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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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Oct 2023
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United States

 164,646 167,839 167,929 167,728 3,082 1.9

West South Central Division

 20,050.8 20,536.1 20,574.2 20,601.8 551.0 2.7

Arkansas

 1,371.5 1,389.5 1,392.4 (p)1,393.2 (p)21.6 (p)1.6

Louisiana

 2,081.2 2,094.5 2,089.8 (p)2,087.2 (p)6.0 (p)0.3

Oklahoma

 1,889.7 1,938.2 1,948.5 (p)1,957.4 (p)67.7 (p)3.6

Texas

 14,708.5 15,111.8 15,141.2 (p)15,162.1 (p)453.6 (p)3.1

Mountain Division

 12,920.3 13,165.7 13,187.3 13,201.9 281.6 2.2

Arizona

 3,641.3 3,697.3 3,708.8 (p)3,719.1 (p)77.8 (p)2.1

Colorado

 3,195.7 3,255.1 3,252.6 (p)3,247.0 (p)51.4 (p)1.6

Idaho

 955.0 967.2 969.3 (p)971.2 (p)16.2 (p)1.7

Montana

 569.7 577.7 578.4 (p)579.1 (p)9.4 (p)1.7

Nevada

 1,568.1 1,591.9 1,600.4 (p)1,607.5 (p)39.4 (p)2.5

New Mexico

 943.4 964.6 965.6 (p)966.6 (p)23.2 (p)2.5

Utah

 1,753.8 1,813.1 1,813.5 (p)1,812.9 (p)59.1 (p)3.4

Wyoming

 293.5 299.1 298.7 (p)298.2 (p)4.6 (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.
 
Unemployed in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 6,053 6,355 6,360 6,506 453 7.5

West South Central Division

 751.8 784.6 793.4 801.5 49.7 6.6

Arkansas

 48.0 37.3 39.9 (p)42.5 (p)-5.4 (p)-11.3

Louisiana

 74.9 68.8 67.9 (p)69.9 (p)-5.0 (p)-6.7

Oklahoma

 60.7 54.4 58.3 (p)62.1 (p)1.4 (p)2.3

Texas

 567.8 622.8 625.5 (p)625.4 (p)57.6 (p)10.1

Mountain Division

 455.1 460.6 475.9 491.3 36.1 7.9

Arizona

 147.8 141.6 147.8 (p)154.9 (p)7.1 (p)4.8

Colorado

 90.7 99.9 103.5 (p)105.9 (p)15.2 (p)16.7

Idaho

 26.8 28.9 30.3 (p)31.5 (p)4.7 (p)17.5

Montana

 15.2 14.7 15.4 (p)16.4 (p)1.2 (p)8.0

Nevada

 86.9 85.6 86.6 (p)87.2 (p)0.3 (p)0.4

New Mexico

 33.2 35.8 36.2 (p)37.0 (p)3.8 (p)11.4

Utah

 42.8 45.8 47.5 (p)49.2 (p)6.4 (p)15.0

Wyoming

 11.5 8.7 8.7 (p)8.8 (p)-2.7 (p)-23.6

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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2023		 Net change
Oct 2022 to
Oct 2023

United States

 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.2

West South Central Division

 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 0.2

Arkansas

 3.5 2.7 2.9 (p)3.1 (p)-0.4

Louisiana

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

Oklahoma

 3.2 2.8 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)0.0

Texas

 3.9 4.1 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.2

Mountain Division

 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 0.2

Arizona

 4.1 3.8 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)0.1

Colorado

 2.8 3.1 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)0.5

Idaho

 2.8 3.0 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.4

Montana

 2.7 2.5 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)0.1

Nevada

 5.5 5.4 5.4 (p)5.4 (p)-0.1

New Mexico

 3.5 3.7 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.3

Utah

 2.4 2.5 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.3

Wyoming

 3.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)-1.0

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)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Arkansas

