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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

 168,506 (1)- 171,541 171,495 2,989 1.8

Midwest

 35,856.9 (1)- 35,836.1 35,850.1 -6.8 0.0

Illinois

 6,654.3 (1)- 6,548.5 (p)6,545.4 (p)-108.9 (p)-1.6

Indiana

 3,480.7 (1)- 3,496.7 (p)3,495.3 (p)14.6 (p)0.4

Iowa

 1,717.7 (1)- 1,745.5 (p)1,750.1 (p)32.4 (p)1.9

Kansas

 1,554.7 (1)- 1,568.4 (p)1,572.6 (p)17.9 (p)1.2

Michigan

 5,080.2 (1)- 5,041.6 (p)5,033.4 (p)-46.8 (p)-0.9

Minnesota

 3,138.6 (1)- 3,167.9 (p)3,170.1 (p)31.5 (p)1.0

Missouri

 3,137.6 (1)- 3,192.9 (p)3,200.9 (p)63.3 (p)2.0

Nebraska

 1,073.4 (1)- 1,096.6 (p)1,099.3 (p)25.9 (p)2.4

North Dakota

 427.8 (1)- 431.8 (p)432.6 (p)4.8 (p)1.1

Ohio

 5,917.5 (1)- 5,938.6 (p)5,940.0 (p)22.6 (p)0.4

South Dakota

 490.7 (1)- 492.2 (p)492.6 (p)1.9 (p)0.4

Wisconsin

 3,185.4 (1)- 3,116.6 (p)3,118.7 (p)-66.7 (p)-2.1

West

 40,416.1 (1)- 40,769.7 40,832.5 416.4 1.0

Alaska

 360.5 (1)- 367.9 (p)369.3 (p)8.8 (p)2.4

Arizona

 3,760.2 (1)- 3,843.6 (p)3,853.1 (p)92.9 (p)2.5

California

 19,693.5 (1)- 19,906.2 (p)19,935.2 (p)241.7 (p)1.2

Colorado

 3,279.7 (1)- 3,262.7 (p)3,259.4 (p)-20.3 (p)-0.6

Hawaii

 682.3 (1)- 687.9 (p)689.2 (p)6.9 (p)1.0

Idaho

 1,009.8 (1)- 1,011.5 (p)1,013.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.3

Montana

 578.4 (1)- 578.8 (p)579.9 (p)1.6 (p)0.3

Nevada

 1,657.9 (1)- 1,690.8 (p)1,700.2 (p)42.2 (p)2.5

New Mexico

 986.7 (1)- 990.4 (p)991.0 (p)4.4 (p)0.4

Oregon

 2,205.9 (1)- 2,229.6 (p)2,231.2 (p)25.4 (p)1.2

Utah

 1,842.3 (1)- 1,849.6 (p)1,853.1 (p)10.8 (p)0.6

Washington

 4,063.2 (1)- 4,054.3 (p)4,067.2 (p)4.0 (p)0.1

Wyoming

 297.6 (1)- 289.8 (p)290.0 (p)-7.6 (p)-2.5

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(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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United States

