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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

4,213.3 4,218.4 4,233.2 4,241.7 4,243.8 4,254.1 4,258.6 4,266.7 4,261.4 4,269.8 4,270.7 4,285.9 4,295.2 9.3 0.2

Texas

13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,195.6 41.8 0.3

United States

155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 0.2

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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Total Nonfarm

4,218.3 4,272.3 4,286.3 68.0 1.6 3,024.2 3,061.9 3,071.6 47.4 1.6 1,194.1 1,210.4 1,214.7 20.6 1.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

244.2 251.1 253.0 8.8 3.6 162.3 165.2 166.5 4.2 2.6 81.9 85.9 86.5 4.6 5.6

Manufacturing

305.2 309.9 311.1 5.9 1.9 195.3 199.5 200.1 4.8 2.5 109.9 110.4 111.0 1.1 1.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

890.3 894.1 899.4 9.1 1.0 602.0 604.9 608.5 6.5 1.1 288.3 289.2 290.9 2.6 0.9

Information

92.8 90.7 90.5 -2.3 -2.5 81.1 79.5 79.3 -1.8 -2.2 11.7 11.2 11.2 -0.5 -4.3

Financial Activities

365.1 369.6 371.7 6.6 1.8 289.8 294.2 296.1 6.3 2.2 75.3 75.4 75.6 0.3 0.4

Professional & Business Services

778.1 773.6 772.3 -5.8 -0.7 626.3 621.1 620.2 -6.1 -1.0 151.8 152.5 152.1 0.3 0.2

Education & Health Services

504.0 518.2 516.2 12.2 2.4 348.9 359.3 357.7 8.8 2.5 155.1 158.9 158.5 3.4 2.2

Leisure & Hospitality

426.8 430.8 435.6 8.8 2.1 292.5 294.2 297.7 5.2 1.8 134.3 136.6 137.9 3.6 2.7

Other Services

135.8 143.5 143.4 7.6 5.6 93.2 98.8 98.4 5.2 5.6 42.6 44.7 45.0 2.4 5.6

Government

476.0 490.8 493.1 17.1 3.6 332.8 345.2 347.1 14.3 4.3 143.2 145.6 146.0 2.8 2.0

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Unemployment, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

158,189 169,980 173,020 174,709 165,679 157,757 148,701 144,419 169,601 183,889 174,069 150,990 158,543   354 0.2

Collin

22,040 23,586 24,245 24,409 23,524 22,371 21,134 20,593 24,260 26,184 24,907 21,569 22,474   434 2.0

Dallas

55,478 58,533 59,655 60,588 57,464 54,384 51,271 49,733 58,032 62,853 59,305 52,045 54,335   -1,143 -2.1

Denton

19,454 21,560 21,457 21,525 20,401 19,375 18,239 17,851 20,825 22,388 21,342 18,382 19,323   -131 -0.7

Ellis

3,772 4,123 4,198 4,221 3,977 3,812 3,616 3,564 4,156 4,491 4,282 3,598 3,767   -5 -0.1

Hood

1,098 1,168 1,197 1,214 1,127 1,056 1,003 966 1,202 1,280 1,150 1,009 1,070   -28 -2.6

Hunt

1,937 2,058 2,118 2,173 2,082 1,954 1,804 1,742 2,089 2,287 2,125 1,839 2,020   83 4.3

Johnson

3,162 3,436 3,567 3,570 3,321 3,180 3,006 2,918 3,493 3,826 3,620 3,078 3,275   113 3.6

Kaufman

3,116 3,341 3,374 3,405 3,253 3,073 2,956 2,878 3,317 3,557 3,382 2,987 3,142   26 0.8

Parker

2,457 2,607 2,692 2,798 2,581 2,467 2,290 2,220 2,691 2,957 2,727 2,323 2,511   54 2.2

Rockwall

2,166 2,282 2,276 2,342 2,257 2,153 2,048 2,005 2,321 2,566 2,332 2,025 2,142   -24 -1.1

Somervell

160 182 174 178 159 153 140 139 167 186 160 140 154   -6 -3.8

Tarrant

42,141 45,674 46,656 46,892 44,267 42,545 40,057 38,698 45,684 49,804 47,331 40,782 43,073   932 2.2

Wise

1,208 1,430 1,411 1,394 1,266 1,234 1,137 1,112 1,364 1,510 1,406 1,213 1,257   49 4.1

Texas

582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,938   -7,967 -1.4

United States (in thousands)

5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

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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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

3.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.6   0.0

Collin

3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.4   0.0

Dallas

3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.7   -0.1

Denton

3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.4   0.0

Ellis

3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.3 3.5   -0.1

Hood

3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.5   -0.1

Hunt

4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.1   0.1

Johnson

3.5 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.5   0.0

Kaufman

4.0 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0   0.0

Parker

3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.2   0.0

Rockwall

3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5   -0.1

Somervell

3.4 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.3   -0.1

Tarrant

3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.6   0.0

Wise

3.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.5   0.0

Texas

3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8   -0.1

United States (in thousands)

3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7   0.3

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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 employment and wages(1), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

213,536 -526 4,048,493 82,313 2.1 $1,533 4.2 $80,530,986 6.2

Collin

34,575 335 540,230 15,879 3.0 1,632 3.6 11,428,085 6.7

Dallas

84,953 -1,404 1,856,687 15,780 0.9 1,698 4.2 40,948,886 4.9

Denton

20,503 253 315,937 15,338 5.1 1,243 4.0 5,083,076 9.0

Ellis

3,863 47 61,521 1,076 1.8 1,103 4.2 885,335 6.2

Hood

1,707 20 18,417 708 4.0 1,010 0.4 240,897 4.4

Hunt

1,797 36 33,538 2,976 9.7 1,174 9.8 510,423 20.1

Johnson

3,989 36 58,178 3,765 6.9 1,103 3.2 829,714 9.5

Kaufman

2,619 65 42,690 2,861 7.2 1,138 4.5 626,627 11.7

Parker

3,629 55 41,105 999 2.5 1,140 2.2 607,860 5.0

Rockwall

3,335 143 41,025 1,828 4.7 1,147 7.5 610,932 12.9

Somervell

264 12 3,828 253 7.1 1,375 3.1 71,246 12.9

Tarrant

50,681 -148 1,013,646 20,742 2.1 1,397 5.4 18,345,477 7.4

Wise

1,621 24 21,691 108 0.5 1,203 5.6 342,427 7.0

Texas

835,116 18,819 13,905,413 314,019 2.3 $1,427 4.0 $257,677,536 6.5

United States

12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages