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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, September 21, 2012 USDL-12-1890 Technical information: Employment: (202) 691-6559 [email protected] www.bls.gov/sae Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 [email protected] www.bls.gov/lau Media contact: (202) 691-5902 [email protected] REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AUGUST 2012 Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-six states recorded unemployment rate increases, 12 states and the District of Columbia posted rate decreases, and 12 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, seven states experienced increases, and one had no change. The national jobless rate edged down to 8.1 percent from July and was 1.0 percentage point lower than in August 2011. In August 2012, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 28 states, decreased in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in Colorado. The largest over-the-month increase in employment occurred in Texas (+38,000), followed by Florida (+23,200) and Missouri (+17,900). The largest over-the-month decreases in employment occurred in Virginia (-12,400), the District of Columbia (-11,200), and Washington (-8,800). Hawaii, Missouri, and Oklahoma experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increases in employment (+0.7 percent each). The District of Columbia experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment (-1.5 percent), followed by Vermont (-0.8 percent) and New Mexico (-0.7 percent). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 42 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 8 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+6.7 percent), followed by Oklahoma (+2.9 percent) and Texas (+2.5 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in New Mexico (-1.7 percent), followed by West Virginia (-0.7 percent) and Rhode Island (-0.6 percent). Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) The West continued to record the highest regional unemployment rate in August, 9.4 percent, while the Midwest again reported the lowest rate, 7.5 percent. Over the month, the Northeast experienced the only statistically significant unemployment rate change (+0.2 percentage point). Significant over-the-year rate changes were registered in the Midwest and West (-1.0 percentage point each) and South (-0.9 point). (See table 1.) Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific continued to report the highest jobless rate, 10.0 percent in August. The West North Central again registered the lowest rate, 5.9 percent. New England was the only division to experience a statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate change

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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, September 21, 2012 USDL-12-1890 Technical information:

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

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

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — AUGUST 2012 Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-six states recorded unemployment rate increases, 12 states and the District of Columbia posted rate decreases, and 12 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, seven states experienced increases, and one had no change. The national jobless rate edged down to 8.1 percent from July and was 1.0 percentage point lower than in August 2011. In August 2012, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 28 states, decreased in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in Colorado. The largest over-the-month increase in employment occurred in Texas (+38,000), followed by Florida (+23,200) and Missouri (+17,900). The largest over-the-month decreases in employment occurred in Virginia (-12,400), the District of Columbia (-11,200), and Washington (-8,800). Hawaii, Missouri, and Oklahoma experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increases in employment (+0.7 percent each). The District of Columbia experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment (-1.5 percent), followed by Vermont (-0.8 percent) and New Mexico (-0.7 percent). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 42 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 8 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+6.7 percent), followed by Oklahoma (+2.9 percent) and Texas (+2.5 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in New Mexico (-1.7 percent), followed by West Virginia (-0.7 percent) and Rhode Island (-0.6 percent). Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) The West continued to record the highest regional unemployment rate in August, 9.4 percent, while the Midwest again reported the lowest rate, 7.5 percent. Over the month, the Northeast experienced the only statistically significant unemployment rate change (+0.2 percentage point). Significant over-the-year rate changes were registered in the Midwest and West (-1.0 percentage point each) and South (-0.9 point). (See table 1.) Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific continued to report the highest jobless rate, 10.0 percent in August. The West North Central again registered the lowest rate, 5.9 percent. New England was the only division to experience a statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate change

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(+0.2 percentage point). Seven divisions had significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were decreases. The largest of these declines occurred in the East North Central and Pacific (-1.1 percentage points each). State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) Nevada continued to record the highest unemployment rate among the states, 12.1 percent in August. Rhode Island and California posted the next highest rates, 10.7 and 10.6 percent, respectively. North Dakota again registered the lowest jobless rate, 3.0 percent. In total, 21 states reported jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 8.1 percent, 12 states had measurably higher rates, and 17 states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) Nine states reported statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate changes in August, of which seven were increases and two were decreases. The significant increases occurred in Connecticut (+0.5 percentage point), Michigan (+0.4 point), New Hampshire and Vermont (+0.3 point each), and Iowa, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania (+0.2 point each). Hawaii and Utah registered the only significant declines over the month (-0.2 percentage point each). The remaining 41 states and the District of Columbia recorded jobless rates that were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia reported statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from August 2011, the largest of which occurred in Mississippi (-1.8 percentage points). New York experienced the only significant over-the-year increase in its unemployment rate (+0.8 percentage point). (See table B.) Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) In August 2012, 13 states and the District of Columbia recorded statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, 7 of which were increases. The largest statistically significant increases in employment occurred in Texas (+38,000), Florida (+23,200), and Missouri (+17,900). The largest statistically significant decline in employment occurred in Virginia (-12,400), followed by the District of Columbia (-11,200) and Washington (-8,800). (See tables C and 5.) Over the year, 27 states experienced statistically significant changes in employment, 26 of which were increases. The largest increase occurred in California (+298,700), followed by Texas (+259,500), New York (+121,900), and Ohio (+98,300). The decrease occurred in New Mexico (-13,300). (See table D and chart 2.) __________ The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for August is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

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Corrections to CES Data

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in tables C, D, 5, and 6, as well as chart 2. A complete listing of corrections in this news release and in the CES (state and area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

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State Rate p

United States 1 ………………………………………… 8.1

California ......................................................... 10.6Connecticut ..................................................... 9.0Delaware ......................................................... 6.9Florida ............................................................ 8.8Georgia ........................................................... 9.2Hawaii ............................................................. 6.1Illinois ............................................................. 9.1Iowa ................................................................ 5.5Kansas ........................................................... 6.2Maryland ......................................................... 7.1

Massachusetts ................................................ 6.3Michigan ......................................................... 9.4Minnesota ....................................................... 5.9Missouri .......................................................... 7.2Montana .......................................................... 6.3Nebraska ........................................................ 4.0Nevada ............................................................ 12.1New Hampshire ............................................... 5.7New Jersey ..................................................... 9.9New Mexico .................................................... 6.5

New York ........................................................ 9.1North Carolina .................................................. 9.7North Dakota ................................................... 3.0Ohio ............................................................... 7.2Oklahoma ....................................................... 5.1Rhode Island ................................................... 10.7South Carolina ................................................. 9.6South Dakota .................................................. 4.5Texas ............................................................. 7.1Utah ............................................................... 5.8

Vermont .......................................................... 5.3Virginia ........................................................... 5.9Wyoming ........................................................ 5.7

1 Data are not preliminary.p = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from thatof the U.S., August 2012, seasonally adjusted

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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from August 2011to August 2012, seasonally adjusted

August 2011 August 2012 p

California ................................... 11.9 10.6 -1.3District of Columbia .................... 10.5 8.8 -1.7Florida ....................................... 10.5 8.8 -1.7Hawaii ....................................... 6.8 6.1 -.7Idaho ......................................... 8.8 7.4 -1.4Illinois ........................................ 10.2 9.1 -1.1Kentucky ................................... 9.6 8.5 -1.1Massachusetts .......................... 7.4 6.3 -1.1Mississippi ................................ 10.9 9.1 -1.8Missouri .................................... 8.6 7.2 -1.4

Nevada ...................................... 13.8 12.1 -1.7New York ................................... 8.3 9.1 .8North Carolina ............................ 10.7 9.7 -1.0North Dakota .............................. 3.6 3.0 -.6Ohio .......................................... 8.8 7.2 -1.6Oklahoma .................................. 6.3 5.1 -1.2Texas ........................................ 8.1 7.1 -1.0Utah .......................................... 6.7 5.8 -.9

p = preliminary.

StateRate Over-the-year

change p

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Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from July 2012 toAugust 2012, seasonally adjusted

July August Over-the-month2012 2012 p change p

Connecticut ............................... 1,631,600 1,624,800 -6,800Delaware ................................... 417,100 415,100 -2,000District of Columbia .................... 738,600 727,400 -11,200Florida ....................................... 7,325,100 7,348,300 23,200Hawaii ....................................... 598,500 602,600 4,100Idaho ......................................... 612,700 616,600 3,900Missouri .................................... 2,639,800 2,657,700 17,900New Mexico ............................... 798,200 792,300 -5,900Oklahoma .................................. 1,588,000 1,598,400 10,400Oregon ...................................... 1,634,400 1,643,200 8,800

Texas ........................................ 10,807,600 10,845,600 38,000Vermont .................................... 305,600 303,200 -2,400Virginia ...................................... 3,723,800 3,711,400 -12,400Washington ............................... 2,880,200 2,871,400 -8,800

p = preliminary.

State

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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from August 2011 toAugust 2012, seasonally adjusted

August August Over-the-year

2011 2012 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,407,400 2,462,000 54,600California ................................... 14,047,600 14,346,300 298,700Colorado .................................... 2,260,000 2,293,300 33,300Florida ....................................... 7,270,500 7,348,300 77,800Georgia ..................................... 3,887,200 3,937,700 50,500Hawaii ....................................... 588,500 602,600 14,100Idaho ......................................... 606,800 616,600 9,800Illinois ........................................ 5,659,400 5,698,500 39,100Indiana ...................................... 2,827,600 2,892,300 64,700Kentucky ................................... 1,792,700 1,831,200 38,500

Louisiana ................................... 1,904,500 1,946,700 42,200Massachusetts .......................... 3,203,000 3,243,200 40,200Michigan .................................... 3,944,100 3,989,700 45,600Nebraska ................................... 943,100 954,900 11,800New Jersey ................................ 3,858,200 3,909,600 51,400New Mexico ............................... 805,600 792,300 -13,300New York ................................... 8,692,200 8,814,100 121,900North Dakota .............................. 395,800 422,500 26,700Ohio .......................................... 5,089,300 5,187,600 98,300Oklahoma .................................. 1,553,400 1,598,400 45,000

Oregon ...................................... 1,619,800 1,643,200 23,400Tennessee ................................. 2,658,500 2,683,100 24,600Texas ........................................ 10,586,100 10,845,600 259,500Utah .......................................... 1,214,600 1,236,600 22,000Virginia ...................................... 3,680,500 3,711,400 30,900Washington ............................... 2,828,100 2,871,400 43,300Wyoming ................................... 286,300 292,100 5,800

p = preliminary.

State

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Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment estimates by state and major industry sector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) pro-gram (tables 5 and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from 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 that is 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. Employed persons 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 they were 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 48 of the 50

states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of California and New York State are produced using estimating equations based on regression techniques. This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and the balance of New York State. Estimates for all nine census divisions and the five additional substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and Detroit-Warren-Livonia metropolitan areas and the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective

balances of state are based on a similar regression approach that does not incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the component divisions and then calculating the unemployment rate. Each month, census division esti-mates are controlled to national totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective division totals. Substate and balance-of-state estimates for the five areas noted above are controlled to their respective state totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data

for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical data for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting in estimates that are less volatile than those previously produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson Trend Filter (H13). The H13 uses a filtering procedure, based on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same process is used on both historical and current year estimates. For more information about the smoothing tech-nique, see the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm.

Area definitions. The 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. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Employment—from 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

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reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to 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-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted super-sector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each individual state. BLS independently develops a national employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions users that such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The 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 variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling 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 specific 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 un-rounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables.

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among these were the development of model-based error measures for the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-the-month changes. The introductory section of this release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes statistical significance into consideration.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-

based error measures for seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data and for over-the-month and over-the-year changes are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average magnitude of the current year over-the-month change in a state unemployment rate that is required for statistical significance at the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 percentage point; the average amount of the current over-the-year change in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. More details can be found on the Web site. 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 total nonfarm and supersector levels are available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in CES employment levels are statistically significant. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Additional information

More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings Online.

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES program, for 380 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment for approximately 7,300 subnational areas are available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available on the Internet 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 DATA

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region anddivision

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012

Northeast ........................... 28,136.6 28,382.8 28,376.6 28,322.5 2,330.3 2,312.0 2,379.1 2,427.6 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.6

New England .................... 7,723.6 7,740.5 7,718.2 7,699.5 599.9 528.8 547.1 565.1 7.8 6.8 7.1 7.3 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,413.0 20,642.3 20,658.3 20,622.9 1,730.4 1,783.2 1,832.0 1,862.5 8.5 8.6 8.9 9.0

South ................................. 56,124.6 56,409.0 56,388.2 56,334.0 5,004.2 4,376.3 4,480.9 4,493.8 8.9 7.8 7.9 8.0

South Atlantic ................... 29,748.8 29,843.2 29,818.1 29,777.9 2,795.1 2,445.2 2,496.8 2,504.7 9.4 8.2 8.4 8.4 East South Central ........... 8,726.5 8,668.1 8,665.0 8,668.6 832.3 707.6 734.8 744.4 9.5 8.2 8.5 8.6 West South Central .......... 17,649.3 17,897.8 17,905.1 17,887.5 1,376.8 1,223.5 1,249.2 1,244.8 7.8 6.8 7.0 7.0

Midwest ............................. 34,291.4 34,276.3 34,186.4 34,091.7 2,925.6 2,487.5 2,547.7 2,572.8 8.5 7.3 7.5 7.5

East North Central ............ 23,277.9 23,291.5 23,228.7 23,166.6 2,193.0 1,862.0 1,907.8 1,932.1 9.4 8.0 8.2 8.3 West North Central ........... 11,013.5 10,984.8 10,957.7 10,925.0 732.6 625.4 640.0 640.7 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.9

West ................................... 35,835.6 35,994.2 35,887.6 35,780.2 3,739.9 3,386.5 3,389.0 3,356.2 10.4 9.4 9.4 9.4

Mountain ........................... 10,962.4 11,003.1 10,975.0 10,955.3 981.7 880.9 888.9 881.9 9.0 8.0 8.1 8.0 Pacific ............................... 24,873.2 24,991.2 24,912.6 24,825.0 2,758.2 2,505.7 2,500.1 2,474.3 11.1 10.0 10.0 10.0

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the censusdivision model-based estimates. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including theDistrict of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: NewEngland: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, RhodeIsland, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, andPennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and WestVirginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and

Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, andTexas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, andWisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona,Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the followingcalendar year.

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region anddivision

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July AugustJuly August

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 20122011 2012 2011 2012

Northeast ........................... 28,491.1 28,811.2 28,423.3 28,553.5 2,409.4 2,495.5 2,319.6 2,394.0 8.5 8.7 8.2 8.4

New England .................... 7,832.3 7,827.6 7,823.9 7,796.2 620.9 586.3 592.9 566.5 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.3 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,658.8 20,983.6 20,599.4 20,757.3 1,788.6 1,909.2 1,726.7 1,827.5 8.7 9.1 8.4 8.8

South ................................. 56,528.9 56,995.1 56,322.4 56,509.1 5,211.4 4,734.8 5,098.9 4,468.8 9.2 8.3 9.1 7.9

South Atlantic ................... 29,991.4 30,180.7 29,897.1 29,911.6 2,896.2 2,620.1 2,863.6 2,511.7 9.7 8.7 9.6 8.4 East South Central ........... 8,797.3 8,752.9 8,744.6 8,697.5 865.1 784.2 834.8 731.9 9.8 9.0 9.5 8.4 West South Central .......... 17,740.2 18,061.5 17,680.7 17,900.0 1,450.1 1,330.5 1,400.5 1,225.2 8.2 7.4 7.9 6.8

Midwest ............................. 34,704.0 34,656.0 34,518.2 34,283.3 3,044.5 2,702.0 2,918.5 2,520.1 8.8 7.8 8.5 7.4

East North Central ............ 23,569.7 23,553.3 23,458.4 23,324.9 2,292.9 2,030.9 2,186.4 1,890.0 9.7 8.6 9.3 8.1 West North Central ........... 11,134.3 11,102.7 11,059.8 10,958.4 751.6 671.1 732.1 630.1 6.7 6.0 6.6 5.7

West ................................... 35,998.4 36,064.0 35,994.5 35,908.9 3,853.2 3,467.6 3,761.4 3,313.5 10.7 9.6 10.4 9.2

Mountain ........................... 11,024.3 11,028.6 11,017.8 11,017.4 1,012.8 915.3 991.2 868.3 9.2 8.3 9.0 7.9 Pacific ............................... 24,974.0 25,035.4 24,976.7 24,891.5 2,840.4 2,552.4 2,770.2 2,445.2 11.4 10.2 11.1 9.8

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the censusdivision model-based estimates.NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions

and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year aresubject to revision early in the following calendar year.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATASEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Alabama ................................................... 2,186.5 2,152.8 2,157.4 2,158.4 198.4 168.6 179.2 183.3 9.1 7.8 8.3 8.5Alaska ....................................................... 366.8 367.5 367.4 366.3 27.9 26.5 28.0 28.4 7.6 7.2 7.6 7.8Arizona ..................................................... 3,021.6 3,014.7 3,005.6 3,003.2 287.3 246.3 248.9 249.8 9.5 8.2 8.3 8.3Arkansas ................................................... 1,366.6 1,386.4 1,382.9 1,379.3 111.1 99.3 100.7 100.1 8.1 7.2 7.3 7.3California .................................................. 18,378.8 18,458.1 18,404.5 18,339.0 2,178.0 1,974.1 1,962.3 1,935.0 11.9 10.7 10.7 10.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,916.6 4,869.1 4,840.5 4,813.8 614.2 544.9 540.8 530.8 12.5 11.2 11.2 11.0Colorado ................................................... 2,719.2 2,741.3 2,733.1 2,721.8 225.2 224.8 227.3 224.4 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.2Connecticut ............................................... 1,915.0 1,918.8 1,912.3 1,902.9 168.5 154.7 163.4 171.0 8.8 8.1 8.5 9.0Delaware .................................................. 439.0 441.0 439.8 438.0 32.7 29.5 30.0 30.2 7.4 6.7 6.8 6.9District of Columbia .................................. 342.3 354.1 353.8 354.1 35.8 32.2 31.7 31.2 10.5 9.1 8.9 8.8Florida ....................................................... 9,251.9 9,269.9 9,271.2 9,261.2 974.9 797.1 818.3 817.6 10.5 8.6 8.8 8.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,261.2 1,305.3 1,298.0 1,287.8 136.0 123.7 123.1 118.0 10.8 9.5 9.5 9.2

Georgia ..................................................... 4,726.6 4,757.4 4,761.6 4,760.8 469.7 429.5 438.1 439.7 9.9 9.0 9.2 9.2Hawaii ....................................................... 659.8 649.3 644.1 640.3 45.1 41.5 40.8 38.9 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1Idaho ......................................................... 770.5 781.9 779.1 776.5 68.1 59.9 58.6 57.1 8.8 7.7 7.5 7.4Illinois ........................................................ 6,572.3 6,583.1 6,574.7 6,557.4 668.5 572.1 587.1 593.8 10.2 8.7 8.9 9.1

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,071.4 4,089.3 4,089.5 4,090.2 427.5 351.1 359.0 362.9 10.5 8.6 8.8 8.9Indiana ...................................................... 3,191.0 3,180.9 3,159.9 3,140.2 295.2 254.7 259.5 260.0 9.3 8.0 8.2 8.3Iowa .......................................................... 1,660.5 1,658.6 1,651.3 1,642.4 99.9 85.3 87.9 90.0 6.0 5.1 5.3 5.5Kansas ...................................................... 1,502.7 1,495.6 1,489.4 1,484.3 101.2 91.5 93.2 92.5 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.2Kentucky ................................................... 2,065.2 2,068.5 2,066.4 2,068.6 198.0 168.8 170.8 174.9 9.6 8.2 8.3 8.5Louisiana .................................................. 2,052.6 2,080.6 2,080.5 2,076.2 149.3 155.4 157.9 153.8 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.4Maine ........................................................ 703.5 707.8 706.5 705.4 52.8 52.8 53.8 54.0 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6

Maryland ................................................... 3,069.9 3,081.4 3,078.1 3,071.5 220.3 211.7 214.8 217.4 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.1Massachusetts .......................................... 3,450.3 3,461.1 3,451.0 3,448.4 253.6 206.8 210.8 218.8 7.4 6.0 6.1 6.3Michigan ................................................... 4,653.2 4,663.3 4,660.5 4,657.9 485.7 402.4 421.4 436.6 10.4 8.6 9.0 9.4

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,016.8 1,986.2 1,987.4 1,991.9 235.0 191.7 202.9 213.3 11.7 9.7 10.2 10.7Minnesota ................................................. 2,978.2 2,971.3 2,971.9 2,968.6 192.9 166.1 172.4 175.1 6.5 5.6 5.8 5.9Mississippi ................................................ 1,346.4 1,336.0 1,333.0 1,333.1 147.2 118.1 122.0 121.8 10.9 8.8 9.2 9.1Missouri .................................................... 3,042.5 3,006.2 2,998.1 2,987.2 262.0 212.9 216.8 214.0 8.6 7.1 7.2 7.2Montana .................................................... 504.7 510.8 510.3 509.9 35.1 32.1 32.5 32.4 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.3Nebraska .................................................. 1,005.6 1,016.7 1,015.7 1,014.6 45.1 39.2 40.7 40.8 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.0Nevada ..................................................... 1,385.1 1,365.3 1,367.2 1,368.6 190.5 158.5 163.7 165.9 13.8 11.6 12.0 12.1New Hampshire ........................................ 737.7 741.6 739.7 737.9 40.7 37.9 40.2 41.9 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.7

New Jersey ............................................... 4,554.5 4,597.3 4,594.9 4,580.2 429.5 441.9 450.8 454.9 9.4 9.6 9.8 9.9New Mexico .............................................. 925.8 927.9 923.2 919.7 69.2 60.4 60.9 59.7 7.5 6.5 6.6 6.5New York .................................................. 9,485.8 9,586.6 9,579.9 9,545.8 783.8 855.3 869.4 872.1 8.3 8.9 9.1 9.1

New York City ...................................... 3,941.3 3,979.4 3,979.2 3,966.6 359.1 396.6 398.6 393.6 9.1 10.0 10.0 9.9North Carolina .......................................... 4,654.9 4,655.4 4,647.8 4,648.0 499.2 439.4 445.7 451.6 10.7 9.4 9.6 9.7North Dakota ............................................ 383.4 389.1 388.2 387.4 13.9 11.3 11.5 11.6 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.0Ohio .......................................................... 5,800.7 5,794.1 5,770.8 5,751.7 508.5 419.7 418.1 413.4 8.8 7.2 7.2 7.2

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,084.0 1,082.9 1,073.6 1,063.9 84.8 74.6 75.4 75.1 7.8 6.9 7.0 7.1Oklahoma ................................................. 1,769.9 1,794.3 1,795.7 1,798.9 111.5 85.0 88.4 91.2 6.3 4.7 4.9 5.1Oregon ...................................................... 1,990.6 1,986.8 1,981.5 1,975.6 189.7 168.3 172.6 175.7 9.5 8.5 8.7 8.9Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,370.1 6,467.8 6,478.2 6,474.7 514.4 488.4 509.1 524.5 8.1 7.6 7.9 8.1Rhode Island ............................................ 563.0 555.2 554.8 554.7 64.2 60.3 59.9 59.2 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.7

