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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Southwest - Labor Force Statistics

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

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2020		 Sep
2020		 Oct
2020		 Oct 2019 to
Oct 2020
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United States

 164,401 160,838 160,143 160,867 -3,534 -2.1

West South Central Division

 19,473.3 19,662.0 19,531.8 19,400.3 -73.0 -0.4

Arkansas

 1,364.2 1,343.2 1,344.1 (p)1,331.8 (p)-32.4 (p)-2.4

Louisiana

 2,102.2 2,106.6 2,099.2 (p)2,113.4 (p)11.2 (p)0.5

Oklahoma

 1,846.0 1,833.4 1,885.4 (p)1,871.9 (p)25.8 (p)1.4

Texas

 14,160.9 14,386.7 14,219.5 (p)14,090.9 (p)-70.0 (p)-0.5

Mountain Division

 12,623.0 12,249.5 12,613.2 12,580.4 -42.5 -0.3

Arizona

 3,595.7 3,414.6 3,576.0 (p)3,587.3 (p)-8.4 (p)-0.2

Colorado

 3,175.1 3,087.8 3,121.2 (p)3,138.7 (p)-36.3 (p)-1.1

Idaho

 888.9 896.5 919.0 (p)914.2 (p)25.3 (p)2.8

Montana

 536.0 533.2 535.0 (p)536.1 (p)0.1 (p)0.0

Nevada

 1,551.9 1,495.4 1,547.9 (p)1,545.4 (p)-6.5 (p)-0.4

New Mexico

 960.2 896.7 954.0 (p)925.2 (p)-35.0 (p)-3.6

Utah

 1,622.5 1,625.6 1,670.9 (p)1,643.7 (p)21.3 (p)1.3

Wyoming

 292.8 292.3 294.2 (p)295.3 (p)2.6 (p)0.9

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)
Area

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United States

 5,857 13,550 12,580 11,061 5,204 88.9

West South Central Division

 716.5 1,342.1 1,535.5 1,371.6 655.1 91.4

Arkansas

 48.3 99.5 97.3 (p)83.2 (p)34.9 (p)72.3

Louisiana

 108.9 161.8 167.8 (p)198.7 (p)89.8 (p)82.5

Oklahoma

 62.2 104.7 101.9 (p)114.4 (p)52.2 (p)83.9

Texas

 497.1 981.4 1,173.8 (p)979.1 (p)482.0 (p)97.0

Mountain Division

 440.9 864.3 901.5 902.7 461.8 104.7

Arizona

 163.3 202.5 233.7 (p)288.5 (p)125.2 (p)76.7

Colorado

 80.2 205.8 199.8 (p)201.6 (p)121.3 (p)151.2

Idaho

 25.4 37.5 56.1 (p)50.3 (p)24.9 (p)97.8

Montana

 18.8 31.0 28.9 (p)26.3 (p)7.5 (p)40.0

Nevada

 57.2 199.4 192.9 (p)185.5 (p)128.3 (p)224.1

New Mexico

 45.6 102.0 94.4 (p)74.8 (p)29.2 (p)63.9

Utah

 39.4 66.3 83.7 (p)67.2 (p)27.8 (p)70.4

Wyoming

 10.9 19.2 17.9 (p)16.3 (p)5.4 (p)49.6

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)
Area

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2020		 Oct
2020		 Net change
Oct 2019 to
Oct 2020

