5 (p)126.7 (p)-18.1 (p)-12.5

California

904.4 1,010.2 1,000.4 (p)1,008.2 (p)103.8 (p)11.5

Colorado

102.7 123.6 124.4 (p)126.3 (p)23.6 (p)23.0

Hawaii

19.2 20.0 19.4 (p)19.2 (p)0.1 (p)0.4

Idaho

30.2 32.6 33.2 (p)34.1 (p)3.9 (p)12.8

Montana

16.3 17.7 17.7 (p)18.1 (p)1.8 (p)11.3

Nevada

80.5 82.8 84.7 (p)88.1 (p)7.6 (p)9.5

New Mexico

35.9 37.0 37.5 (p)39.1 (p)3.2 (p)8.9

Oregon

78.6 91.0 89.4 (p)89.2 (p)10.7 (p)13.6

Utah

47.6 51.9 54.3 (p)57.0 (p)9.3 (p)19.6

Washington

157.6 195.5 194.9 (p)196.7 (p)39.1 (p)24.8

Wyoming

8.2 8.4 8.4 (p)8.6 (p)0.4 (p)5.0

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)
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United States

3.5 4.0 4.1 4.3 0.8

Midwest

3.4 3.7 3.8 4.0 0.6

Illinois

4.4 4.9 5.0 (p)5.2 (p)0.8

Indiana

3.4 3.7 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)0.6

Iowa

3.0 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)-0.2

Kansas

2.6 2.9 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)0.6

Michigan

3.8 3.9 4.1 (p)4.4 (p)0.6

Minnesota

3.0 2.8 2.9 (p)3.2 (p)0.2

Missouri

3.1 3.5 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.7

Nebraska

2.3 2.5 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.3

North Dakota

1.8 2.0 2.1 (p)2.2 (p)0.4

Ohio

3.4 4.2 4.4 (p)4.5 (p)1.1

South Dakota

2.0 2.0 2.0 (p)2.0 (p)0.0

Wisconsin

3.2 2.9 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-0.2

West

4.1 4.6 4.5 4.6 0.5

Alaska

4.3 4.5 4.5 (p)4.5 (p)0.2

Arizona

3.9 3.4 3.3 (p)3.4 (p)-0.5

California

4.7 5.2 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)0.5

Colorado

3.2 3.8 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)0.7

Hawaii

2.8 3.0 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Idaho

3.1 3.3 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.4

Montana

2.8 3.1 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.3

Nevada

5.0 5.1 5.2 (p)5.4 (p)0.4

New Mexico

3.7 3.8 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.3

Oregon

3.6 4.2 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.5

Utah

2.7 2.9 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)0.5

Washington

3.9 4.9 4.8 (p)4.9 (p)1.0

Wyoming

2.8 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

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.

