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    For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, June 1, 2011 USDL-11-0807

    Technical information:

    Employment: (202) 691-6559 [email protected] www.bls.gov/saeUnemployment: (202) 691-6392 [email protected] www.bls.gov/lau

    Media contact: (202) 691-5902 [email protected]

    METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT APRIL 2011

    Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 297 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higherin 54 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve areas

    recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 16 areas registered rates of less than 5.0 percent.Two hundred thirty-seven metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payrollemployment, 126 reported decreases, and 9 had no change. The national unemployment rate in April

    was 8.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 9.5 percent a year earlier.

    Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

    In April, 74 metropolitan areas had jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, down from127 areas a year

    earlier, while 92 areas had rates below 7.0 percent, up from 59 areas in April 2010. El Centro, Calif.,recorded the highest unemployment rate in April 2011, 27.9 percent, followed by Yuma, Ariz., 25.3

    percent, and Yuba City, Calif., 20.2 percent. All of the remaining nine areas with jobless rates of at least

    15.0 percent were located in California. Bismarck, N.D., registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.9percent. The areas with the next lowest rates were Fargo, N.D.-Minn., and Lincoln, Neb., 3.7 and 3.8

    percent, respectively. Of the 16 areas with jobless rates of less than 5.0 percent, half were located in the

    West North Central census division. A total of 224 areas had April unemployment rates below the U.S.

    figure of 8.7 percent, 146 areas had rates above it, and 2 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (Seetable 1 and the map.)

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    C C S i i

    Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., registered the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in April (-4.0

    percentage points). An additional 11 areas recorded jobless rate decreases of 3.0 percentage points ormore from a year earlier, and 36 other areas had decreases between 2.0 and 2.9 points. Baton Rouge,

    La., and Pascagoula, Miss., had the largest over-the-year jobless rate increases (+1.2 percentage pointseach), followed by Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas (+1.0 point).

    In the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, the highest

    unemployment rates in April were registered in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., 13.4 percent,

    Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., 12.1 percent, and SacramentoArden-ArcadeRoseville, Calif., 12.0percent. Eight additional large areas posted rates of 10.0 percent or more. The lowest jobless rate among

    the large areas was recorded in Oklahoma City, Okla., 4.5 percent, followed by Washington-Arlington-

    Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 5.4 percent. Forty-three of the large areas reported over-the-yearunemployment rate decreases, while three areas registered rate increases and three had no rate change.

    Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., experienced the largest unemployment

    rate decreases from April 2010 among the large areas (-3.0 and -2.9 percentage points, respectively).Two other large areas reported rate decreases of at least 2.0 percentage points. The three large areas with

    over-the-year jobless rate increases were New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (+0.7 percentage point),

    Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. (+0.3 point), and Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark. (+0.2point).

    Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

    Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 34 metropolitan divisions, which are

    essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In April 2011, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall,

    Fla., registered the highest jobless rate among the divisions, 13.2 percent, while Nashua, N.H.-Mass.,reported the lowest division rate, 4.8 percent. (See table 2.)

    All but one of the metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year jobless rate decreases in April. Thetwo divisions that make up the Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., metropolitan area posted the largest

    rate declines from a year earlier: Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn and Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills (-2.8percentage points each). Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla., experienced the only over-the-year

    unemployment rate increase among divisions (+1.4 percentage points).

    In 6 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest

    division jobless rates were 2.0 percentage points or more in April. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-

    N.H., recorded the largest rate difference among its divisions, 6.3 percentage points (Lawrence-

    Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 11.1 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 4.8 percent).

    Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

    In April 237 metropolitan areas reported over the year increases in nonfarm payroll employment 126

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    The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,

    Calif. (-16,400), SacramentoArden-ArcadeRoseville, Calif. (-14,600), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-9,000), and Albuquerque, N.M. (-6,300). The largest over-the-year percentage

    decreases in employment were reported in Missoula, Mont. (-4.2 percent); Palm Coast, Fla., Pine Bluff,Ark., and Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, N.J. (-3.2 percent each); and Glens Falls, N.Y. (-3.0 percent).

    Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 27 of the 36 metropolitan areas with annual average

    employment levels above 750,000 in 2010. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in

    employment in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, andMilwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (+2.9 percent each), Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

    (+2.0 percent), Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas (+1.8 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-

    Sanford, Fla., and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (+1.5 percent each). The largest over-the-yearpercentage decreases in employment occurred in SacramentoArden-ArcadeRoseville, Calif. (-1.8

    percent); Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-1.5 percent); and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta,

    Ga., Baltimore-Towson, Md., and Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind. (-0.4 percent each).

    Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

    Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in April 2011 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which are

    essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-two of the 32metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment gains, while 10 reported loses. The largest

    over-the-year increases in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+62,900),Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill. (+37,400), New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+27,100), and Los

    Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+23,500). The largest over-the-year decreases in the metropolitan

    divisions were in Camden, N.J. (-7,300), Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (-6,000), Oakland-Fremont-Hayward,Calif. (-5,300), and Edison-New Brunswick, N.J. (-2,100). (See table 4.)

    The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the metropolitan divisions werereported in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+3.1 percent), Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass., and

    Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, Mass.-N.H. (+2.5 percent each), Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas(+2.4 percent), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+1.7 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage

    decreases in employment were in Peabody, Mass. (-1.5 percent), Camden, N.J. (-1.4 percent),

    Framingham, Mass. (-0.9 percent), and Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa., and Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif.(-0.6 percent each).

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    The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be

    released on Friday, June 17, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan Area Employment and

    Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 29, 2011,

    at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

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    Technical Note

    This release presents labor force and unemployment

    data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

    program (tables 1 and 2) for 372 metropolitan statistical areas

    and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas

    (NECTAs), plus 8 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 34

    metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented.

    Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current

    Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are

    provided for most of the same areas. State estimates were

    previously published in the news release, Regionaland State

    Employment andUnemployment, and are republished in this

    release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programsare both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

    Labor force and unemploymentfrom the LAUS

    program

    Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data

    are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used

    for the official national estimates obtained from the Current

    Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households thatis conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the

    U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures

    employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence

    basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional

    population 16 years of age and over. Employedpersons are

    those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the

    reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or

    worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or

    farm, plus those not working who had a job from which theywere temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such

    reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation.

    Unemployed persons are those who were not employed

    during the reference week (based on the definition above),

    had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period

    ending with the reference week, and were currently available

    for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be

    looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor

    force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The

    unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent

    of the labor force.

    Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District

    of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

    metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using

    time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national

    Hurricane Katrina; the indirect estimation methods described

    below will be used for this area until further notice.)

    Modeling improves the statistical basis of the estimation for

    these areas and provides important tools for analysis, such as

    measures of errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all

    other substate areas in this release, estimates are prepared

    through indirect estimation procedures using a building-block

    approach. Employment estimates, which are based largely on

    place of work estimates from the CES program, are

    adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS.

    Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons

    previously employed in industries covered by stateunemployment insurance (UI) laws and entrants to the labor

    force data from the CPS. The substate estimates of

    employment and unemployment, which geographically

    exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure

    that they add to the independently estimated state or balance-

    of-state totals. A detailed description of the estimation

    procedures is available from BLS upon request.

    Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment datashown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end

    of each year, usually implemented with January estimates.

    The adjusted model-based estimates reflect updated

    population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions

    in the other data sources, and model reestimation. All

    substate estimates are reestimated and adjusted to add to the

    revised model-based estimates.

    Employmentfrom the CES program

    Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on

    establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the

    pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are

    counted at their place of work rather than at their place of

    residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are

    counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis

    of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version

    of the North American Industry Classification System.

    Method of estimation. The employment data are

    estimated using a link relative technique in which a ratio

    (link relative) of current-month employment to that of the

    previous month is computed from a sample of establishments

    reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for

    the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates

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    adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and

    the preceding one and also to establish the level of

    employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the

    benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,

    and the sample is used to measure the month-to-monthchanges in the level for the subsequent months.

    Reliability of the estimatesThe estimates presented in this release are based on

    sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus,

    are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling

    error is a measure of sampling variabilitythat is, variation

    that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire

    population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject tononsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced

    into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates

    not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to

    additional errors resulting from the particular estimation

    processes used. The sums of individual items may not

    always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of

    rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from

    unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates

    computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables.

    Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-

    based error measures are available for states on the Internet at

    www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling

    error are not available, but additional information on the

    subject is provided in Employment and Earnings Online at

    www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm.

    Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error

    for state CES data at the supersector level and for metro-

    politan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available

    online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on

    recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS

    Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/.

    Area definitionsThe substate area data published in this release reflect

    the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of

    Management and Budget on December 1, 2009. Data reflect

    New England City and Town Area (NECTA) definitions,

    rather than county-based definitions, in the six New England

    States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is

    available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

    Additional informationMore complete information on the technical procedures

    used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in

    Employment and Earnings Online.

    Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor

    force and unemployment data for states, census regions and

    divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news

    release, Regional andState Employment and Unemployment.

    Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states,

    metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with apopulation of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the

    administration of various federal economic assistance pro-

    grams are available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/.

    Employment data from the CES program are available on the

    BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/.