United States

 3.6 8.4 7.9 6.9 3.3

West South Central Division

 3.7 6.8 7.9 7.1 3.4

Arkansas

 3.5 7.4 7.2 (p)6.2 (p)2.7

Louisiana

 5.2 7.7 8.0 (p)9.4 (p)4.2

Oklahoma

 3.4 5.7 5.4 (p)6.1 (p)2.7

Texas

 3.5 6.8 8.3 (p)6.9 (p)3.4

Mountain Division

 3.5 7.1 7.1 7.2 3.7

Arizona

 4.5 5.9 6.5 (p)8.0 (p)3.5

Colorado

 2.5 6.7 6.4 (p)6.4 (p)3.9

Idaho

 2.9 4.2 6.1 (p)5.5 (p)2.6

Montana

 3.5 5.8 5.4 (p)4.9 (p)1.4

Nevada

 3.7 13.3 12.5 (p)12.0 (p)8.3

New Mexico

 4.8 11.4 9.9 (p)8.1 (p)3.3

Utah

 2.4 4.1 5.0 (p)4.1 (p)1.7

Wyoming

 3.7 6.6 6.1 (p)5.5 (p)1.8

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-MO

 2.3 5.7 5.3 (p)4.3 (p)2.0

Fort Smith, AR-OK

 3.4 6.6 6.4 (p)5.9 (p)2.5

Hot Springs

 3.4 10.1 9.5 (p)7.5 (p)4.1

Jonesboro

 2.5 6.6 6.0 (p)4.8 (p)2.3

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

 2.9 8.4 7.8 (p)6.4 (p)3.5

Pine Bluff

 4.5 9.5 9.4 (p)8.0 (p)3.5

Texarkana, TX-AR

 3.9 6.7 7.2 (p)6.0 (p)2.1

Louisiana

Alexandria

 5.3 6.1 6.0 (p)6.8 (p)1.5

Baton Rouge

 4.6 7.2 7.0 (p)8.0 (p)3.4

Hammond

 5.6 9.7 9.3 (p)10.5 (p)4.9

Houma-Thibodaux

 4.7 6.8 6.8 (p)7.9 (p)3.2

Lafayette

 4.9 7.4 7.3 (p)8.3 (p)3.4

Lake Charles

 4.2 8.1 12.0 (p)11.8 (p)7.6

Monroe

 5.6 6.8 6.7 (p)7.7 (p)2.1

New Orleans-Metairie

 4.7 9.7 9.4 (p)11.3 (p)6.6

Shreveport-Bossier City

 5.4 7.8 7.6 (p)9.0 (p)3.6

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 4.5 11.1 9.5 (p)7.5 (p)3.0

Farmington

 5.4 13.7 11.9 (p)9.3 (p)3.9

Las Cruces

 5.1 10.9 9.2 (p)7.4 (p)2.3

Santa Fe

 3.7 11.5 9.7 (p)7.7 (p)4.0

Oklahoma

Lawton

 3.7 5.7 5.3 (p)6.2 (p)2.5

Oklahoma City

 3.0 5.6 5.1 (p)5.9 (p)2.9

Tulsa

 3.5 6.1 5.7 (p)6.6 (p)3.1

Texas

Abilene

 2.8 4.9 5.8 (p)4.9 (p)2.1

Amarillo

 2.4 4.3 5.1 (p)4.4 (p)2.0

Austin-Round Rock

 2.6 5.5 6.3 (p)5.1 (p)2.5

Beaumont-Port Arthur

 5.1 10.3 12.3 (p)10.0 (p)4.9

Brownsville-Harlingen

 5.1 9.3 10.9 (p)9.5 (p)4.4

College Station-Bryan

 2.6 4.7 5.5 (p)4.6 (p)2.0

Corpus Christi

 4.0 8.4 9.9 (p)8.4 (p)4.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3.1 6.3 7.4 (p)6.1 (p)3.0

Dallas-Plano-Irving(1)

 3.1 6.2 7.3 (p)6.0 (p)2.9

Fort Worth-Arlington(1)

 3.2 6.5 7.5 (p)6.2 (p)3.0

El Paso

 3.7 7.3 8.6 (p)7.2 (p)3.5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land

 3.6 8.1 9.6 (p)7.7 (p)4.1

Killeen-Temple

 3.6 6.1 7.3 (p)6.1 (p)2.5

Laredo

 3.4 7.9 9.3 (p)7.8 (p)4.4

Longview

 3.6 7.3 8.8 (p)7.5 (p)3.9

Lubbock

 2.7 5.2 6.0 (p)5.1 (p)2.4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

 5.7 10.9 12.7 (p)10.5 (p)4.8

Midland

 2.1 8.1 9.5 (p)8.1 (p)6.0

Odessa

 2.7 11.1 13.0 (p)11.4 (p)8.7

San Angelo

 2.9 5.9 7.0 (p)5.9 (p)3.0

San Antonio-New Braunfels

 3.0 6.6 7.7 (p)6.3 (p)3.3

Sherman-Denison

 3.0 5.0 6.0 (p)5.1 (p)2.1

Texarkana, TX-AR

 3.9 6.7 7.2 (p)6.0 (p)2.1

Tyler

 3.2 6.0 7.1 (p)6.0 (p)2.8

Victoria

 3.3 7.5 8.7 (p)7.4 (p)4.1

Waco

 3.2 5.4 6.3 (p)5.4 (p)2.2

Wichita Falls

 2.9 5.8 7.0 (p)6.0 (p)3.1

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)
Area

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United States

 151,553 141,063 (p)141,735 (p)142,373 (p)-9,180 (p)-6.1

Arkansas

 1,277.6 1,227.5 1,226.2 (p)1,235.9 (p)-41.7 (p)-3.3

Louisiana

 1,983.0 1,853.0 1,855.7 (p)1,877.2 (p)-105.8 (p)-5.3

New Mexico

 860.5 798.1 802.5 (p)804.2 (p)-56.3 (p)-6.5

Oklahoma

 1,707.2 1,622.0 1,623.0 (p)1,624.1 (p)-83.1 (p)-4.9

Texas

 12,889.9 12,224.5 12,272.6 (p)12,390.7 (p)-499.2 (p)-3.9

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.