 
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

4.7 3.2 4.1 (p)4.6 (p)-0.1

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

4.7 3.8 4.4 (p)5.0 (p)0.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale

3.8 2.9 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)0.1

Prescott

4.2 3.0 3.6 (p)4.1 (p)-0.1

Sierra Vista-Douglas

5.0 3.7 4.4 (p)5.0 (p)0.0

Tucson

4.3 3.1 3.9 (p)4.3 (p)0.0

Yuma

16.0 11.5 12.7 (p)16.0 (p)0.0

Colorado

Boulder

3.1 3.7 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.9

Colorado Springs

3.5 4.0 4.2 (p)4.4 (p)0.9

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood

3.2 3.9 4.0 (p)4.3 (p)1.1

Fort Collins

3.0 3.5 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.8

Grand Junction

3.6 4.1 4.4 (p)4.6 (p)1.0

Greeley

3.4 4.1 4.3 (p)4.4 (p)1.0

Pueblo

4.5 5.2 5.5 (p)5.8 (p)1.3

Idaho

Boise City

3.1 3.2 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.6

Coeur d'Alene

3.0 3.7 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)1.0

Idaho Falls

2.6 2.7 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)0.5

Lewiston ID-WA

2.8 3.1 3.3 (p)3.7 (p)0.9

Logan, UT-ID

2.3 2.8 3.5 (p)3.2 (p)0.9

Pocatello

4.0 3.4 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)-0.2

Montana

Billings

2.5 2.7 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)0.8

Great Falls

2.6 2.8 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)0.7

Missoula

2.5 2.8 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)0.7

Nevada

Carson City

4.3 4.8 5.4 (p)5.5 (p)1.2

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise

5.6 5.6 6.2 (p)6.7 (p)1.1

Reno

4.0 4.5 5.0 (p)5.1 (p)1.1

New Mexico

Albuquerque

4.3 3.7 4.5 (p)5.1 (p)0.8

Farmington

5.1 4.4 5.7 (p)6.2 (p)1.1

Las Cruces

4.9 4.7 5.5 (p)5.8 (p)0.9

Santa Fe

4.1 3.4 4.1 (p)4.7 (p)0.6

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

2.3 2.8 3.5 (p)3.2 (p)0.9

Ogden-Clearfield

2.6 3.1 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)0.9

Provo-Orem

2.7 3.3 3.9 (p)3.7 (p)1.0

Salt Lake City

2.7 3.1 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.9

St. George

2.9 3.1 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.9

Wyoming

Casper

2.8 3.1 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)0.3

Cheyenne

2.6 3.2 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)0.5

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

Ames

2.6 1.9 2.3 (p)2.5 (p)-0.1

Cedar Rapids

3.6 3.2 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.0

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

4.3 4.4 5.0 (p)5.1 (p)0.8

Des Moines-West Des Moines

2.9 2.6 3.0 (p)3.3 (p)0.4

Dubuque

2.9 2.7 2.9 (p)3.8 (p)0.9

Iowa City

2.6 2.1 2.4 (p)2.6 (p)0.0

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

2.6 2.8 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)0.6

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

2.8 2.4 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Waterloo-Cedar Falls

3.2 3.2 3.4 (p)3.7 (p)0.5

Kansas

Kansas City, MO-KS

3.1 3.5 3.9 (p)4.3 (p)1.2

Lawrence

3.2 3.1 3.9 (p)4.1 (p)0.9

Manhattan

3.2 3.0 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)0.8

St. Joseph, MO-KS

3.1 3.6 4.1 (p)4.4 (p)1.3

Topeka

2.9 3.0 3.4 (p)4.7 (p)1.8

Wichita

3.3 3.4 3.9 (p)4.7 (p)1.4

Minnesota

Duluth, MN-WI

3.5 3.4 4.3 (p)4.3 (p)0.8

Fargo, ND-MN

1.7 1.9 2.5 (p)2.3 (p)0.6

Grand Forks, ND-MN

2.2 2.1 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)0.7

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

2.7 2.6 3.0 (p)2.8 (p)0.1

Mankato-North Mankato

2.5 2.3 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)0.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

2.9 2.6 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.9

Rochester

2.5 2.1 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)0.5

St. Cloud

3.2 2.8 4.0 (p)4.0 (p)0.8

Missouri

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

3.3 3.9 4.3 (p)4.9 (p)1.6

Columbia

2.8 3.3 3.6 (p)4.0 (p)1.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

2.7 2.5 2.8 (p)3.0 (p)0.3

Jefferson City

3.0 3.4 3.7 (p)4.0 (p)1.0

Joplin

3.3 4.1 4.4 (p)4.7 (p)1.4

Kansas City, MO-KS

3.1 3.5 3.9 (p)4.3 (p)1.2

Springfield

2.7 3.6 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)1.3

St. Joseph, MO-KS

3.1 3.6 4.1 (p)4.4 (p)1.3

St. Louis, MO-IL

3.5 3.9 4.3 (p)4.6 (p)1.1

Nebraska

Grand Island

2.2 2.5 3.0 (p)2.9 (p)0.7

Lincoln

2.2 2.5 3.0 (p)2.5 (p)0.3

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

2.6 2.8 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)0.6

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

2.8 2.4 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

North Dakota

Bismarck

1.6 1.9 2.4 (p)2.5 (p)0.9

Fargo, ND-MN

1.7 1.9 2.5 (p)2.3 (p)0.6

Grand Forks, ND-MN

2.2 2.1 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)0.7

South Dakota

Rapid City

1.6 2.0 2.1 (p)1.8 (p)0.2

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

2.8 2.4 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Sioux Falls

1.4 1.7 1.9 (p)1.6 (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.

 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in Mountain and West North Central States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

156,211 158,430 158,548 (p)158,637 (p)2,426 (p)1.6

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

3,187.7 3,260.7 3,258.2 (p)3,261.2 (p)73.5 (p)2.3

Colorado

2,950.8 2,987.7 2,989.2 (p)2,994.0 (p)43.2 (p)1.5

Idaho

847.2 869.3 871.6 (p)870.5 (p)23.3 (p)2.8

Montana

519.8 532.7 535.9 (p)535.2 (p)15.4 (p)3.0

Nevada

1,534.7 1,584.1 1,586.1 (p)1,584.6 (p)49.9 (p)3.3

New Mexico

873.0 886.6 889.8 (p)887.3 (p)14.3 (p)1.6

Utah

1,722.4 1,755.5 1,760.6 (p)1,759.2 (p)36.8 (p)2.1

Wyoming

291.2 294.1 293.5 (p)293.1 (p)1.9 (p)0.7

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

1,589.5 1,609.7 1,610.2 (p)1,608.7 (p)19.2 (p)1.2

Kansas

1,440.4 1,457.0 1,463.2 (p)1,461.5 (p)21.1 (p)1.5

Minnesota

2,985.3 3,018.4 3,010.9 (p)3,009.8 (p)24.5 (p)0.8

Missouri

2,983.2 3,057.6 3,068.0 (p)3,045.6 (p)62.4 (p)2.1

Nebraska

1,049.2 1,069.1 1,069.4 (p)1,072.3 (p)23.1 (p)2.2

North Dakota

437.5 443.9 442.8 (p)442.9 (p)5.4 (p)1.2

South Dakota

461.9 468.2 467.6 (p)468.2 (p)6.3 (p)1.4

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.