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

 1.9 2.5 2.5 (p)2.0 (p)0.1

Fort Smith, AR-OK

 2.9 3.7 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)0.7

Hot Springs

 3.4 3.6 3.7 (p)3.1 (p)-0.3

Jonesboro

 2.4 2.9 2.8 (p)2.4 (p)0.0

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

 2.8 3.0 3.1 (p)2.7 (p)-0.1

Pine Bluff

 4.5 4.3 4.2 (p)3.9 (p)-0.6

Texarkana, TX-AR

 4.0 4.2 3.9 (p)3.5 (p)-0.5

Louisiana

Alexandria

 3.0 3.1 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.5

Baton Rouge

 2.9 3.1 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.3

Hammond

 3.8 4.1 4.0 (p)4.1 (p)0.3

Houma-Thibodaux

 3.2 3.0 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.2

Lafayette

 3.1 3.2 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.4

Lake Charles

 3.1 3.0 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.2

Monroe

 3.3 3.5 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.4

New Orleans-Metairie

 3.3 3.6 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)0.4

Shreveport-Bossier City

 3.4 3.5 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)0.5

New Mexico

Albuquerque

 3.0 4.1 3.5 (p)3.6 (p)0.6

Farmington

 3.6 4.6 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.2

Las Cruces

 3.4 4.5 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.4

Santa Fe

 2.9 4.0 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.6

Oklahoma

Lawton

 3.8 4.1 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.3

Oklahoma City

 2.9 3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)0.3

Tulsa

 3.2 3.4 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.3

Texas

Abilene

 3.3 3.9 3.5 (p)3.3 (p)0.0

Amarillo

 2.9 3.5 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Austin-Round Rock

 2.8 3.9 3.6 (p)3.3 (p)0.5

Beaumont-Port Arthur

 5.3 6.7 5.8 (p)5.2 (p)-0.1

Brownsville-Harlingen

 5.1 5.9 5.3 (p)4.9 (p)-0.2

College Station-Bryan

 3.0 3.8 3.2 (p)3.0 (p)0.0

Corpus Christi

 4.5 5.0 4.5 (p)4.2 (p)-0.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3.4 4.2 3.9 (p)3.6 (p)0.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving(1)

 3.4 4.2 3.9 (p)3.6 (p)0.2

Fort Worth-Arlington(1)

 3.5 4.2 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

El Paso

 4.1 5.2 4.7 (p)4.4 (p)0.3

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land

 3.9 4.9 4.4 (p)4.1 (p)0.2

Killeen-Temple

 4.3 5.0 4.5 (p)4.3 (p)0.0

Laredo

 3.7 4.4 4.0 (p)3.7 (p)0.0

Longview

 4.0 4.8 4.4 (p)4.1 (p)0.1

Lubbock

 3.3 3.9 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)-0.1

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

 5.6 6.8 5.8 (p)5.2 (p)-0.4

Midland

 2.6 2.8 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)-0.2

Odessa

 3.4 3.8 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)-0.2

San Angelo

 3.3 4.0 3.6 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

San Antonio-New Braunfels

 3.5 4.3 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Sherman-Denison

 3.6 4.3 3.9 (p)3.7 (p)0.1

Texarkana, TX-AR

 4.0 4.2 3.9 (p)3.5 (p)-0.5

Tyler

 3.6 4.2 3.9 (p)3.6 (p)0.0

Victoria

 4.0 4.5 4.1 (p)3.9 (p)-0.1

Waco

 3.4 4.1 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)0.1

Wichita Falls

 3.7 4.4 4.0 (p)3.7 (p)0.0

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

 154,006 156,476 156,738 (p)156,888 (p)2,882 (p)1.9

Arkansas

 (1)1,347.9 1,367.9 1,364.2 (p)1,360.7 (1)(p)12.8 (1)(p)0.9

Louisiana

 1,929.4 1,970.0 1,978.8 (p)1,972.8 (p)43.4 (p)2.2

New Mexico

 854.5 869.8 871.6 (p)871.6 (p)17.1 (p)2.0

Oklahoma

 1,712.7 1,732.9 1,735.7 (p)1,735.6 (p)22.9 (p)1.3

Texas

 13,656.7 13,988.0 14,049.5 (p)14,048.2 (p)391.5 (p)2.9

Footnotes
(1) Correction
(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.