South Carolina .......................................... 2,159.1 2,150.5 2,143.9 2,131.5 224.5 202.4 207.0 204.9 10.4 9.4 9.7 9.6South Dakota ............................................ 445.3 445.9 444.3 442.1 20.4 19.0 19.5 19.7 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.5Tennessee ................................................ 3,129.7 3,109.9 3,107.8 3,110.2 289.3 251.6 261.7 264.4 9.2 8.1 8.4 8.5Texas ........................................................ 12,459.5 12,634.4 12,642.2 12,628.9 1,005.7 883.3 903.8 901.9 8.1 7.0 7.1 7.1Utah .......................................................... 1,333.8 1,352.5 1,352.9 1,355.6 89.1 81.3 81.7 78.7 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.8Vermont .................................................... 358.2 358.0 357.1 356.7 20.0 16.9 18.0 19.0 5.6 4.7 5.0 5.3Virginia ...................................................... 4,310.2 4,338.8 4,333.4 4,321.3 274.4 246.4 255.3 255.3 6.4 5.7 5.9 5.9Washington ............................................... 3,479.7 3,526.1 3,517.9 3,497.1 319.6 293.9 298.8 301.7 9.2 8.3 8.5 8.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,494.5 1,507.1 1,510.3 1,506.4 124.9 108.0 113.1 116.7 8.4 7.2 7.5 7.7West Virginia ............................................ 798.8 804.8 801.0 798.5 64.4 56.5 58.9 60.0 8.1 7.0 7.3 7.5Wisconsin ................................................. 3,057.4 3,074.4 3,068.1 3,061.4 231.6 215.4 224.2 229.1 7.6 7.0 7.3 7.5Wyoming ................................................... 304.0 307.8 307.0 306.4 18.1 16.7 17.3 17.4 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.7

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,273.5 1,260.5 1,267.2 1,267.5 197.8 173.7 173.3 171.4 15.5 13.8 13.7 13.5

1 Metropolitan division.2 Metropolitan statistical area.p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived froma monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS website atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject torevision the following month.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July AugustJuly August

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama ................................................... 2,201.0 2,174.0 2,195.6 2,165.0 211.0 193.9 205.6 184.6 9.6 8.9 9.4 8.5Alaska ....................................................... 375.1 376.8 372.2 371.0 25.5 27.0 25.1 24.6 6.8 7.2 6.7 6.6Arizona ..................................................... 3,024.9 3,001.2 3,025.1 3,014.8 304.1 261.8 296.7 257.3 10.1 8.7 9.8 8.5Arkansas ................................................... 1,382.5 1,404.7 1,369.9 1,382.3 117.6 109.4 109.3 96.1 8.5 7.8 8.0 6.9California .................................................. 18,436.4 18,482.8 18,449.4 18,405.7 2,264.5 2,011.3 2,199.3 1,915.9 12.3 10.9 11.9 10.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,926.1 4,847.3 4,924.0 4,818.6 651.3 576.6 635.1 539.1 13.2 11.9 12.9 11.2Colorado ................................................... 2,734.8 2,745.7 2,738.2 2,733.0 227.7 227.3 222.5 212.6 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.8Connecticut ............................................... 1,945.2 1,938.4 1,936.6 1,912.9 177.6 179.6 171.7 176.0 9.1 9.3 8.9 9.2Delaware .................................................. 442.0 443.1 440.7 439.0 33.3 31.6 32.7 30.6 7.5 7.1 7.4 7.0District of Columbia .................................. 350.1 360.7 344.4 357.7 38.1 32.7 35.9 31.6 10.9 9.1 10.4 8.8Florida ....................................................... 9,306.0 9,357.8 9,308.7 9,311.0 1,025.8 876.6 1,013.6 834.1 11.0 9.4 10.9 9.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,268.1 1,303.7 1,270.9 1,292.3 145.7 130.3 145.3 121.9 11.5 10.0 11.4 9.4

Georgia ..................................................... 4,740.0 4,805.7 4,731.1 4,764.6 486.3 458.4 477.8 436.9 10.3 9.5 10.1 9.2Hawaii ....................................................... 665.4 647.4 659.3 640.8 46.6 41.0 45.9 36.8 7.0 6.3 7.0 5.7Idaho ......................................................... 777.3 784.6 774.6 779.8 66.0 54.0 66.3 53.6 8.5 6.9 8.6 6.9Illinois ........................................................ 6,641.6 6,667.6 6,606.9 6,579.2 688.5 617.5 678.1 587.5 10.4 9.3 10.3 8.9

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,116.3 4,152.0 4,084.1 4,100.2 445.5 380.7 429.0 359.3 10.8 9.2 10.5 8.8Indiana ...................................................... 3,217.5 3,185.7 3,208.1 3,150.1 295.8 264.3 297.6 253.4 9.2 8.3 9.3 8.0Iowa .......................................................... 1,672.9 1,663.5 1,658.1 1,636.5 93.0 85.0 96.3 87.4 5.6 5.1 5.8 5.3Kansas ...................................................... 1,520.2 1,508.4 1,499.5 1,482.0 105.8 100.9 104.0 91.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.2Kentucky ................................................... 2,081.6 2,086.5 2,067.0 2,077.3 202.5 177.8 192.6 174.4 9.7 8.5 9.3 8.4Louisiana .................................................. 2,084.5 2,116.9 2,062.7 2,086.4 162.7 168.1 156.5 151.6 7.8 7.9 7.6 7.3Maine ........................................................ 717.9 723.9 720.0 721.4 52.1 53.3 48.0 48.1 7.3 7.4 6.7 6.7

Maryland ................................................... 3,110.1 3,135.4 3,086.6 3,089.4 229.5 221.7 224.1 217.6 7.4 7.1 7.3 7.0Massachusetts .......................................... 3,490.3 3,489.6 3,491.6 3,493.7 263.4 228.7 250.3 222.6 7.5 6.6 7.2 6.4Michigan ................................................... 4,734.9 4,746.7 4,700.4 4,701.3 545.4 488.5 485.1 433.5 11.5 10.3 10.3 9.2

