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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

4,190.4 4,188.8 4,198.2 4,206.6 4,213.3 4,218.4 4,233.2 4,241.7 4,243.8 4,254.1 4,258.6 4,266.7 4,260.3 -6.4 -0.1

Texas

13,789.5 13,812.3 13,845.0 13,853.0 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.4 18.9 0.1

United States

154,773 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 229 0.1

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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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Total Nonfarm

4,156.1 4,303.7 4,230.7 74.6 1.8 2,982.1 3,084.8 3,031.9 49.8 1.7 1,174.0 1,218.9 1,198.8 24.8 2.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

236.6 251.6 247.0 10.4 4.4 158.1 166.2 162.6 4.5 2.8 78.5 85.4 84.4 5.9 7.5

Manufacturing

302.6 311.2 308.0 5.4 1.8 193.9 199.3 197.3 3.4 1.8 108.7 111.9 110.7 2.0 1.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

895.8 931.6 905.4 9.6 1.1 607.8 631.3 612.5 4.7 0.8 288.0 300.3 292.9 4.9 1.7

Information

92.8 90.8 90.5 -2.3 -2.5 81.5 79.4 79.2 -2.3 -2.8 11.3 11.4 11.3 0.0 0.0

Financial Activities

362.0 369.1 368.5 6.5 1.8 286.3 293.6 293.2 6.9 2.4 75.7 75.5 75.3 -0.4 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

777.6 784.6 765.7 -11.9 -1.5 625.6 630.7 616.2 -9.4 -1.5 152.0 153.9 149.5 -2.5 -1.6

Education & Health Services

489.3 511.5 505.5 16.2 3.3 337.1 353.0 348.5 11.4 3.4 152.2 158.5 157.0 4.8 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

405.1 427.0 418.2 13.1 3.2 278.5 292.7 287.1 8.6 3.1 126.6 134.3 131.1 4.5 3.6

Other Services

130.8 139.2 140.5 9.7 7.4 89.8 96.0 97.1 7.3 8.1 41.0 43.2 43.4 2.4 5.9

Government

463.5 487.1 481.4 17.9 3.9 323.5 342.6 338.2 14.7 4.5 140.0 144.5 143.2 3.2 2.3

(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

163,531 180,561 171,005 149,837 166,470 170,259 184,966 186,774 171,984 161,615 148,104 145,057 169,582   6,051 3.7

Collin

22,364 24,891 23,269 20,733 23,185 23,613 25,906 26,086 24,428 22,916 21,043 20,645 24,249   1,885 8.4

Dallas

56,785 62,668 59,536 52,681 58,365 58,607 63,763 64,764 59,633 55,715 51,061 49,971 58,047   1,262 2.2

Denton

19,767 21,891 21,025 18,296 20,479 21,612 22,937 23,021 21,187 19,851 18,169 17,922 20,822   1,055 5.3

Ellis

4,038 4,442 4,213 3,554 3,969 4,128 4,491 4,513 4,128 3,909 3,605 3,576 4,156   118 2.9

Hood

1,211 1,342 1,212 1,052 1,159 1,173 1,282 1,297 1,169 1,081 999 970 1,202   -9 -0.7

Hunt

2,051 2,298 2,068 1,819 2,040 2,060 2,266 2,325 2,160 2,005 1,797 1,753 2,092   41 2.0

Johnson

3,363 3,732 3,527 3,000 3,330 3,447 3,818 3,823 3,449 3,262 2,995 2,932 3,492   129 3.8

Kaufman

3,119 3,452 3,331 2,948 3,279 3,344 3,601 3,630 3,372 3,145 2,940 2,885 3,314   195 6.3

Parker

2,693 3,000 2,768 2,365 2,590 2,616 2,883 2,994 2,683 2,529 2,285 2,233 2,691   -2 -0.1

Rockwall

2,235 2,472 2,270 2,031 2,282 2,286 2,437 2,507 2,344 2,209 2,042 2,014 2,320   85 3.8

Somervell

205 202 182 155 169 182 186 190 167 156 141 138 167   -38 -18.5

Tarrant

44,393 48,704 46,210 40,052 44,357 45,764 49,893 50,139 45,950 43,576 39,895 38,905 45,667   1,274 2.9

Wise

1,307 1,467 1,394 1,151 1,266 1,427 1,503 1,485 1,314 1,261 1,132 1,113 1,363   56 4.3

Texas

633,885 654,309 604,785 528,711 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,737   -15,148 -2.4

United States (in thousands)

6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778   400 6.3

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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

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

3.8 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.9   0.1

Collin

3.5 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.7   0.2

Dallas

3.9 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 4.0   0.1

Denton

3.5 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.6   0.1

Ellis

3.8 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.9   0.1

Hood

4.0 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.9   -0.1

Hunt

4.3 4.8 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.6 4.3   0.0

Johnson

3.7 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.8   0.1

Kaufman

4.1 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.3   0.2

Parker

3.5 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.5   0.0

Rockwall

3.7 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8   0.1

Somervell

4.4 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.6   -0.8

Tarrant

3.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.9   0.1

Wise

3.7 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.9   0.2

Texas

4.3 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1   -0.2

United States (in thousands)

3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1   0.2

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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, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

213,740 -128 3,987,937 75,969 1.9 $1,423 -0.4 $73,722,139 1.8

Collin

34,465 497 530,169 17,888 3.5 1,526 -0.8 10,516,401 2.9

Dallas

85,229 -1,195 1,836,026 13,501 0.7 1,572 -0.2 37,548,907 0.8

Denton

20,468 277 308,628 13,831 4.7 1,190 0.3 4,753,400 4.9

Ellis

3,877 55 61,146 1,447 2.4 1,062 1.5 840,751 4.4

Hood

1,694 11 18,024 505 2.9 941 -2.9 223,327 1.4

Hunt

1,802 44 30,622 837 2.8 1,100 0.1 436,789 3.6

Johnson

3,982 30 56,872 2,319 4.3 1,051 0.2 772,625 3.9

Kaufman

2,595 30 41,397 2,569 6.6 1,004 -0.2 534,878 6.5

Parker

3,617 38 40,308 665 1.7 1,049 -0.8 549,829 1.9

Rockwall

3,324 131 40,236 2,048 5.4 1,035 0.2 539,421 5.9

Somervell

268 14 3,955 377 10.5 1,237 -4.8 63,180 4.7

Tarrant

50,787 -100 998,531 19,447 2.0 1,284 -0.2 16,617,022 1.9

Wise

1,632 40 22,023 535 2.5 1,139 2.2 325,608 4.9

Texas

831,938 20,249 13,731,145 342,081 2.6 $1,336 0.3 $237,546,673 2.9

United States

12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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