 6,920 (1)- 7,781 7,503 583 8.4

Midwest

 1,480.6 (1)- 1,463.1 1,473.6 -7.0 -0.5

Illinois

 328.4 (1)- 288.5 (p)301.8 (p)-26.6 (p)-8.1

Indiana

 154.6 (1)- 128.2 (p)123.9 (p)-30.7 (p)-19.9

Iowa

 56.3 (1)- 61.8 (p)61.4 (p)5.0 (p)8.9

Kansas

 59.1 (1)- 59.3 (p)59.7 (p)0.7 (p)1.1

Michigan

 262.1 (1)- 252.0 (p)252.0 (p)-10.1 (p)-3.9

Minnesota

 93.5 (1)- 126.0 (p)131.5 (p)38.0 (p)40.7

Missouri

 114.0 (1)- 128.9 (p)126.4 (p)12.4 (p)10.9

Nebraska

 30.8 (1)- 32.4 (p)33.1 (p)2.3 (p)7.4

North Dakota

 10.9 (1)- 11.3 (p)11.4 (p)0.5 (p)4.8

Ohio

 264.8 (1)- 269.6 (p)264.5 (p)-0.3 (p)-0.1

South Dakota

 9.1 (1)- 10.2 (p)10.6 (p)1.5 (p)16.1

Wisconsin

 98.7 (1)- 95.1 (p)97.6 (p)-1.1 (p)-1.1

West

 1,945.9 (1)- 1,994.4 1,994.9 49.1 2.5

Alaska

 17.0 (1)- 17.4 (p)17.7 (p)0.7 (p)3.8

Arizona

 144.5 (1)- 165.4 (p)167.2 (p)22.7 (p)15.7

California

 1,075.5 (1)- 1,104.9 (p)1,096.1 (p)20.6 (p)1.9

Colorado

 150.2 (1)- 125.8 (p)123.8 (p)-26.4 (p)-17.6

Hawaii

 20.7 (1)- 15.3 (p)15.2 (p)-5.5 (p)-26.6

Idaho

 38.3 (1)- 37.0 (p)36.9 (p)-1.5 (p)-3.8

Montana

 17.0 (1)- 18.8 (p)19.5 (p)2.5 (p)14.9

Nevada

 95.8 (1)- 88.7 (p)88.6 (p)-7.2 (p)-7.5

New Mexico

 42.9 (1)- 41.6 (p)42.7 (p)-0.2 (p)-0.5

Oregon

 93.9 (1)- 116.8 (p)116.8 (p)22.9 (p)24.4

Utah

 60.1 (1)- 66.0 (p)67.3 (p)7.1 (p)11.9

Washington

 178.1 (1)- 186.2 (p)192.9 (p)14.8 (p)8.3

Wyoming

 10.6 (1)- 9.7 (p)9.9 (p)-0.6 (p)-6.1

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(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

 4.1 (1)- 4.5 4.4 0.3

Midwest

 4.1 (1)- 4.1 4.1 0.0

Illinois

 4.9 (1)- 4.4 (p)4.6 (p)-0.3

Indiana

 4.4 (1)- 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)-0.9

Iowa

 3.3 (1)- 3.5 (p)3.5 (p)0.2

Kansas

 3.8 (1)- 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

Michigan

 5.2 (1)- 5.0 (p)5.0 (p)-0.2

Minnesota

 3.0 (1)- 4.0 (p)4.1 (p)1.1

Missouri

 3.6 (1)- 4.0 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

Nebraska

 2.9 (1)- 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)0.1

North Dakota

 2.5 (1)- 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Ohio

 4.5 (1)- 4.5 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

South Dakota

 1.9 (1)- 2.1 (p)2.2 (p)0.3

Wisconsin

 3.1 (1)- 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.0

West

 4.8 (1)- 4.9 4.9 0.1

Alaska

 4.7 (1)- 4.7 (p)4.8 (p)0.1

Arizona

 3.8 (1)- 4.3 (p)4.3 (p)0.5

California

 5.5 (1)- 5.6 (p)5.5 (p)0.0

Colorado

 4.6 (1)- 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)-0.8

Hawaii

 3.0 (1)- 2.2 (p)2.2 (p)-0.8

Idaho

 3.8 (1)- 3.7 (p)3.6 (p)-0.2

Montana

 2.9 (1)- 3.3 (p)3.4 (p)0.5

Nevada

 5.8 (1)- 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)-0.6

New Mexico

 4.3 (1)- 4.2 (p)4.3 (p)0.0

Oregon

 4.3 (1)- 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)0.9

Utah

 3.3 (1)- 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.3

Washington

 4.4 (1)- 4.6 (p)4.7 (p)0.3

Wyoming

 3.5 (1)- 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)-0.1

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(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