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,057.9 2,036.4 2,045.9 2,026.7 272.0 243.1 242.6 221.7 13.2 11.9 11.9 10.9Minnesota ................................................. 3,012.4 3,014.7 3,004.6 2,991.4 209.1 178.9 185.0 168.3 6.9 5.9 6.2 5.6Mississippi ................................................ 1,362.2 1,351.6 1,338.2 1,327.7 158.3 137.9 142.8 113.1 11.6 10.2 10.7 8.5Missouri .................................................... 3,067.9 3,036.6 3,047.1 2,989.0 264.2 230.7 268.8 213.3 8.6 7.6 8.8 7.1Montana .................................................... 512.4 518.5 512.4 517.3 33.5 30.4 32.9 29.3 6.5 5.9 6.4 5.7Nebraska .................................................. 1,015.2 1,028.1 1,007.3 1,016.6 46.3 44.3 44.1 38.5 4.6 4.3 4.4 3.8Nevada ..................................................... 1,389.0 1,373.8 1,388.1 1,372.3 195.2 171.9 192.0 164.1 14.1 12.5 13.8 12.0New Hampshire ........................................ 748.1 751.0 747.2 746.0 40.8 42.8 40.7 42.3 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.7

New Jersey ............................................... 4,605.1 4,662.6 4,582.1 4,598.9 453.1 471.2 424.0 444.3 9.8 10.1 9.3 9.7New Mexico .............................................. 934.2 932.0 928.0 922.1 75.0 69.3 70.9 58.8 8.0 7.4 7.6 6.4New York .................................................. 9,608.6 9,730.4 9,582.8 9,617.2 799.9 887.3 774.9 845.4 8.3 9.1 8.1 8.8

New York City ...................................... 3,961.1 4,015.5 3,958.6 3,971.9 369.3 409.1 363.3 383.6 9.3 10.2 9.2 9.7North Carolina .......................................... 4,701.6 4,713.3 4,670.3 4,671.2 513.3 464.6 503.7 451.8 10.9 9.9 10.8 9.7North Dakota ............................................ 391.0 397.6 391.5 395.7 13.2 11.4 13.5 11.1 3.4 2.9 3.5 2.8Ohio .......................................................... 5,880.0 5,846.5 5,861.9 5,810.9 529.1 430.7 500.9 396.7 9.0 7.4 8.5 6.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,105.1 1,089.1 1,102.9 1,075.9 88.4 79.5 86.6 73.9 8.0 7.3 7.9 6.9Oklahoma ................................................. 1,775.2 1,811.9 1,768.5 1,805.3 109.9 93.7 107.8 89.8 6.2 5.2 6.1 5.0Oregon ...................................................... 2,004.4 1,996.8 2,008.7 1,991.6 189.2 176.4 187.8 173.0 9.4 8.8 9.4 8.7Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,445.1 6,590.6 6,434.4 6,541.3 535.6 550.7 527.8 537.8 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.2Rhode Island ............................................ 569.8 562.9 567.1 561.5 67.5 63.0 63.8 59.2 11.8 11.2 11.3 10.6

South Carolina .......................................... 2,188.3 2,169.9 2,179.1 2,142.1 231.5 210.0 231.4 201.1 10.6 9.7 10.6 9.4South Dakota ............................................ 454.7 453.9 451.6 447.2 19.9 19.9 20.4 19.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4Tennessee ................................................ 3,152.5 3,140.7 3,143.8 3,127.5 293.2 274.7 293.9 259.8 9.3 8.7 9.3 8.3Texas ........................................................ 12,498.0 12,728.0 12,479.7 12,625.9 1,059.9 959.3 1,026.9 887.7 8.5 7.5 8.2 7.0Utah .......................................................... 1,341.6 1,361.8 1,342.4 1,368.8 94.5 84.0 92.7 76.8 7.0 6.2 6.9 5.6Vermont .................................................... 361.0 361.8 361.4 360.7 19.5 19.0 18.4 18.2 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.0Virginia ...................................................... 4,346.0 4,386.4 4,332.8 4,333.7 276.9 266.4 281.0 250.1 6.4 6.1 6.5 5.8Washington ............................................... 3,492.7 3,531.7 3,487.2 3,482.4 314.6 296.6 312.1 295.0 9.0 8.4 9.0 8.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,495.8 1,518.3 1,487.7 1,493.9 129.6 123.1 119.1 114.0 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.6West Virginia ............................................ 807.3 808.3 803.3 802.9 61.6 58.3 63.3 57.9 7.6 7.2 7.9 7.2Wisconsin ................................................. 3,095.8 3,106.9 3,081.2 3,083.5 234.2 229.8 224.7 218.9 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1Wyoming ................................................... 307.7 311.0 307.2 309.3 16.9 16.5 17.2 15.8 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.1

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,269.1 1,279.1 1,257.3 1,257.8 207.2 189.6 206.3 177.9 16.3 14.8 16.4 14.1

1 Metropolitan division.2 Metropolitan statistical area.p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived froma monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS website atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject torevision the following month.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATASEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Aug.2011

June2012

July2012

Aug.2012p

Alabama2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,864.8 1,871.4 1,873.3 1,876.1 77.7 72.6 72.7 74.6 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.8 330.6 328.4 330.1 14.1 12.5 12.5 12.1 14.0 12.5 12.3 12.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,407.4 2,454.2 2,460.0 2,462.0 112.2 119.1 120.2 119.7 149.7 150.3 151.6 151.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,157.0 1,167.6 1,165.1 1,167.7 46.2 43.9 41.9 43.9 156.5 156.2 156.9 155.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,047.6 14,316.4 14,334.3 14,346.3 547.8 577.5 575.7 580.8 1,250.9 1,246.4 1,243.8 1,243.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,260.0 2,290.4 2,293.3 2,293.3 111.8 117.1 117.4 116.9 130.6 132.1 133.1 133.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,623.7 1,628.1 1,631.6 1,624.8 50.5 50.1 48.7 47.4 167.0 165.6 166.4 165.2

Delaware3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.5 417.9 417.1 415.1 18.9 18.0 18.1 18.0 25.6 25.9 26.1 25.5

District of Columbia2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718.8 737.5 738.6 727.4 12.1 13.6 13.8 13.9 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,270.5 7,334.7 7,325.1 7,348.3 323.1 309.4 309.3 314.6 310.8 313.3 312.0 312.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,887.2 3,927.5 3,934.0 3,937.7 147.6 139.6 137.9 137.7 350.1 353.2 355.1 357.2

Hawaii3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.5 595.8 598.5 602.6 28.3 27.6 28.4 29.2 13.2 12.7 13.4 13.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.8 616.1 612.7 616.6 29.5 29.8 29.2 29.6 55.1 57.7 57.7 58.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,659.4 5,694.0 5,688.9 5,698.5 195.0 184.5 185.0 183.5 573.9 596.5 597.8 598.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,827.6 2,878.9 2,887.1 2,892.3 120.2 125.5 128.4 130.6 463.7 487.7 488.0 486.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,480.9 1,490.1 1,492.9 1,492.5 63.0 66.4 64.6 62.9 208.9 219.0 218.2 217.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,336.5 1,343.9 1,349.0 1,351.0 53.1 53.3 53.6 52.7 160.8 165.6 164.4 165.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792.7 1,826.3 1,828.7 1,831.2 68.5 65.4 64.9 65.1 213.0 219.4 221.1 220.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,904.5 1,944.5 1,944.4 1,946.7 121.8 122.0 122.1 121.6 139.1 140.6 141.3 140.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.5 592.7 593.2 591.3 24.6 23.6 23.2 23.0 49.6 50.2 49.8 49.3

Maryland3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,546.3 2,569.7 2,568.9 2,570.3 146.5 146.3 146.0 145.9 114.1 111.4 111.0 110.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,203.0 3,247.7 3,248.0 3,243.2 107.2 102.4 103.4 102.0 254.7 256.1 256.8 256.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,944.1 3,982.5 3,996.5 3,989.7 126.3 118.3 119.3 119.8 508.4 523.1 532.2 524.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683.7 2,703.5 2,708.3 2,706.3 90.7 93.5 94.1 92.8 304.6 307.4 308.5 305.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085.7 1,085.9 1,083.3 1,081.5 48.8 43.7 43.5 44.7 132.5 135.7 136.7 136.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,649.7 2,647.0 2,639.8 2,657.7 102.9 97.7 94.5 96.1 247.5 251.0 249.9 254.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.4 431.5 431.1 433.0 24.0 25.9 25.4 24.9 16.7 16.9 16.8 16.9

Nebraska3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943.1 957.9 956.5 954.9 40.6 45.5 45.4 45.0 93.3 93.9 94.7 93.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.3 1,132.6 1,131.5 1,130.5 51.9 49.1 47.8 46.7 38.0 37.0 37.3 37.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.5 627.5 626.7 626.1 21.3 22.0 21.6 21.4 66.6 66.2 66.3 65.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,858.2 3,911.6 3,904.3 3,909.6 130.8 125.5 123.7 123.1 254.1 249.5 246.9 244.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.6 800.1 798.2 792.3 43.0 42.8 42.5 39.6 29.4 30.3 30.2 30.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,692.2 8,812.2 8,806.0 8,814.1 305.2 294.6 297.2 297.5 459.0 456.5 458.1 455.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,925.6 3,954.9 3,952.3 3,953.4 175.4 171.1 170.9 167.5 434.6 437.5 441.1 438.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.8 419.6 420.8 422.5 24.5 27.4 27.5 27.4 23.6 24.7 25.1 25.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,089.3 5,176.1 5,189.6 5,187.6 175.3 180.4 177.2 179.8 643.3 660.3 663.6 663.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553.4 1,586.4 1,588.0 1,598.4 68.3 67.2 68.1 69.8 129.7 136.7 137.5 137.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619.8 1,633.2 1,634.4 1,643.2 68.7 68.8 69.7 70.3 167.6 168.9 168.2 170.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,693.3 5,712.3 5,710.1 5,708.9 222.4 218.5 217.8 214.5 565.3 569.0 569.1 570.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.7 457.1 455.8 456.9 15.4 15.7 16.3 16.6 41.0 41.2 41.3 40.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,831.3 1,854.4 1,851.2 1,845.2 76.4 75.7 74.7 75.6 218.1 223.4 221.6 220.9

South Dakota3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.0 411.0 409.9 408.4 20.7 20.0 19.6 19.2 39.3 40.2 40.1 39.5

Tennessee3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,658.5 2,683.2 2,688.2 2,683.1 111.2 115.4 115.9 117.5 303.6 314.5 316.7 313.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,586.1 10,786.2 10,807.6 10,845.6 559.3 582.2 583.6 597.2 841.7 853.7 857.9 852.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,214.6 1,233.4 1,232.6 1,236.6 65.8 65.6 65.3 66.6 114.6 118.9 118.7 117.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.5 302.8 305.6 303.2 13.7 13.5 13.8 13.6 31.2 31.2 31.3 31.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,680.5 3,722.8 3,723.8 3,711.4 177.6 177.1 177.6 175.0 229.1 229.6 228.7 226.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828.1 2,871.9 2,880.2 2,871.4 137.8 139.9 138.9 140.4 272.3 285.0 286.4 288.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756.0 756.0 753.0 750.7 33.3 34.9 35.7 36.2 49.6 47.6 47.2 47.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,729.0 2,723.4 2,716.8 2,724.6 86.6 82.4 82.1 82.2 445.5 449.8 451.0 446.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.3 287.3 290.8 292.1 20.6 19.8 20.1 20.4 9.1 8.9 8.9 8.8

Puerto Rico3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.3 921.4 913.4 918.5 32.5 34.3 34.0 33.4 83.2 80.9 78.7 79.1

Virgin Islands2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 41.5 41.1 41.0 – – – – – – – –

1 Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.