    Information in this release will be made available to

    sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:

    (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

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    LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

    Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area

    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    Alabama ... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. 2,134.8 2,129.8 2,131.9 2,155.2 215.5 191.0 198.3 194.2 10.1 9.0 9.3 9.0Anniston-Oxford ................................................ 53.1 53.1 52.8 53.7 5.5 4.7 5.0 4.9 10.3 8.8 9.5 9.1Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 64.9 65.7 64.6 67.0 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.1 8.8 7.6 8.0 7.5Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 517.9 516.4 517.4 521.2 49.1 43.4 45.2 43.7 9.5 8.4 8.7 8.4Decatur ............................................................. 71.1 71.5 71.3 71.6 7.7 6.5 7.0 6.5 10.8 9.1 9.9 9.1Dothan .............................................................. 63.8 62.6 63.5 62.9 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.2 9.2 8.3 8.5 8.2Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 68.2 69.4 68.3 70.2 6.6 5.7 6.4 5.8 9.7 8.2 9.4 8.3Gadsden ........................................................... 44.5 44.4 44.4 44.9 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 10.3 9.1 9.2 9.0Huntsville .......................................................... 207.4 208.6 206.4 210.8 16.5 15.7 14.9 15.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 7.5Mobile ............................................................... 185.6 187.4 185.5 190.8 20.1 18.8 19.0 19.4 10.8 10.0 10.2 10.2Montgomery ...................................................... 168.9 167.1 168.5 169.9 16.0 14.9 14.7 15.2 9.5 8.9 8.7 8.9Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 98.6 99.6 98.3 100.8 8.9 8.2 8.1 8.2 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.1

    Alaska .................................................................. 358.4 360.7 357.5 358.8 33.0 29.7 29.7 27.8 9.2 8.2 8.3 7.7Anchorage ........................................................ 197.4 199.0 196.2 197.9 16.5 14.5 15.0 13.6 8.4 7.3 7.6 6.9Fairbanks .......................................................... 46.2 46.1 46.4 46.4 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 8.2 7.3 7.2 6.7

    Arizona .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. 3,168.2 3,181.7 3,184.1 3,177.5 318.9 297.2 309.7 283.0 10.1 9.3 9.7 8.9Flagstaff ............................................................ 74.4 77.9 76.0 78.6 7.3 6.6 6.8 6.0 9.9 8.4 9.0 7.6Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 93.1 92.4 93.1 92.1 10.6 10.1 10.1 9.3 11.4 10.9 10.9 10.1Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... . 2,126.3 2,134.5 2,132.4 2,131.8 202.2 185.4 192.6 173.7 9.5 8.7 9.0 8.1Prescott ............................................................ 97.9 98.6 98.5 98.1 10.7 10.0 10.1 9.3 10.9 10.1 10.3 9.5Tucson .............................................................. 490.7 491.8 493.7 491.5 45.0 41.8 43.1 39.0 9.2 8.5 8.7 7.9Yuma ................................................................ 87.6 89.5 90.9 91.7 17.9 19.5 23.0 23.2 20.4 21.8 25.3 25.3

    Arkansas . ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 1,343.5 1,367.3 1,356.4 1,360.6 110.9 108.6 103.0 103.4 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.6Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 223.8 230.5 226.2 230.3 15.2 14.2 13.8 13.4 6.8 6.1 6.1 5.8Fort Smith ......................................................... 134.3 135.2 134.2 134.7 11.6 11.3 10.5 10.3 8.6 8.3 7.8 7.7Hot Springs ....................................................... 42.0 43.9 42.6 44.4 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.3 8.4 8.2 7.6 7.5Jonesboro ......................................................... 57.1 58.3 58.2 58.1 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 7.8 7.6 7.1 7.1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 338.9 349.3 341.2 349.7 24.9 23.8 22.9 22.8 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.5Pine Bluff .......................................................... 44.1 43.9 44.4 43.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.3 10.0 10.1 9.2 9.8

    California ............................................................. 18,222.3 18,022.3 18,183.5 18,030.4 2,334.5 2,219.8 2,211.7 2,104.5 12.8 12.3 12.2 11.7Bakersfield-Delano ........................................... 364.5 358.7 366.8 361.2 64.8 62.9 59.3 57.9 17.8 17.5 16.2 16.0Chico ................................................................ 105.4 104.2 105.0 104.9 15.4 15.0 14.5 13.9 14.6 14.4 13.8 13.2El Centro ........................................................... 76.6 75.1 76.2 75.1 20.3 20.5 21.9 20.9 26.5 27.3 28.8 27.9Fresno .............................................................. 434.7 431.9 437.8 437.4 80.1 79.4 73.9 74.3 18.4 18.4 16.9 17.0Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 61.3 60.4 61.6 61.2 11.3 11.1 10.2 10.2 18.4 18.4 16.6 16.6Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana . ... .... ... ... . 6,467.3 6,421.7 6,456.2 6,469.4 762.9 730.4 736.4 711.0 11.8 11.4 11.4 11.0Madera-Chowchilla ........................................... 65.8 65.2 64.5 64.7 11.5 11.2 10.7 10.6 17.5 17.2 16.6 16.3

    Merced .............................................................. 108.5 106.5 107.0 106.7 23.1 22.7 20.9 20.8 21.3 21.3 19.5 19.5Modesto ............................................................ 237.4 236.3 235.4 234.4 44.4 43.4 42.3 41.0 18.7 18.3 18.0 17.5Napa ................................................................. 74.5 72.1 74.1 72.8 7.9 7.4 7.4 7.0 10.6 10.3 9.9 9.6Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 435.2 429.5 436.3 429.2 47.5 44.6 44.9 41.6 10.9 10.4 10.3 9.7Redding ............................................................ 84.6 82.2 84.3 82.4 14.7 13.9 13.6 12.8 17.3 17.0 16.1 15.6Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario . .... ... .... ... ... . 1 ,788.8 1,753.4 1,777.5 1,734.1 261.5 244.0 248.1 232.3 14.6 13.9 14.0 13.4SacramentoArden-ArcadeRoseville ... ... .... 1 ,053.5 1,022.1 1,042.9 1,015.1 135.5 129.5 128.0 121.8 12.9 12.7 12.3 12.0Salinas .............................................................. 210.0 207.9 222.0 215.0 34.8 34.3 27.0 27.2 16.6 16.5 12.2 12.6San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ... .... ... ... .... ... . 1 ,561.7 1,560.9 1,555.6 1,551.0 168.6 159.6 160.0 151.5 10.8 10.2 10.3 9.8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ... .... ... ... .... ... . 2,250.0 2,215.0 2,241.6 2,201.6 240.6 221.7 229.8 208.7 10.7 10.0 10.3 9.5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 905.7 900.0 902.5 896.0 108.0 95.5 102.9 90.3 11.9 10.6 11.4 10.1San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .......................... 137.7 138.0 136.3 134.9 14.5 13.7 13.7 12.6 10.5 9.9 10.0 9.4Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................. 219.1 219.3 223.2 222.7 22.2 21.0 19.7 19.0 10.1 9.6 8.8 8.5Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 146.4 147.4 147.2 148.6 22.3 21.6 19.8 19.4 15.2 14.7 13.5 13.1Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...................................... 253.9 253.1 253.0 252.2 28.3 26.5 26.5 24.8 11.1 10.5 10.5 9.8

    Stockton ............................................................ 301.3 295.3 297.1 293.6 54.5 54.1 52.3 50.7 18.1 18.3 17.6 17.3Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 215.7 211.3 215.6 210.3 26.9 26.0 25.5 24.4 12.5 12.3 11.8 11.6Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 203.3 204.0 208.0 210.4 38.9 38.2 34.6 34.5 19.1 18.7 16.6 16.4Yuba City .......................................................... 70.8 69.9 70.2 69.1 15.2 15.0 14.1 14.0 21.4 21.5 20.1 20.2

    Colorado .. ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. 2,691.4 2,672.5 2,690.7 2,670.2 259.8 247.4 237.8 221.6 9.7 9.3 8.8 8.3Boulder ............................................................. 174.0 172.8 175.0 173.6 13.0 11.9 12.0 10.7 7.5 6.9 6.8 6.2Colorado Springs .............................................. 311.8 306.7 312.4 306.3 32.1 31.0 29.5 27.8 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.1Denver-Aurora-Broomf ield .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... . 1,383.4 1,372.4 1,387.3 1,374.7 134.2 127.7 122.2 114.0 9.7 9.3 8.8 8.3Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................ 174.1 175.1 175.9 175.8 14.4 13.5 12.9 11.7 8.3 7.7 7.3 6.7Grand Junction ................................................. 79.5 77.8 79.2 76.8 9.6 8.7 8.4 7.5 12.1 11.1 10.6 9.8Greeley 119 4 119 7 119 1 119 9 13 5 12 6 12 1 11 3 11 3 10 6 10 1 9 4

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    LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

    Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan areaContinued

    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    District of Columbia ........................................... 334.1 333.2 335.1 331.9 33.9 33.2 31.3 31.2 10.1 10.0 9.3 9.4Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ... .... ... ... .... ... . 3,055.6 3,074.1 3,056.7 3,058.5 201.0 177.7 182.1 164.6 6.6 5.8 6.0 5.4

    Florida . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 9,166.0 9 ,208.6 9,196.2 9 ,197.5 1,032.9 980.3 1,002.6 956.0 11.3 10.6 10.9 10.4Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 282.0 276.8 280.3 274.8 35.3 31.0 34.0 29.5 12.5 11.2 12.1 10.8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ............... 95.4 96.2 96.4 95.1 7.7 7.3 7.2 6.7 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.1Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 254.1 254.9 253.6 251.4 29.6 27.8 28.7 26.7 11.7 10.9 11.3 10.6Gainesville ........................................................ 138.3 138.8 141.4 138.7 11.1 10.4 10.4 9.7 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.0Jacksonville ...................................................... 680.4 680.4 682.3 680.3 76.0 69.3 73.0 66.2 11.2 10.2 10.7 9.7Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 274.7 274.4 275.4 272.9 33.3 31.1 32.0 29.5 12.1 11.3 11.6 10.8Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ... ... .... 2,839.1 2,882.1 2,860.2 2,899.4 313.4 315.0 310.0 322.2 11.0 10.9 10.8 11.1Naples-Marco Island ......................................... 147.2 145.6 145.9 143.2 16.7 14.8 15.9 14.0 11.4 10.2 10.9 9.7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota ........................ 303.8 301.3 304.1 299.6 36.7 32.6 35.4 31.1 12.1 10.8 11.6 10.4Ocala ................................................................ 135.0 133.3 135.2 131.2 18.7 16.6 17.9 16.0 13.9 12.5 13.2 12.2Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... . 1,109.1 1,124.8 1,114.9 1,120.6 125.7 116.8 122.1 111.3 11.3 10.4 11.0 9.9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 266.4 263.7 267.4 261.2 30.3 29.2 29.1 28.3 11.4 11.1 10.9 10.8Palm Coast ....................................................... 33.4 32.9 33.6 32.7 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.5 15.3 14.5 14.7 13.8Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach 89.3 91.3 89.5 91.0 8.8 9.2 8.2 8.5 9.8 10.1 9.2 9.4Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 208.4 210.9 210.1 208.9 21.7 20.9 20.7 19.7 10.4 9.9 9.9 9.4Port St. Lucie .................................................... 189.8 189.2 189.5 187.3 24.3 22.6 23.4 21.8 12.8 11.9 12.4 11.6Punta Gorda ..................................................... 70.8 69.4 70.5 68.9 8.6 7.6 8.4 7.3 12.2 11.0 11.9 10.6Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 63.1 62.7 62.7 62.1 8.1 7.6 7.9 7.5 12.8 12.2 12.6 12.0Tallahassee ...................................................... 191.9 193.2 193.1 193.2 15.8 15.1 14.9 14.2 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.4Tampa-St . Petersburg-Clearwater .. .... ... ... .... ... . 1 ,301.3 1,294.7 1,295.5 1,292.4 155.2 143.0 150.0 136.3 11.9 11.0 11.6 10.5

    Georgia .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. 4,705.5 4,674.2 4,695.8 4,664.3 477.1 457.6 453.2 448.9 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.6Albany ............................................................... 75.7 76.8 75.2 76.3 8.2 7.7 7.8 7.5 10.8 10.1 10.4 9.9Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 104.6 105.8 104.3 105.3 8.2 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.3 7.4 7.1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ... ... ... .... ... .... ... . 2,669.8 2,648.7 2,663.2 2,644.4 269.7 259.6 257.9 255.4 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.7Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 262.3 259.0 263.2 259.2 23.2 21.9 21.8 21.8 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.4Brunswick ......................................................... 51.3 51.7 50.9 51.8 5.0 5.1 4.8 5.0 9.8 9.8 9.4 9.7Columbus ......................................................... 129.3 128.5 129.0 129.4 12.4 11.8 11.7 11.7 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1Dalton ............................................................... 62.7 62.2 62.5 62.3 7.6 7.1 7.0 6.9 12.2 11.5 11.2 11.1Gainesville ........................................................ 88.8 89.3 88.7 88.5 8.2 7.6 7.7 7.1 9.2 8.5 8.7 8.0Hinesville-Fort Stewart ..................................... 33.3 32.9 33.0 32.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 8.5 8.6 8.1 8.5Macon ............................................................... 112.2 112.5 111.3 111.9 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.9 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.8Rome ................................................................ 48.7 47.9 48.3 48.1 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 10.7 10.2 10.0 10.2Savannah ......................................................... 174.9 174.4 174.6 174.3 15.1 14.9 14.4 14.7 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.5Valdosta ............................................................ 66.4 66.0 66.9 66.0 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 8.7 8.6 8.2 8.4Warner Robins .................................................. 71.6 71.3 71.2 71.6 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.2

    Hawaii .................................................................. 629.7 636.2 631.5 636.5 42.4 39.0 40.8 35.7 6.7 6.1 6.5 5.6Honolulu ........................................................... 439.1 446.0 440.6 447.5 24.6 22.5 23.7 20.6 5.6 5.0 5.4 4.6

    Idaho .................................................................... 753.9 760.0 756.9 761.8 74.7 78.9 70.8 73.9 9.9 10.4 9.4 9.7Boise City-Nampa ............................................. 295.1 296.1 294.9 295.7 29.0 29.9 28.1 28.2 9.8 10.1 9.5 9.5Coeur dAlene ................................................... 70.4 72.4 71.9 72.3 8.7 9.3 8.0 8.2 12.4 12.8 11.1 11.4Idaho Falls ........................................................ 61.1 61.9 61.9 62.4 4.7 5.2 4.3 4.8 7.6 8.4 7.0 7.8Lewiston ........................................................... 30.0 29.3 29.5 28.8 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 8.4 8.7 7.6 7.7Pocatello ........................................................... 43.7 44.0 43.5 43.8 3.8 4.1 3.6 3.8 8.8 9.3 8.2 8.8

    Illinois .. ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 6 ,625.7 6,571.6 6,638.7 6,570.2 757.0 598.6 700.5 567.8 11.4 9.1 10.6 8.6Bloomington-Normal ......................................... 92.3 92.6 93.2 93.5 7.6 6.4 7.0 5.8 8.2 6.9 7.5 6.2Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 123.1 121.6 124.2 121.6 11.4 9.5 10.5 8.8 9.2 7.8 8.5 7.2Chicago-Joliet -Naperville .. .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... . 4,863.8 4,812.5 4,876.5 4,806.6 547.0 429.0 519.9 418.8 11.2 8.9 10.7 8.7

    Danville ............................................................. 37.2 36.7 37.2 36.4 4.9 3.9 4.6 3.5 13.2 10.6 12.3 9.6Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ......................... 201.6 202.3 202.6 203.9 19.3 16.5 17.2 14.6 9.6 8.2 8.5 7.1Decatur ............................................................. 54.5 54.5 54.7 54.0 7.2 5.8 6.7 5.2 13.2 10.7 12.2 9.7Kankakee-Bradley ............................................ 56.5 56.6 56.6 57.4 8.5 7.2 7.5 6.4 15.0 12.7 13.3 11.2Peoria ............................................................... 199.5 203.0 200.8 204.6 23.8 18.5 21.1 16.3 11.9 9.1 10.5 8.0Rockford ........................................................... 172.6 167.6 170.8 168.5 29.6 22.3 26.8 20.1 17.2 13.3 15.7 11.9Springfield ......................................................... 115.7 116.3 116.3 116.9 10.3 8.8 9.3 7.9 8.9 7.6 8.0 6.8

    Indiana . ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 3 ,136.6 3,102.0 3,152.2 3,103.1 356.1 272.7 326.4 250.1 11.4 8.8 10.4 8.1Anderson .......................................................... 61.5 60.5 61.7 59.4 7.8 6.2 7.1 5.6 12.6 10.3 11.6 9.5Bloomington ...................................................... 97.0 95.8 97.9 96.8 8.2 6.6 7.6 6.0 8.4 6.9 7.7 6.2Columbus 37 5 37 6 37 6 37 5 4 0 2 9 3 7 2 6 10 7 7 6 9 9 7 0

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    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

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    Iowa ... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 1,660.6 1,677.3 1,672.8 1,678.0 110.4 112.0 103.0 100.6 6.7 6.7 6.2 6.0Ames ................................................................ 48.9 49.0 49.7 49.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.5Cedar Rapids .................................................... 146.6 148.5 147.6 149.1 9.6 10.0 9.1 9.0 6.6 6.7 6.2 6.1Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 313.6 314.3 316.0 315.3 20.1 20.9 19.2 19.2 6.4 6.6 6.1 6.1Dubuque ........................................................... 52.6 54.0 53.6 54.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6Iowa City ........................................................... 92.0 92.9 93.1 93.3 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.3Sioux City ......................................................... 78.6 77.7 79.5 78.2 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.8Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 94.5 96.0 95.5 96.6 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.8

    Kansas . ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 1,499.9 1,499.6 1,502.0 1,493.1 113.0 106.8 101.9 93.9 7.5 7.1 6.8 6.3Lawrence .......................................................... 63.9 63.7 64.5 63.8 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.5Manhattan ......................................................... 65.3 65.7 64.4 65.5 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.1Topeka .............................................................. 124.0 123.4 125.0 123.2 9.2 9.2 8.3 8.1 7.4 7.5 6.6 6.5Wichita .............................................................. 313.4 314.5 314.9 312.8 27.9 26.2 26.6 23.6 8.9 8.3 8.5 7.5

    Kentucky . ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 2 ,075.6 2,103.5 2,082.3 2,112.3 233.7 215.2 216.0 205.6 11.3 10.2 10.4 9.7Bowling Green .................................................. 64.3 64.7 64.8 64.7 6.5 5.9 5.9 5.6 10.1 9.1 9.1 8.6Elizabethtown ................................................... 55.4 58.0 55.5 58.4 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.0 10.5 9.0 9.5 8.6Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 239.4 244.2 242.1 244.8 21.7 20.4 20.3 19.7 9.1 8.4 8.4 8.0Louisville-Jefferson County .............................. 634.1 643.0 636.9 647.9 69.9 65.4 64.4 62.3 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.6Owensboro ....................................................... 57.6 58.4 57.9 58.8 5.7 5.2 5.3 4.9 9.9 8.9 9.1 8.3

    Louisiana . ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 2,055.3 2,052.8 2,078.0 2,047.3 139.5 164.4 136.4 151.1 6.8 8.0 6.6 7.4Alexandria ......................................................... 68.2 68.5 69.3 69.1 4.4 5.3 4.3 4.8 6.5 7.7 6.2 7.0

    Baton Rouge ..................................................... 375.5 373.7 378.2 371.8 24.8 30.6 24.3 28.2 6.6 8.2 6.4 7.6Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ....................... 101.6 103.1 103.0 102.4 5.1 6.0 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.8 4.9 5.4Lafayette ........................................................... 134.3 133.8 136.6 134.1 7.4 8.4 7.2 7.7 5.5 6.3 5.3 5.8Lake Charles .................................................... 94.6 94.3 95.7 93.8 6.0 6.8 6.0 6.3 6.3 7.2 6.2 6.8Monroe ............................................................. 81.9 80.1 82.3 80.1 5.8 6.8 5.7 6.1 7.1 8.5 6.9 7.6New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .......................... 537.5 539.6 543.9 538.8 35.6 42.4 35.2 39.0 6.6 7.9 6.5 7.2Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 182.4 185.5 184.8 186.4 11.5 13.2 11.3 12.3 6.3 7.1 6.1 6.6

    Maine ................................................................... 690.6 688.3 692.6 694.5 63.4 58.7 58.2 54.7 9.2 8.5 8.4 7.9Bangor .............................................................. 71.4 71.0 71.3 71.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 5.3 8.6 8.0 7.9 7.4Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 57.8 57.2 57.8 57.9 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.4 9.0 8.5 8.4 7.6Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ................... 199.8 200.3 201.5 202.7 15.1 13.7 13.8 12.5 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.2

    Maryland .. ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 2,970.7 2,985.1 2,972.1 2,964.7 229.6 207.7 210.0 195.1 7.7 7.0 7.1 6.6Balt imore-Towson ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... . 1,392.6 1,391.4 1,393.7 1,385.4 111.5 102.5 103.3 96.6 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.0Cumberland ...................................................... 49.5 49.8 48.6 49.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 9.6 8.8 8.5 7.9

    Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 118.9 118.4 119.7 118.3 12.7 11.8 11.3 10.9 10.7 10.0 9.5 9.2Salisbury ........................................................... 62.3 64.4 63.0 63.3 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 9.7 8.6 8.6 8.2

    Massachusetts .................................................... 3,476.2 3,486.5 3,479.9 3,475.6 317.2 286.7 291.6 256.6 9.1 8.2 8.4 7.4Barnstable Town ............................................... 127.2 129.3 129.9 131.5 14.5 13.6 12.0 10.7 11.4 10.5 9.3 8.2Bos ton-Cambridge-Quincy ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... . 2,540.3 2,544.1 2,545.1 2,538.3 206.0 179.5 194.8 165.3 8.1 7.1 7.7 6.5Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ......................... 73.3 74.1 73.6 73.8 8.6 8.1 7.9 7.4 11.7 10.9 10.7 10.0New Bedford ..................................................... 86.8 88.3 86.3 86.6 11.8 11.2 10.2 9.3 13.6 12.6 11.8 10.7Pittsfield ............................................................ 38.9 39.2 38.5 38.3 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.0 9.5 8.7 8.6 7.8Springfield ......................................................... 350.1 351.2 350.6 350.4 35.0 32.9 31.8 29.7 10.0 9.4 9.1 8.5Worcester ......................................................... 296.1 296.4 295.9 296.1 28.4 25.5 26.4 23.3 9.6 8.6 8.9 7.9

    Michigan . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 4 ,800.2 4,727.4 4,770.4 4 ,663.7 683.1 522.0 613.1 468.8 14.2 11.0 12.9 10.1Ann Arbor ......................................................... 182.5 184.4 181.9 182.8 16.3 12.9 14.7 11.3 8.9 7.0 8.1 6.2Battle Creek ...................................................... 67.0 67.2 66.3 66.1 8.3 6.3 7.4 5.7 12.3 9.4 11.2 8.6

    Bay City ............................................................ 53.2 53.4 52.9 52.6 7.3 5.8 6.4 5.1 13.6 10.8 12.1 9.6Detroit -Warren-Livonia .. ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... . 2 ,080.4 2,027.9 2,066.7 1,989.1 315.1 238.8 288.5 221.3 15.1 11.8 14.0 11.1Flint ................................................................... 192.9 188.5 190.9 184.3 29.4 22.3 26.8 19.9 15.2 11.8 14.0 10.8Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 385.9 386.8 383.0 385.1 46.2 35.3 40.9 31.0 12.0 9.1 10.7 8.1Holland-Grand Haven ....................................... 128.8 128.4 128.2 127.2 16.6 12.0 14.5 10.3 12.9 9.3 11.3 8.1Jackson ............................................................ 73.7 72.5 73.0 71.5 10.6 7.9 9.5 6.9 14.3 10.9 13.0 9.7Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 168.5 168.9 167.6 167.8 20.3 16.1 18.3 13.9 12.1 9.5 10.9 8.3Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 242.5 245.9 242.7 243.3 26.9 21.2 24.1 18.4 11.1 8.6 9.9 7.6Monroe ............................................................. 72.1 70.6 71.2 70.0 10.7 7.7 8.9 6.6 14.8 10.9 12.5 9.5Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................. 84.0 82.3 83.5 80.8 13.0 9.3 11.7 8.2 15.5 11.2 14.0 10.1Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 75.3 76.2 75.4 75.7 10.6 8.3 9.6 7.3 14.1 11.0 12.7 9.7Saginaw-Saginaw Township North 92 0 92 0 91 4 91 0 12 3 9 7 11 0 8 5 13 4 10 6 12 0 9 4

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    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    Mississippi . .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .. 1,306.8 1,331.5 1,304.8 1,342.5 141.6 137.1 129.7 133.9 10.8 10.3 9.9 10.0Gulfport-Biloxi ................................................... 113.6 117.1 113.5 117.5 10.4 10.9 9.7 10.6 9.2 9.3 8.6 9.0Hattiesburg ....................................................... 66.5 68.6 66.5 68.2 5.8 6.3 5.6 6.0 8.7 9.2 8.3 8.8Jackson ............................................................ 262.3 268.3 261.7 270.1 22.4 22.0 21.0 21.4 8.6 8.2 8.0 7.9Pascagoula ....................................................... 72.6 75.4 73.2 75.9 7.3 8.0 6.7 7.8 10.0 10.6 9.1 10.3

    Missouri ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 3,023.1 3,012.5 3,024.6 3,031.7 307.8 278.4 274.2 253.3 10.2 9.2 9.1 8.4Cape Girardeau-Jackson .................................. 47.5 46.9 47.0 47.6 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.5 8.5 8.2 7.2 7.3Columbia .......................................................... 95.4 96.3 95.1 96.4 6.6 6.0 5.2 5.4 6.9 6.2 5.5 5.6Jefferson City .................................................... 77.9 77.6 78.0 77.9 6.2 5.8 5.0 5.1 7.9 7.4 6.4 6.5Joplin ................................................................ 85.5 87.6 86.3 88.3 7.7 7.1 6.7 6.5 9.0 8.1 7.8 7.3Kansas City . ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .. 1,035.3 1,035.2 1,040.4 1,033.2 100.0 91.6 90.7 83.9 9.7 8.9 8.7 8.1St. Joseph ......................................................... 68.0 68.5 68.0 67.7 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.1 9.6 8.4 8.3 7.5St. Louis1 . .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .. 1,432.4 1,436.0 1,438.0 1,445.0 154.2 134.6 138.2 123.0 10.8 9.4 9.6 8.5Springfield ......................................................... 220.3 219.1 219.9 218.9 20.9 18.5 17.8 16.7 9.5 8.4 8.1 7.6

    Montana ............................................................... 494.9 497.2 499.0 500.2 39.5 40.1 36.1 37.1 8.0 8.1 7.2 7.4Billings .............................................................. 86.3 87.1 87.3 88.7 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.6 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.2Great Falls ........................................................ 41.0 41.3 41.2 41.2 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.6 6.4 6.9 5.8 6.2Missoula ........................................................... 58.2 57.2 59.3 57.2 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.2 8.0 8.0 7.2 7.4

    Nebraska ............................................................. 977.1 984.2 982.8 990.5 52.1 44.7 46.0 41.0 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.1Lincoln .............................................................. 167.4 168.3 167.9 168.1 8.2 6.9 7.1 6.5 4.9 4.1 4.3 3.8Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 444.9 445.1 449.7 449.3 25.8 23.0 23.5 21.3 5.8 5.2 5.2 4.7

    Nevada . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,357.4 1 ,326.3 1,362.2 1 ,306.5 202.6 175.5 202.8 155.6 14.9 13.2 14.9 11.9Carson City ....................................................... 28.7 28.1 28.8 27.5 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.2 14.6 13.2 14.3 11.7Las Vegas-Paradise ......................................... 976.6 953.3 980.5 939.4 147.5 127.0 148.0 113.3 15.1 13.3 15.1 12.1Reno-Sparks ..................................................... 224.4 218.0 224.7 214.4 32.6 28.6 32.3 25.0 14.5 13.1 14.4 11.7

    New Hampshire ................................................... 742.8 739.8 741.2 736.6 51.5 38.7 46.5 34.9 6.9 5.2 6.3 4.7Manchester ....................................................... 108.1 107.9 108.1 108.4 7.6 5.5 6.9 4.9 7.1 5.1 6.4 4.5Portsmouth ....................................................... 44.2 44.0 44.9 45.0 2.7 2.1 2.4 1.9 6.1 4.9 5.5 4.2Rochester-Dover .............................................. 84.3 84.8 84.8 85.7 6.1 4.6 5.3 4.0 7.2 5.4 6.2 4.7

    New Jersey .. ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .. 4,519.9 4,492.8 4,512.7 4,475.0 458.0 430.6 423.8 407.4 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.1Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 135.6 134.1 135.5 133.3 18.4 18.1 16.7 16.6 13.5 13.5 12.3 12.5Ocean City ........................................................ 51.9 53.1 54.1 53.1 8.7 8.4 7.1 7.1 16.8 15.9 13.1 13.4Trenton-Ewing .................................................. 205.7 203.2 205.3 202.8 17.1 16.0 15.6 15.2 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.5Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .............................. 71.7 71.4 72.1 69.9 10.4 9.9 9.3 9.1 14.6 13.9 12.9 13.0

    New Mexico ......................................................... 946.0 939.0 953.7 941.9 79.6 69.5 77.0 65.1 8.4 7.4 8.1 6.9Albuquerque ..................................................... 405.3 400.8 409.7 401.7 34.7 30.9 33.9 29.0 8.6 7.7 8.3 7.2Farmington ....................................................... 56.4 55.8 57.1 56.5 5.6 4.4 5.4 4.1 9.8 7.9 9.4 7.2Las Cruces ....................................................... 93.2 93.0 93.8 92.9 7.7 7.0 7.3 6.6 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.1Santa Fe ........................................................... 76.4 76.6 76.7 77.1 5.5 4.7 5.2 4.3 7.2 6.2 6.8 5.6

    New York . .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .. 9,641.0 9,522.5 9,640.1 9,488.0 877.5 761.3 816.8 726.8 9.1 8.0 8.5 7.7Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 449.4 440.0 449.9 436.5 34.7 31.8 31.8 29.6 7.7 7.2 7.1 6.8Binghamton ...................................................... 121.7 119.7 121.9 120.8 11.5 10.1 10.3 9.4 9.5 8.4 8.5 7.8Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................ 577.6 568.9 577.3 567.3 52.9 46.3 48.1 42.9 9.2 8.1 8.3 7.6Elmira ............................................................... 40.6 40.1 40.6 40.1 3.8 3.2 3.5 3.0 9.3 8.0 8.5 7.4Glens Falls ........................................................ 66.3 66.0 67.2 64.2 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.3 9.9 8.9 8.4 8.2Ithaca ................................................................ 57.9 57.3 57.4 57.6 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.1 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.3Kingston ............................................................ 88.8 87.2 89.4 86.9 7.6 7.1 6.9 6.7 8.6 8.1 7.8 7.7

    New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ... 9,504.9 9,417.8 9,492.2 9,376.5 893.8 788.3 838.2 759.1 9.4 8.4 8.8 8.1New York City .. .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... . 4 ,034.6 3,986.2 4,023.4 3,965.2 402.2 334.4 382.1 329.5 10.0 8.4 9.5 8.3Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .............. 320.2 315.1 321.5 315.7 27.0 24.3 25.5 23.2 8.4 7.7 7.9 7.4Rochester ......................................................... 526.3 521.9 526.0 525.9 45.6 40.2 42.1 37.8 8.7 7.7 8.0 7.2Syracuse ........................................................... 324.8 321.6 325.3 322.0 29.7 26.6 26.9 24.6 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.6Utica-Rome ....................................................... 139.8 137.2 140.1 136.9 12.2 11.8 10.8 10.8 8.7 8.6 7.7 7.9

    North Carolina .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... . 4,547.6 4,474.0 4,557.3 4,470.8 522.9 434.5 490.1 424.5 11.5 9.7 10.8 9.5Asheville ........................................................... 208.5 205.0 209.6 205.8 20.2 16.7 18.7 15.9 9.7 8.2 8.9 7.7Burlington ......................................................... 70.6 69.1 70.5 69.1 8.9 6.9 8.3 6.7 12.5 9.9 11.8 9.8Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill ............................ 872.0 851.2 870.7 852.9 108.5 89.3 103.0 87.8 12.4 10.5 11.8 10.3Durham-Chapel Hill 264 0 261 9 265 8 261 9 21 8 18 7 20 8 18 4 8 3 7 1 7 8 7 0

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    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    North Dakota ....................................................... 365.9 368.5 369.4 371.1 18.3 15.5 15.0 11.8 5.0 4.2 4.1 3.2Bismarck ........................................................... 61.5 60.9 62.1 61.3 3.2 2.5 2.4 1.8 5.2 4.2 3.9 2.9Fargo ................................................................ 119.9 118.4 120.7 118.2 6.1 5.3 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 3.7Grand Forks ...................................................... 55.0 54.6 54.9 54.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.3 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.3

    Ohio . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 ,868.7 5 ,841.2 5,889.8 5 ,841.6 645.9 526.7 605.9 492.7 11.0 9 .0 10.3 8 .4Akron ................................................................ 382.9 380.8 382.2 381.1 41.9 34.0 39.6 31.3 10.9 8.9 10.4 8.2Canton-Massillon .............................................. 203.4 200.8 203.3 199.3 26.1 20.1 24.1 18.5 12.8 10.0 11.9 9.3Cincinnat i-Middletown ... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... . 1,113.7 1,113.2 1,120.4 1,117.4 115.8 99.3 111.5 94.3 10.4 8.9 9.9 8.4Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ................................... 1,062.2 1,072.5 1,070.1 1,078.4 100.8 88.5 94.6 82.0 9.5 8.3 8.8 7.6Columbus ......................................................... 959.1 959.5 963.4 959.1 89.4 73.1 86.8 70.2 9.3 7.6 9.0 7.3Dayton .............................................................. 418.5 411.1 419.1 410.8 48.9 38.6 46.8 37.0 11.7 9.4 11.2 9.0Lima .................................................................. 51.1 50.9 51.1 50.8 5.9 4.9 5.6 4.6 11.6 9.6 11.0 9.2Mansfield .......................................................... 59.6 58.5 60.0 58.3 7.8 6.4 7.3 6.1 13.1 11.0 12.2 10.4Sandusky .......................................................... 40.4 41.8 40.8 43.6 5.1 4.0 4.5 3.5 12.5 9.6 11.0 8.0Springfield ......................................................... 69.7 70.1 69.9 70.4 7.9 6.4 7.5 6.0 11.3 9.1 10.7 8.5Steubenville-Weirton ........................................ 57.0 56.0 57.1 56.0 8.0 6.9 7.4 6.3 14.0 12.3 13.0 11.3Toledo ............................................................... 326.4 326.4 327.8 325.6 40.7 32.9 38.2 30.5 12.5 10.1 11.7 9.4Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 272.6 270.1 273.0 268.6 36.4 26.7 31.9 24.5 13.4 9.9 11.7 9.1

    Oklahoma ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .. 1,750.8 1,726.6 1,759.2 1,737.2 129.4 99.5 118.3 85.8 7.4 5.8 6.7 4.9Lawton .............................................................. 48.4 47.4 48.7 48.0 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.4 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.0Oklahoma City .................................................. 566.4 562.2 569.4 562.5 38.6 29.2 36.1 25.5 6.8 5.2 6.3 4.5Tulsa ................................................................. 439.1 430.3 440.7 432.0 36.6 28.4 33.3 24.3 8.3 6.6 7.6 5.6

    Oregon . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ,978.9 1,989.7 1,983.4 1 ,984.3 238.3 207.2 218.7 188.0 12.0 10.4 11.0 9 .5Bend ................................................................. 80.4 79.6 80.8 78.7 13.1 11.3 11.7 9.7 16.3 14.1 14.5 12.4Corvallis ............................................................ 44.5 45.2 44.4 45.0 3.7 3.1 3.4 2.9 8.3 6.9 7.6 6.3Eugene-Springfield ........................................... 184.4 183.1 184.5 182.6 22.8 19.0 21.0 17.2 12.4 10.4 11.4 9.4Medford ............................................................ 102.2 103.2 102.5 102.0 14.4 13.3 13.4 12.0 14.1 12.8 13.1 11.7Port land-Vancouver-Hillsboro .. .... ... .... ... .... ... ... . 1,191.7 1,197.2 1,194.0 1,190.4 140.0 118.6 129.3 105.1 11.7 9.9 10.8 8.8Salem ............................................................... 197.8 198.3 198.2 197.3 23.7 21.4 22.0 19.4 12.0 10.8 11.1 9.8

    Pennsylvania .. .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .. 6,314.4 6,300.5 6,326.0 6,269.1 590.6 502.8 539.3 448.2 9.4 8.0 8.5 7.1Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 419.7 414.9 418.4 416.7 42.4 36.8 38.7 33.2 10.1 8.9 9.3 8.0Altoona ............................................................. 63.7 63.5 64.0 63.3 5.5 4.5 4.8 3.9 8.6 7.1 7.6 6.1Erie ................................................................... 137.4 137.7 137.3 137.5 14.6 11.7 13.0 10.3 10.6 8.5 9.5 7.5Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 280.1 277.9 282.2 276.6 23.3 20.1 21.5 18.0 8.3 7.2 7.6 6.5Johnstown ........................................................ 68.3 68.7 68.2 68.4 6.9 5.9 6.1 5.2 10.2 8.6 9.0 7.6Lancaster .......................................................... 266.6 266.3 269.5 263.6 22.1 18.1 20.0 16.1 8.3 6.8 7.4 6.1

    Lebanon ............................................................ 72.3 73.1 72.8 72.6 5.7 4.8 5.2 4.2 7.9 6.5 7.1 5.8Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 2 ,950.3 2,934.2 2,955.4 2,922.4 277.3 250.8 262.2 233.0 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.0Pittsburgh . ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .. 1,201.7 1,202.9 1,202.2 1,199.0 106.7 89.6 95.0 78.4 8.9 7.4 7.9 6.5Reading ............................................................ 203.3 202.5 203.3 202.1 20.4 16.8 18.6 15.1 10.0 8.3 9.1 7.5ScrantonWilkes-Barre ................................... 278.9 278.8 277.6 277.5 29.1 26.0 26.6 23.1 10.4 9.3 9.6 8.3State College .................................................... 75.9 75.9 76.6 75.6 5.1 4.2 4.6 3.8 6.7 5.6 6.0 5.0Williamsport ...................................................... 59.8 59.6 59.9 58.8 6.1 4.8 5.3 4.2 10.1 8.1 8.8 7.1York-Hanover ................................................... 222.8 221.7 223.3 221.2 21.3 17.1 19.4 15.4 9.6 7.7 8.7 7.0

    Rhode Island ....................................................... 571.2 566.5 574.1 566.6 71.1 64.9 67.3 60.9 12.4 11.5 11.7 10.8Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................ 711.4 707.8 711.5 705.0 91.1 84.3 83.9 77.0 12.8 11.9 11.8 10.9

    South Carolina ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... . 2,158.6 2,138.3 2,170.3 2,152.2 247.3 205.9 231.7 206.8 11.5 9.6 10.7 9.6Anderson .......................................................... 85.3 85.6 85.2 86.2 10.2 7.7 9.3 7.8 11.9 9.0 10.9 9.0Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ....... 320.0 320.0 321.7 322.0 30.1 25.4 28.0 25.7 9.4 7.9 8.7 8.0

    Columbia .......................................................... 372.7 366.8 372.2 366.6 34.6 29.3 31.8 29.7 9.3 8.0 8.5 8.1Florence ............................................................ 94.9 93.8 95.1 94.7 11.2 9.8 10.5 10.0 11.8 10.4 11.0 10.5Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................ 313.9 310.2 314.2 311.8 31.3 24.7 29.3 25.0 10.0 8.0 9.3 8.0Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ...... 128.0 128.9 132.8 134.7 16.9 14.5 15.0 13.8 13.2 11.3 11.3 10.2Spartanburg ...................................................... 135.2 134.2 134.8 134.5 16.0 12.7 15.0 12.9 11.8 9.5 11.1 9.6Sumter .............................................................. 45.3 45.4 45.7 45.4 5.4 4.6 5.1 4.8 12.0 10.2 11.2 10.5

    South Dakota ...................................................... 439.3 444.4 444.4 447.5 25.4 24.2 21.3 21.3 5.8 5.5 4.8 4.8Rapid City ......................................................... 65.4 65.5 66.2 65.9 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.3 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.0Sioux Falls ........................................................ 128.2 129.2 129.4 130.0 7.6 7.0 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.7

    Tennessee 3 039 7 3 092 5 3 052 2 3 113 6 322 1 293 7 298 1 298 7 10 6 9 5 9 8 9 6

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    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    TennesseeContinuedKingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 147.5 148.1 147.1 150.2 14.1 12.0 13.1 12.3 9.6 8.1 8.9 8.2Knoxville ........................................................... 359.4 370.7 364.4 375.2 31.5 27.8 29.8 29.8 8.8 7.5 8.2 7.9Memphis ........................................................... 608.9 612.0 610.0 619.4 63.3 60.7 60.4 62.4 10.4 9.9 9.9 10.1Morristown ........................................................ 63.9 64.2 64.3 64.5 8.4 7.1 7.6 7.5 13.2 11.1 11.9 11.6Nashville-DavidsonMurfreesboroFranklin 805.4 827.1 811.3 831.8 75.0 68.8 71.0 72.1 9.3 8.3 8.8 8.7

    Texas . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 ,074.6 12,215.4 12,136.0 12,248.4 997.9 984.2 958.5 942.3 8 .3 8 .1 7.9 7 .7Abilene .............................................................. 83.3 81.3 83.9 81.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.1 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.2Amarillo ............................................................. 131.0 132.3 131.4 133.8 7.4 7.2 7.3 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos ...................... 907.4 913.1 912.2 918.6 65.2 62.5 62.9 59.8 7.2 6.8 6.9 6.5Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 186.7 191.8 186.1 190.9 20.2 20.9 19.2 20.2 10.8 10.9 10.3 10.6Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 157.4 157.7 157.0 159.4 17.2 18.9 16.5 18.3 10.9 12.0 10.5 11.5College Station-Bryan ....................................... 115.3 117.0 116.6 118.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7Corpus Christi ................................................... 212.9 217.1 213.6 215.6 16.6 17.2 16.3 16.4 7.8 7.9 7.6 7.6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .. ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... . 3,190.8 3,237.8 3,203.4 3,261.0 268.7 261.6 258.3 250.2 8.4 8.1 8.1 7.7El Paso ............................................................. 316.8 322.9 317.8 324.6 29.4 32.3 28.4 31.4 9.3 10.0 8.9 9.7Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ......................... 2 ,873.6 2,917.9 2,889.8 2,918.9 246.2 241.7 236.6 232.3 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.0Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................ 166.2 169.7 167.9 171.8 12.1 13.3 12.0 12.8 7.3 7.9 7.1 7.5Laredo .............................................................. 95.6 94.7 95.6 94.4 8.7 7.8 8.2 7.5 9.0 8.2 8.6 8.0Longview .......................................................... 110.9 112.9 111.7 111.7 8.3 7.7 8.0 7.3 7.5 6.9 7.2 6.6Lubbock ............................................................ 146.4 145.7 147.5 146.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.4 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 306.1 312.6 305.2 308.3 36.0 37.2 33.4 35.1 11.7 11.9 10.9 11.4Midland ............................................................. 76.0 78.4 77.0 78.6 4.2 3.6 4.1 3.4 5.6 4.6 5.3 4.4

    Odessa ............................................................. 71.7 74.1 72.5 73.6 5.9 4.7 5.8 4.5 8.3 6.3 7.9 6.1San Angelo ....................................................... 54.6 55.1 55.2 54.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 6.4 6.1 6.2 5.9San Antonio-New Braunfels ............................. 984.4 993.8 991.9 993.9 71.2 72.8 69.3 70.1 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.0Sherman-Denison ............................................. 57.1 57.9 58.0 58.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.6 8.6 8.4 8.1 8.0Texarkana ......................................................... 64.7 65.5 65.3 65.0 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1Tyler .................................................................. 100.6 101.6 101.7 101.9 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2Victoria .............................................................. 58.9 58.9 59.0 58.9 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.0 7.9 7.3 7.4 6.9Waco ................................................................ 114.6 116.5 115.4 115.8 8.4 8.7 8.0 8.3 7.4 7.4 7.0 7.1Wichita Falls ..................................................... 72.7 71.7 73.4 72.6 5.7 5.1 5.5 5.0 7.9 7.1 7.6 6.8

    Utah ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... .. 1,370.0 1,348.3 1,370.3 1,349.5 113.8 102.1 105.6 94.8 8.3 7.6 7.7 7.0Logan ................................................................ 67.9 68.0 68.0 69.1 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.0Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 263.4 260.3 264.5 259.9 21.8 19.7 20.2 18.3 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.1Provo-Orem ...................................................... 228.3 223.9 228.6 224.9 18.9 17.1 17.4 15.8 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.0St. George ........................................................ 59.3 57.6 59.6 57.8 6.6 5.6 6.0 5.1 11.1 9.7 10.1 8.8Salt Lake City ................................................... 612.7 601.6 609.9 599.3 48.2 43.7 45.6 41.2 7.9 7.3 7.5 6.9

    Vermont ............................................................... 360.4 363.0 359.9 358.7 26.9 21.8 24.9 21.1 7.5 6.0 6.9 5.9Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 114.5 115.5 115.9 115.8 7.0 5.6 6.2 5.2 6.1 4.9 5.4 4.5

    Virginia .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 4,189.6 4,192.9 4,193.0 4,189.3 310.8 264.8 281.2 243.2 7.4 6.3 6.7 5.8Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 81.9 79.9 81.8 80.7 7.7 5.7 6.5 5.2 9.3 7.1 7.9 6.4Charlottesville ................................................... 108.6 110.4 108.8 109.7 6.8 5.7 6.1 5.1 6.3 5.2 5.6 4.7Danville ............................................................. 52.3 52.6 51.8 52.8 6.4 5.1 6.1 5.0 12.2 9.7 11.7 9.5Harrisonburg ..................................................... 66.8 67.7 66.9 67.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 3.7 7.1 6.2 6.2 5.4Lynchburg ......................................................... 124.0 125.1 124.0 125.7 10.3 8.8 9.3 8.1 8.3 7.0 7.5 6.5Richmond ......................................................... 656.4 652.4 657.1 646.4 53.5 45.8 48.9 42.5 8.1 7.0 7.4 6.6Roanoke ........................................................... 158.6 155.7 158.2 156.4 12.5 10.6 11.3 9.8 7.9 6.8 7.2 6.2Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 824.6 818.1 826.3 820.2 63.4 57.4 58.9 53.3 7.7 7.0 7.1 6.5Winchester ........................................................ 65.1 65.5 65.5 66.7 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.1 8.2 6.9 7.3 6.2

    Washington .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .. 3,538.9 3,496.7 3,541.3 3,452.6 373.3 343.3 337.6 307.7 10.5 9.8 9.5 8.9Bellingham ........................................................ 107.1 105.7 107.6 103.8 10.6 9.8 9.5 8.7 9.9 9.3 8.8 8.4Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 125.7 124.1 125.9 123.0 11.0 10.4 10.0 9.5 8.8 8.4 7.9 7.7Kennewick-Pasco-Richland .............................. 130.7 133.2 132.7 133.0 11.3 10.7 9.8 9.8 8.7 8.1 7.4 7.3Longview .......................................................... 45.4 43.8 45.2 43.2 6.5 5.6 5.9 5.1 14.2 12.8 13.2 11.9Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 59.1 57.9 59.2 57.4 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 11.7 11.2 10.5 10.2Olympia ............................................................ 132.4 131.1 132.5 130.0 12.2 11.4 11.1 10.6 9.2 8.7 8.4 8.1Seatt le-Tacoma-Bellevue . .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... . 1,901.7 1,879.9 1,901.3 1,852.0 185.8 173.8 170.4 159.2 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.6Spokane ........................................................... 240.3 237.7 239.6 236.7 26.5 24.5 23.1 21.5 11.0 10.3 9.7 9.1Wenatchee-East Wenatchee ............................ 60.6 61.1 60.2 59.5 6.2 5.7 5.5 5.3 10.2 9.4 9.1 8.8Yakima .............................................................. 122.4 120.8 122.4 120.3 13.9 13.0 12.4 12.4 11.4 10.7 10.1 10.3

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    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and area

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    Wisconsin ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. 3,071.0 3,050.9 3,056.0 3,044.8 311.3 247.4 266.2 225.8 10.1 8.1 8.7 7.4Appleton ........................................................... 124.0 123.4 123.7 122.2 11.7 9.0 10.0 8.2 9.5 7.3 8.1 6.7Eau Claire ......................................................... 90.8 90.3 90.7 92.2 8.0 6.7 6.7 6.1 8.8 7.4 7.4 6.6Fond du Lac ...................................................... 55.6 55.3 55.7 54.7 5.7 4.3 4.8 3.8 10.3 7.7 8.5 6.9Green Bay ........................................................ 173.8 171.9 172.9 170.4 16.1 13.1 13.9 12.0 9.3 7.6 8.1 7.0Janesville .......................................................... 81.4 79.2 80.7 79.2 10.7 8.0 9.3 7.3 13.1 10.2 11.5 9.2La Crosse ......................................................... 77.5 76.1 77.6 76.0 6.2 5.0 4.9 4.5 8.0 6.6 6.4 5.9Madison ............................................................ 344.7 342.0 343.5 342.5 24.7 19.5 20.8 17.8 7.2 5.7 6.0 5.2Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 793.1 803.0 787.7 800.7 80.6 64.9 71.3 60.9 10.2 8.1 9.1 7.6Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 95.1 94.7 94.9 93.5 8.2 6.5 7.2 6.1 8.6 6.9 7.6 6.5Racine .............................................................. 98.5 97.5 97.3 97.1 11.7 9.4 10.2 8.6 11.9 9.6 10.5 8.9Sheboygan ....................................................... 63.0 62.8 62.8 62.7 6.7 5.1 5.8 4.7 10.6 8.2 9.2 7.5Wausau ............................................................ 74.5 72.7 73.8 72.2 8.1 5.9 7.0 5.5 10.9 8.2 9.5 7.6

    Wyoming ............................................................. 294.3 291.7 293.9 290.4 23.7 19.5 21.8 17.9 8.0 6.7 7.4 6.2Casper .............................................................. 41.1 40.8 41.0 40.5 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.4 7.9 6.7 7.2 5.9Cheyenne ......................................................... 43.6 43.7 43.2 43.2 3.7 3.2 3.3 2.8 8.5 7.3 7.5 6.5

    Puerto Rico .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .. 1 ,301.3 1,270.8 1,310.1 1,266.1 207.4 213.6 221.2 205.3 15.9 16.8 16.9 16.2Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ..................... 108.3 108.3 110.4 107.9 18.4 19.1 19.5 18.3 17.0 17.7 17.7 17.0Fajardo ............................................................. 26.8 25.1 26.9 24.8 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.9 18.4 20.9 19.2 19.9Guayama .......................................................... 26.6 26.1 27.2 26.1 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.8 22.6 23.0 23.2 22.0Mayaguez ......................................................... 35.4 34.6 35.6 34.5 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.0 16.8 18.2 18.2 17.4Ponce ............................................................... 89.3 87.3 88.9 87.5 14.2 14.7 15.0 14.1 15.9 16.8 16.8 16.1

    San German-Cabo Rojo ................................... 49.7 51.2 50.7 50.7 7.8 8.1 8.3 7.9 15.8 15.9 16.4 15.6San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ........................... 870.4 843.6 872.4 841.6 131.3 134.9 140.3 129.5 15.1 16.0 16.1 15.4Yauco ............................................................... 36.9 36.3 38.1 36.4 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.0 19.6 20.2 20.0 19.3

    1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.p = preliminary.NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a

    monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Areadefinitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS Web site atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are

    Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in otherstates are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. Theyare listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-RockIsland, Iowa-Ill., is the exception in that it is listed under Illinois for operationalreasons. Data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs andadjustment to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject torevision the following month.

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    Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division 1

    (Numbers in thousands)

    State, area, and division

    Civilian labor forceUnemployed

    Number Percent of labor force

    March April March AprilMarch April

    2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

    California .............................................................. 18,222.3 18,022.3 18,183.5 18,030.4 2,334.5 2,219.8 2,211.7 2,104.5 12.8 12.3 12.2 11.7Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ... ... ... .... ... ... 6,467.3 6,421.7 6,456.2 6,469.4 762.9 730.4 736.4 711.0 11.8 11.4 11.4 11.0

    Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ... ... ... .... ... ... 4,880.1 4,850.8 4,872.4 4,898.5 605.7 588.0 587.6 575.7 12.4 12.1 12.1 11.8Santa Ana-Anaheim-I rvine .. ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... 1,587.3 1,570.9 1,583.8 1,570.9 157.3 142.3 148.8 135.3 9.9 9.1 9.4 8.6

    San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont .. ... ... .... ... .... ... ... 2,250.0 2,215.0 2,241.6 2,201.6 240.6 221.7 229.8 208.7 10.7 10.0 10.3 9.5Oakland-Fremont-Hayward . ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... 1,287.3 1,260.3 1,279.4 1,254.5 148.5 138.4 143.1 130.4 11.5 11.0 11.2 10.4San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 962.7 954.7 962.2 947.0 92.1 83.3 86.8 78.2 9.6 8.7 9.0 8.3

    District of Columbia .......................................... 334.1 333.2 335.1 331.9 33.9 33.2 31.3 31.2 10.1 10.0 9.3 9.4Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2 ...................... 3,055.6 3,074.1 3,056.7 3,058.5 201.0 177.7 182.1 164.6 6.6 5.8 6.0 5.4Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick3 ......................... 631.8 640.3 632.4 634.7 38.0 33.5 35.1 31.7 6.0 5.2 5.6 5.0Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2 ................... 2,423.8 2,433.8 2,424.3 2,423.8 162.9 144.2 146.9 132.9 6.7 5.9 6.1 5.5

    Florida . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 9 ,166.0 9,208.6 9 ,196.2 9,197.5 1 ,032.9 980.3 1 ,002.6 956.0 11.3 10.6 10.9 10.4Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach . .... ... .... .. 2,839.1 2,882.1 2,860.2 2,899.4 313.4 315.0 310.0 322.2 11.0 10.9 10.8 11.1

    Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-DeerfieldBeach ............................................................. 979.2 983.0 979.6 982.3 96.2 91.5 93.5 87.5 9.8 9.3 9.5 8.9

    Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... 1,243.0 1,277.6 1,263.6 1,302.2 147.6 157.2 148.6 171.8 11.9 12.3 11.8 13.2West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 616.9 621.4 616.9 615.0 69.5 66.3 68.0 62.9 11.3 10.7 11.0 10.2

    Illinois . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 6,625.7 6,571.6 6 ,638.7 6,570.2 757.0 598.6 700.5 567.8 11.4 9.1 10.6 8 .6Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 2 ................................... 4,863.8 4,812.5 4,876.5 4,806.6 547.0 429.0 519.9 418.8 11.2 8.9 10.7 8.7

    Chicago-Joliet-Naperville . ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... 4 ,096.8 4,054.1 4,107.0 4,044.1 454.3 354.3 437.5 352.9 11.1 8.7 10.7 8.7

    Gary3

    ................................................................ 322.3 318.4 324.1 317.1 37.5 29.3 34.3 26.5 11.6 9.2 10.6 8.4Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 444.7 440.0 445.4 445.5 55.2 45.4 48.1 39.5 12.4 10.3 10.8 8.9

    Massachusetts ................................................... 3,476.2 3,486.5 3,479.9 3,475.6 317.2 286.7 291.6 256.6 9.1 8.2 8.4 7.4Boston-Cambridge-Quincy2 ................................ 2,540.3 2,544.1 2,545.1 2,538.3 206.0 179.5 194.8 165.3 8.1 7.1 7.7 6.5

    Boston-Cambridge-Quincy .. ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... 1,537.7 1,538.3 1,541.4 1,536.9 116.7 101.8 112.5 95.5 7.6 6.6 7.3 6.2Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 128.7 129.4 128.4 129.2 13.3 12.3 12.3 11.0 10.3 9.5 9.6 8.5Framingham ...................................................... 148.5 147.9 148.7 146.9 10.5 8.9 9.9 8.1 7.1 6.0 6.6 5.5Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 124.0 125.0 124.6 125.1 10.7 9.1 9.8 8.0 8.7 7.3 7.9 6.4Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 72.6 74.6 72.5 73.9 9.4 9.2 8.6 8.2 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.1Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 156.1 155.6 155.9 155.0 14.6 12.7 13.5 11.7 9.4 8.2 8.7 7.6Nashua 2 ........................................................... 178.5 178.8 179.1 178.5 12.8 9.8 11.4 8.6 7.2 5.5 6.4 4.8Peabody ............................................................ 129.9 129.9 130.8 128.8 11.4 9.9 10.8 9.1 8.8 7.7 8.3 7.1Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 64.1 64.6 63.6 64.1 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.1 10.1 8.9 9.1 7.9

    Michigan . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,800.2 4,727.4 4 ,770.4 4,663.7 683.1 522.0 613.1 468.8 14.2 11.0 12.9 10.1Detro it -Warren-Livonia . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 ,080.4 2,027.9 2 ,066.7 1,989.1 315.1 238.8 288.5 221.3 15.1 11.8 14.0 11.1Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 856.0 831.5 850.5 816.6 137.3 105.5 126.3 98.3 16.0 12.7 14.8 12.0Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills .... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... 1,224.4 1,196.4 1,216.1 1,172.5 177.8 133.3 162.2 123.0 14.5 11.1 13.3 10.5

    New York ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... . 9,641.0 9,522.5 9,640.1 9,488.0 877.5 761.3 816.8 726.8 9.1 8.0 8.5 7.7New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,504.9 9,417.8 9,492.2 9,376.5 893.8 788.3 838.2 759.1 9.4 8.4 8.8 8.1

    Edison-New Brunswick 3 ................................... 1,202.3 1,195.0 1,199.7 1,191.8 114.1 105.7 104.9 100.3 9.5 8.8 8.7 8.4Nassau-Suf folk .. ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... 1,464.1 1,452.3 1,470.7 1,447.9 113.5 103.0 104.5 95.8 7.8 7.1 7.1 6.6New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ....................... 5,744.8 5,683.1 5,731.8 5,655.4 557.4 476.6 527.6 465.3 9.7 8.4 9.2 8.2Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,093.6 1,087.3 1,090.0 1,081.4 108.7 103.0 101.2 97.7 9.9 9.5 9.3 9.0

    Pennsylvania ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... 6,314.4 6,300.5 6,326.0 6,269.1 590.6 502.8 539.3 448.2 9.4 8.0 8.5 7.1Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2 ..................... 2,950.3 2,934.2 2,955.4 2,922.4 277.3 250.8 262.2 233.0 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.0

    Camden 3 .......................................................... 668.5 661.8 670.2 660.4 69.8 65.8 65.0 62.4 10.4 9.9 9.7 9.4

    Philadelphia ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... . 1,934.5 1,928.9 1,939.3 1,920.5 175.1 155.5 166.7 142.1 9.1 8.1 8.6 7.4Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 347.3 343.4 345.9 341.5 32.3 29.5 30.6 28.5 9.3 8.6 8.8 8.3

    Texas . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 12,074.6 12,215.4 12,136.0 12,248.4 997.9 984.2 958.5 942.3 8 .3 8.1 7 .9 7 .7Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... 3 ,190.8 3,237.8 3,203.4 3,261.0 268.7 261.6 258.3 250.2 8.4 8.1 8.1 7.7

    Dallas-Plano-Irving ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... 2,128.2 2,162.5 2,137.1 2,180.4 179.6 175.5 172.9 167.9 8.4 8.1 8.1 7.7Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,062.6 1,075.2 1,066.3 1,080.6 89.2 86.2 85.4 82.2 8.4 8.0 8.0 7.6

    Washington .. ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... 3,538.9 3,496.7 3,541.3 3,452.6 373.3 343.3 337.6 307.7 10.5 9.8 9.5 8.9Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... 1,901.7 1,879.9 1,901.3 1,852.0 185.8 173.8 170.4 159.2 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.6

    Seat tle-Bellevue-Everett 1 501 9 1 485 2 1 502 0 1 459 8 141 0 132 7 130 2 120 7 9 4 8 9 8 7 8 3

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    Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

    (Numbers in thousands)

    State and areaMarch April

    Change from April 2010 toApril 2011 p

    2010 2011 2010 2011p Number Percent

    Alabama ................................................................................. 1,860.7 1,867.6 1,871.6 1,878.3 6.7 0.4Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 48.9 49.1 48.8 49.2 .4 .8Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 52.0 53.2 52.2 53.7 1.5 2.9Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 487.2 486.5 490.1 487.0 -3.1 -.6Decatur ............................................................................... 52.8 53.7 53.7 53.2 -.5 -.9Dothan ................................................................................ 57.3 56.5 57.6 56.1 -1.5 -2.6Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 54.4 55.6 54.4 56.1 1.7 3.1Gadsden ............................................................................. 35.3 35.2 35.8 35.4 -.4 -1.1Huntsville ............................................................................ 207.6 207.4 207.7 207.7 .0 .0Mobile ................................................................................. 172.4 174.1 173.0 175.4 2.4 1.4Montgomery ........................................................................ 168.6 166.0 169.3 167.4 -1.9 -1.1Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 93.2 94.5 93.8 94.6 .8 .9

    Alaska .................................................................................... 309.5 317.4 314.8 322.0 7.2 2.3Anchorage .......................................................................... 166.0 168.0 168.4 171.2 2.8 1.7Fairbanks ............................................................................ 36.9 37.6 38.2 38.5 .3 .8

    Arizona .................................................................................. 2,392.9 2,397.3 2,403.7 2,414.5 10.8 .4Flagstaff .............................................................................. 59.2 62.5 61.2 64.4 3.2 5.2Lake Havasu City-Kingman ................................................ 46.5 46.1 46.3 46.3 .0 .0Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale ..................................................... 1,696.9 1,704.3 1,703.8 1,714.8 11.0 .6Prescott .............................................................................. 54.9 54.5 55.1 55.2 .1 .2Tucson ................................................................................ 356.3 355.2 358.3 359.4 1.1 .3Yuma .................................................................................. 51.6 50.2 50.1 49.7 -.4 -.8

    Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,154.0 1,173.4 1,163.7 1,179.8 16.1 1.4Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 198.6 202.9 200.2 204.0 3.8 1.9Fort Smith ........................................................................... 117.1 117.4 117.1 117.7 .6 .5

    Hot Springs ......................................................................... 37.4 38.2 37.9 39.5 1.6 4.2Jonesboro ........................................................................... 48.5 48.9 49.3 49.1 -.2 -.4Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ................................. 334.8 339.8 336.3 342.0 5.7 1.7Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 37.5 36.3 37.7 36.5 -1.2 -3.2

    California .. .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... . 13,808.0 14,012.7 13,901.4 14,049.5 148.1 1.1Bakersfield-Delano ............................................................. 224.4 225.1 228.0 226.8 -1.2 -.5Chico .................................................................................. 69.5 69.7 70.4 71.5 1.1 1.6El Centro ............................................................................. 45.4 45.1 44.7 44.9 .2 .4Fresno ................................................................................ 278.9 280.5 280.8 280.9 .1 .0Hanford-Corcoran ............................................................... 35.1 35.1 35.6 35.5 -.1 -.3Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,098.9 5,147.5 5,136.5 5,172.7 36.2 .7Madera-Chowchilla ............................................................. 31.7 32.3 32.1 32.1 .0 .0Merced ................................................................................ 54.7 55.1 55.4 56.1 .7 1.3