 4.2 4.9 (1)- (p)4.9 (p)0.7

Lake Havasu City-Kingman

 4.4 5.5 (1)- (p)5.3 (p)0.9

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler

 3.3 4.1 (1)- (p)3.8 (p)0.5

Prescott Valley-Prescott

 3.3 4.4 (1)- (p)4.2 (p)0.9

Sierra Vista-Douglas

 4.4 5.4 (1)- (p)5.2 (p)0.8

Tucson

 3.7 4.7 (1)- (p)4.4 (p)0.7

Yuma

 13.0 16.0 (1)- (p)13.3 (p)0.3

Colorado

Boulder

 4.6 3.9 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)-1.2

Colorado Springs

 4.7 3.9 (1)- (p)3.6 (p)-1.1

Denver-Aurora-Centennial

 4.6 3.9 (1)- (p)3.6 (p)-1.0

Fort Collins-Loveland

 4.5 3.8 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)-1.1

Grand Junction

 4.7 3.9 (1)- (p)3.6 (p)-1.1

Greeley

 5.0 4.3 (1)- (p)3.9 (p)-1.1

Pueblo

 6.3 5.4 (1)- (p)5.2 (p)-1.1

Idaho

Boise City

 3.5 3.3 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Coeur d'Alene

 4.3 3.9 (1)- (p)4.2 (p)-0.1

Idaho Falls

 3.1 2.8 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)-0.2

Lewiston ID-WA

 3.5 3.3 (1)- (p)3.3 (p)-0.2

Logan, UT-ID

 2.7 3.1 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.4

Pocatello

 4.0 3.8 (1)- (p)3.8 (p)-0.2

Twin Falls

 3.6 3.1 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)-0.4

Montana

Billings

 2.4 3.0 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.7

Bozeman

 2.4 2.4 (1)- (p)3.0 (p)0.6

Great Falls

 2.6 3.1 (1)- (p)3.3 (p)0.7

Helena

 2.4 2.9 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)0.8

Missoula

 2.6 2.8 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)0.6

Nevada

Carson City

 4.6 4.2 (1)- (p)4.0 (p)-0.6

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas

 6.0 5.7 (1)- (p)5.5 (p)-0.5

Reno

 4.6 4.3 (1)- (p)4.2 (p)-0.4

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 4.0 3.9 (1)- (p)4.4 (p)0.4

Farmington

 4.6 4.5 (1)- (p)5.2 (p)0.6

Las Cruces

 4.8 4.5 (1)- (p)5.3 (p)0.5

Santa Fe

 3.9 3.6 (1)- (p)4.1 (p)0.2

Utah

Logan, UT-ID

 2.7 3.1 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.4

Ogden

 2.9 3.3 (1)- (p)3.5 (p)0.6

Provo-Orem-Lehi

 3.1 3.6 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)0.6

Salt Lake City-Murray

 3.0 3.6 (1)- (p)3.6 (p)0.6

St. George

 3.1 3.5 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)0.6

Wyoming

Casper

 3.5 3.0 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)0.2

Cheyenne

 3.6 3.0 (1)- (p)3.8 (p)0.2

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

Ames

 2.5 2.5 (1)- (p)2.5 (p)0.0

Cedar Rapids

 3.3 3.4 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

 4.7 5.1 (1)- (p)4.5 (p)-0.2

Des Moines-West Des Moines

 3.2 3.2 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)0.0

Dubuque

 3.5 3.0 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)-0.6

Iowa City

 2.5 2.5 (1)- (p)2.4 (p)-0.1

Omaha, NE-IA

 2.8 3.1 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.3

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 2.9 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Waterloo-Cedar Falls

 3.7 3.6 (1)- (p)3.5 (p)-0.2

Kansas

Joplin, MO-KS

 3.2 3.4 (1)- (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Kansas City, MO-KS

 3.3 3.5 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)0.4

Lawrence

 3.0 3.4 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)-0.1

Manhattan

 3.0 3.5 (1)- (p)3.0 (p)0.0

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 3.3 3.4 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Topeka

