Southwest Information Office

Lubbock

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – December 2019	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2020
Lubbock Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2020

Lubbock, TX Economy at a Glance:

Lubbock, TX

Data Series	Back Data	July 2019	Aug 2019	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		163.8	163.4	164.2	165.3	(p)165.7
Employment(1)		158.4	158.6	159.8	160.9	(p)161.4
Unemployment(1)		5.4	4.8	4.4	4.4	(p)4.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.3	2.9	2.7	2.6	(p)2.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		149.8	150.2	150.6	151.9	152.8	(p)152.4
12-month % change		1.4	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.7	(p)1.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		9.2	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.1	(p)9.0
12-month % change		5.7	7.0	7.1	5.8	7.1	(p)5.9
Manufacturing(3)		4.8	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	(p)4.8
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		31.6	31.6	31.8	32.1	32.8	(p)32.8
12-month % change		2.6	1.9	2.9	3.2	4.1	(p)2.5
Information(3)		2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
12-month % change		0.0	-3.4	-3.4	-6.7	-6.7	(p)-6.7
Financial Activities(3)		7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	(p)7.8
12-month % change		0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		12.6	12.5	12.9	13.0	12.9	(p)12.8
12-month % change		-2.3	-1.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	(p)2.4
Education and Health Services(3)		20.8	20.8	20.8	21.0	21.2	(p)21.2
12-month % change		-2.3	-3.3	-3.3	-3.2	-2.8	(p)-2.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		20.5	20.5	20.6	20.5	20.3	(p)19.9
12-month % change		2.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	(p)1.5
Other Services(3)		6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	(p)6.0
12-month % change		3.3	5.1	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)1.7
Government(3)		33.4	33.9	33.8	34.7	35.0	(p)35.3
12-month % change		2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.0	(p)2.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary