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Lubbock

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2021	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2021
Lubbock Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2021

Lubbock, TX Economy at a Glance:

Lubbock, TX

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		163.7	164.0	164.9	165.4	166.5	(p)167.5
Employment(1)		156.0	154.7	156.7	158.3	160.0	(p)161.1
Unemployment(1)		7.7	9.3	8.2	7.1	6.5	(p)6.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.7	5.7	4.9	4.3	3.9	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		148.0	148.0	147.8	148.8	150.0	(p)152.0
12-month % change		5.9	3.4	3.4	2.9	3.2	(p)3.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.3	(p)9.3
12-month % change		3.4	4.5	5.7	6.8	6.9	(p)5.7
Manufacturing(3)		4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	(p)4.9
12-month % change		0.0	2.1	4.3	2.1	0.0	(p)2.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		30.3	30.6	30.7	31.1	31.2	(p)31.3
12-month % change		6.3	4.1	4.1	4.7	4.7	(p)3.6
Information(3)		2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	-3.7	(p)-3.7
Financial Activities(3)		7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	(p)7.8
12-month % change		1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	(p)1.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		12.2	12.3	12.5	12.5	13.0	(p)13.4
12-month % change		7.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	8.3	(p)8.9
Education and Health Services(3)		21.7	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.5	(p)21.7
12-month % change		-0.5	-1.4	-0.9	-1.8	-1.8	(p)-1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.8	20.1	20.2	20.3	20.7	(p)21.1
12-month % change		24.5	11.0	11.0	10.3	10.1	(p)10.5
Other Services(3)		6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	(p)6.2
12-month % change		11.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	5.3	(p)8.8
Government(3)		33.6	32.9	32.3	32.5	33.1	(p)33.7
12-month % change		2.4	0.6	0.3	-1.5	-0.3	(p)0.6
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