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Southwest - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

168,315 170,510 170,380 170,342 2,027 1.2

West South Central Division

21,131.8 21,332.3 21,349.4 21,351.7 219.9 1.0

Arkansas

1,411.4 1,423.3 1,423.8 (p)1,424.7 (p)13.3 (p)0.9

Louisiana

2,079.9 2,071.2 2,074.3 (p)2,075.1 (p)-4.9 (p)-0.2

Oklahoma

1,986.6 1,998.9 2,001.1 (p)2,003.1 (p)16.5 (p)0.8

Texas

15,652.9 15,839.3 15,850.2 (p)15,848.8 (p)195.9 (p)1.3

Mountain Division

13,377.6 13,465.0 13,472.7 13,472.9 95.3 0.7

Arizona

3,747.4 3,788.1 3,793.7 (p)3,798.4 (p)51.0 (p)1.4

Colorado

3,273.4 3,282.7 3,283.0 (p)3,280.3 (p)7.0 (p)0.2

Idaho

1,005.1 1,011.2 1,010.6 (p)1,010.1 (p)5.0 (p)0.5

Montana

581.7 575.1 574.9 (p)575.2 (p)-6.5 (p)-1.1

Nevada

1,651.2 1,678.2 1,681.6 (p)1,681.0 (p)29.8 (p)1.8

New Mexico

984.6 990.5 991.4 (p)991.6 (p)7.0 (p)0.7

Utah

1,837.4 1,846.3 1,845.8 (p)1,845.2 (p)7.9 (p)0.4

Wyoming

296.9 293.0 292.0 (p)291.1 (p)-5.8 (p)-2.0

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.

 
Unemployed in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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7,097 7,237 7,015 7,236 139 2.0

West South Central Division

853.7 854.4 847.2 842.8 -11.0 -1.3

Arkansas

48.3 52.3 52.7 (p)53.0 (p)4.8 (p)9.8

Louisiana

90.2 92.4 92.7 (p)92.8 (p)2.6 (p)2.9

Oklahoma

65.1 63.0 62.3 (p)61.8 (p)-3.3 (p)-5.1

Texas

649.3 647.1 639.6 (p)635.1 (p)-14.2 (p)-2.2

Mountain Division

536.3 568.4 565.1 558.4 22.1 4.1

Arizona

135.7 155.5 156.0 (p)156.1 (p)20.4 (p)15.0

Colorado

140.9 158.7 155.3 (p)148.1 (p)7.1 (p)5.1

Idaho

37.2 36.8 36.7 (p)36.9 (p)-0.3 (p)-0.9

Montana

17.4 15.9 16.0 (p)16.2 (p)-1.2 (p)-6.9

Nevada

92.8 92.0 90.9 (p)90.0 (p)-2.9 (p)-3.1

New Mexico

42.0 41.9 41.3 (p)41.3 (p)-0.7 (p)-1.6

Utah

60.6 58.2 59.5 (p)60.5 (p)-0.1 (p)-0.2

Wyoming

9.7 9.6 9.7 (p)9.5 (p)-0.2 (p)-1.6

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 West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 0.0

West South Central Division

4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 -0.1

Arkansas

3.4 3.7 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)0.3

Louisiana

4.3 4.5 4.5 (p)4.5 (p)0.2

Oklahoma

3.3 3.1 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)-0.2

Texas

4.1 4.1 4.0 (p)4.0 (p)-0.1

Mountain Division

4.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 0.1

Arizona

3.6 4.1 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.5

Colorado

4.3 4.8 4.7 (p)4.5 (p)0.2

Idaho

3.7 3.6 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.0

Montana

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

Nevada

5.6 5.5 5.4 (p)5.4 (p)-0.2

New Mexico

4.3 4.2 4.2 (p)4.2 (p)-0.1

Utah

3.3 3.2 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)0.0

Wyoming

3.3 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.0

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 Southwest states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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Arkansas

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

3.1 2.7 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)0.2

Fort Smith, AR-OK

3.9 3.4 4.0 (p)4.1 (p)0.2

Hot Springs

4.1 3.6 4.4 (p)4.4 (p)0.3

Jonesboro

3.7 3.4 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.4

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

3.7 3.3 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.3

Texarkana, TX-AR

4.5 3.9 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

Louisiana

Alexandria

4.4 4.4 4.7 (p)4.2 (p)-0.2

Baton Rouge

4.6 4.4 4.9 (p)4.5 (p)-0.1

Hammond

5.6 5.3 5.9 (p)5.4 (p)-0.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux

4.1 4.2 4.5 (p)4.1 (p)0.0

Lafayette

4.1 4.0 4.3 (p)4.0 (p)-0.1

Lake Charles

4.9 4.9 5.2 (p)4.8 (p)-0.1

Monroe

5.3 5.1 5.5 (p)5.0 (p)-0.3

New Orleans-Metairie

4.9 4.6 5.1 (p)4.8 (p)-0.1

Shreveport-Bossier City

4.9 4.7 5.0 (p)4.6 (p)-0.3

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington

4.2 4.2 4.5 (p)4.1 (p)-0.1

New Mexico

Albuquerque

5.0 3.8 4.4 (p)5.0 (p)0.0

Farmington

6.2 4.5 5.4 (p)6.0 (p)-0.2

Las Cruces

6.0 5.0 5.4 (p)6.0 (p)0.0

Santa Fe

4.8 3.5 4.0 (p)4.5 (p)-0.3

Oklahoma

Enid

3.5 2.7 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)-0.6

Lawton

3.8 3.2 3.7 (p)3.4 (p)-0.4

Oklahoma City

3.3 2.8 3.2 (p)3.0 (p)-0.3

Tulsa

3.5 2.9 3.3 (p)3.1 (p)-0.4

Texas

Abilene

3.9 3.4 3.4 (p)3.6 (p)-0.3

Amarillo

3.5 3.0 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

3.8 3.4 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)-0.3

Beaumont-Port Arthur

6.2 4.9 5.0 (p)5.4 (p)-0.8

Brownsville-Harlingen

5.8 7.0 7.3 (p)7.3 (p)1.5

College Station-Bryan

4.1 3.4 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)-0.2

Corpus Christi

4.8 4.2 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)-0.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

4.2 3.7 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)-0.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving(1)

4.3 3.8 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)-0.3

Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine(1)

4.2 3.7 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)-0.3

Eagle Pass

7.9 10.2 9.6 (p)9.4 (p)1.5

El Paso

4.5 4.2 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands

5.0 4.2 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)-0.5

Killeen-Temple

4.9 4.5 4.5 (p)4.7 (p)-0.2

Laredo

4.5 4.7 4.7 (p)4.7 (p)0.2

Longview

5.1 4.4 4.4 (p)4.6 (p)-0.5

Lubbock

4.1 3.4 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)-0.3

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

6.7 6.1 6.4 (p)6.7 (p)0.0

Midland

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

Odessa

3.8 3.5 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

San Angelo

3.5 3.1 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

San Antonio-New Braunfels

4.1 3.7 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)-0.2

Sherman-Denison

4.3 3.7 3.7 (p)3.9 (p)-0.4

Texarkana, TX-AR

4.5 3.9 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)0.0

Tyler

4.2 3.7 3.7 (p)4.7 (p)0.5

Victoria

4.6 4.0 4.1 (p)4.3 (p)-0.3

Waco

4.3 3.7 3.9 (p)4.1 (p)-0.2

Wichita Falls

4.3 3.6 3.7 (p)3.9 (p)-0.4

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(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 Southwest States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

158,003 159,452 (p)159,466 (p)159,539 (p)1,536 (p)1.0

Arkansas

1,365.8 1,379.8 1,379.2 (p)1,383.8 (p)18.0 (p)1.3

Louisiana

1,982.3 2,000.8 2,001.5 (p)2,002.5 (p)20.2 (p)1.0

New Mexico

885.2 903.7 906.7 (p)908.9 (p)23.7 (p)2.7

Oklahoma

1,774.4 1,802.6 1,802.8 (p)1,800.2 (p)25.8 (p)1.5

Texas

14,101.3 14,331.1 14,325.1 (p)14,333.8 (p)232.5 (p)1.6

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.