 3.6 3.8 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)-0.2

Wichita

 4.2 3.8 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)-0.8

Minnesota

Duluth, MN-WI

 2.8 3.9 (1)- (p)4.5 (p)1.7

Fargo, ND-MN

 2.1 2.3 (1)- (p)2.5 (p)0.4

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 2.0 2.3 (1)- (p)2.5 (p)0.5

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

 2.3 2.5 (1)- (p)2.4 (p)0.1

Mankato

 1.9 2.9 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)1.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 2.3 3.6 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)1.4

Rochester

 2.0 2.7 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)0.9

Sioux Falls, SD-MN

 1.6 1.8 (1)- (p)2.0 (p)0.4

St. Cloud

 2.5 3.2 (1)- (p)3.8 (p)1.3

Missouri

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

 3.1 3.2 (1)- (p)3.2 (p)0.1

Columbia

 2.9 2.9 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Jefferson City

 2.7 2.8 (1)- (p)2.7 (p)0.0

Joplin, MO-KS

 3.2 3.4 (1)- (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Kansas City, MO-KS

 3.3 3.5 (1)- (p)3.7 (p)0.4

Springfield

 3.0 3.2 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.1

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 3.3 3.4 (1)- (p)3.4 (p)0.1

St. Louis, MO-IL

 3.3 3.7 (1)- (p)3.6 (p)0.3

Nebraska

Grand Island

 2.7 2.8 (1)- (p)3.0 (p)0.3

Lincoln

 2.5 2.7 (1)- (p)2.9 (p)0.4

Omaha, NE-IA

 2.8 3.1 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.3

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 2.9 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.2

North Dakota

Bismarck

 2.0 2.0 (1)- (p)2.2 (p)0.2

Fargo, ND-MN

 2.1 2.3 (1)- (p)2.5 (p)0.4

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 2.0 2.3 (1)- (p)2.5 (p)0.5

Minot

 2.2 2.3 (1)- (p)2.4 (p)0.2

South Dakota

Rapid City

 1.8 1.9 (1)- (p)2.1 (p)0.3

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 2.9 2.9 (1)- (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Sioux Falls, SD-MN

 1.6 1.8 (1)- (p)2.0 (p)0.4

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(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

 158,942 159,420 (p)159,476 (p)159,526 (p)584 (p)0.4

Mountain Census Division

Arizona

 3,240.2 3,262.3 3,258.2 (p)3,264.6 (p)24.4 (p)0.8

Colorado

 2,977.1 2,997.6 2,998.9 (p)3,000.1 (p)23.0 (p)0.8

Idaho

 876.9 881.7 885.6 (p)885.9 (p)9.0 (p)1.0

Montana

 528.2 529.9 530.3 (p)532.4 (p)4.2 (p)0.8

Nevada

 1,580.4 1,572.0 1,571.9 (p)1,571.4 (p)-9.0 (p)-0.6

New Mexico

 895.7 904.2 905.7 (p)904.3 (p)8.6 (p)1.0

Utah

 1,764.0 1,775.7 1,779.9 (p)1,784.6 (p)20.6 (p)1.2

Wyoming

 296.0 296.1 295.9 (p)295.4 (p)-0.6 (p)-0.2

West North Central Census Division

Iowa

 1,592.8 1,595.2 1,598.8 (p)1,595.5 (p)2.7 (p)0.2

Kansas

 1,458.9 1,458.9 1,462.0 (p)1,457.5 (p)-1.4 (p)-0.1

Minnesota

 3,034.4 3,065.2 3,068.5 (p)3,068.5 (p)34.1 (p)1.1

Missouri

 3,000.0 3,048.8 3,052.0 (p)3,052.8 (p)52.8 (p)1.8

Nebraska

 1,060.3 1,058.5 1,058.0 (p)1,055.3 (p)-5.0 (p)-0.5

North Dakota

 449.2 448.9 449.8 (p)449.0 (p)-0.2 (p)0.0

South Dakota

 470.5 474.7 473.5 (p)473.1 (p)2.6 (p)0.6

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.