2 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot beseparated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATASEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued[In thousands]

State

Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Professional and business services

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.8 367.7 370.2 369.5 92.3 93.0 93.2 94.9 212.0 214.2 214.4 217.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 64.4 64.2 64.5 14.9 15.4 15.4 15.0 27.6 28.0 27.3 27.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.4 482.0 481.9 485.4 166.5 169.3 170.6 171.6 339.6 350.4 349.9 355.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.5 234.5 234.5 233.8 47.3 47.2 47.4 47.5 116.9 116.7 117.9 118.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666.9 2,712.5 2,703.8 2,703.5 759.7 775.4 780.6 781.3 2,130.2 2,222.1 2,235.7 2,233.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1 407.5 407.8 405.7 142.2 145.0 144.6 146.8 340.2 348.1 348.7 349.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.2 297.1 296.2 294.8 134.2 132.2 131.6 131.7 194.8 194.6 194.5 194.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 75.2 74.8 74.7 42.4 44.2 44.0 43.9 55.9 54.6 54.0 52.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.2 27.6 27.4 26.9 26.6 26.3 26.5 149.8 150.7 150.5 148.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498.1 1,517.0 1,514.6 1,513.8 482.7 491.1 486.2 488.5 1,056.8 1,084.9 1,087.8 1,099.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819.5 838.7 838.4 842.4 208.4 208.6 208.1 207.2 549.5 573.8 577.4 575.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.1 113.6 113.8 114.2 27.1 27.7 27.6 27.8 74.9 74.6 75.8 76.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.3 124.3 124.9 125.0 29.4 28.3 28.6 28.8 74.6 75.7 75.4 75.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.5 1,133.2 1,138.0 1,137.0 362.0 363.8 364.5 365.6 829.9 853.0 855.0 854.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.8 552.3 551.7 553.6 131.0 131.5 130.1 128.2 285.4 300.0 301.2 299.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 299.1 300.1 300.7 100.0 102.1 102.0 102.5 123.4 124.6 123.7 123.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 253.5 251.5 250.8 73.3 72.9 73.5 72.8 149.8 158.2 159.0 160.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.4 368.0 366.8 368.9 84.0 84.0 84.2 84.4 189.6 207.3 207.9 207.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.8 379.6 379.8 380.2 94.7 97.7 98.9 98.5 195.5 200.1 199.0 198.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.7 119.5 118.8 118.7 31.8 31.9 31.7 31.4 57.0 56.7 56.7 56.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.3 442.3 441.5 440.8 142.4 143.2 140.0 138.6 397.3 407.1 410.1 411.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551.3 561.9 562.8 561.4 205.3 205.6 203.6 203.9 473.5 499.7 499.7 497.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.7 719.6 723.0 721.4 193.3 199.3 199.9 200.1 548.4 575.0 567.9 570.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.7 495.6 497.4 494.0 174.9 176.2 177.3 176.2 328.6 341.4 342.7 342.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.0 212.7 213.6 212.7 45.0 44.2 43.9 44.1 92.5 91.4 92.3 90.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.2 503.7 506.3 503.1 159.3 158.1 158.5 158.7 330.3 345.0 341.8 344.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 86.7 86.7 87.4 20.8 20.8 20.8 20.8 40.9 43.1 43.2 42.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.5 199.0 197.6 196.7 69.4 68.6 68.1 68.1 104.0 105.8 105.1 103.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.2 214.7 215.5 215.4 51.5 50.3 50.9 51.2 139.6 143.2 140.9 140.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 134.0 135.5 135.1 35.0 34.5 34.9 34.9 65.3 64.8 64.8 64.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.3 821.1 822.5 825.4 250.7 251.6 251.2 249.8 602.1 612.6 607.7 613.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.4 133.7 132.9 132.2 34.0 32.9 32.2 32.2 100.1 95.4 95.9 93.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.7 1,507.4 1,498.7 1,503.4 687.9 698.0 695.0 690.9 1,134.1 1,188.4 1,190.0 1,191.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.8 738.9 738.9 736.4 203.8 206.7 206.7 205.7 513.9 519.5 520.1 520.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 92.0 93.1 92.6 21.0 22.2 22.3 22.3 31.0 33.5 33.6 33.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952.6 979.0 979.9 972.8 278.1 278.3 279.6 280.8 648.8 659.6 660.8 663.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.8 291.8 291.9 292.4 79.8 82.3 81.8 82.4 173.6 178.7 175.1 177.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.0 320.8 320.7 321.4 92.2 92.9 93.6 94.8 186.5 188.4 188.8 190.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093.8 1,099.9 1,103.9 1,101.6 310.2 313.2 313.1 312.0 711.2 718.9 720.6 722.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 72.0 71.5 71.1 30.6 30.5 30.6 30.8 54.0 53.5 53.0 52.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.3 357.1 354.6 355.1 95.8 95.8 94.9 96.0 227.0 235.6 232.3 230.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.8 83.5 83.5 27.2 28.6 28.2 28.2 28.0 29.2 29.5 29.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.6 557.7 556.8 554.1 135.4 133.9 132.6 132.5 327.6 328.9 326.8 327.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,104.6 2,153.7 2,146.6 2,159.7 638.7 652.6 647.3 651.6 1,342.0 1,376.5 1,384.0 1,390.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.6 237.9 236.3 236.2 70.1 72.3 72.3 72.3 162.2 166.5 167.3 168.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 57.0 57.1 56.7 12.2 11.8 12.1 12.2 25.2 27.1 27.0 26.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.2 638.8 637.7 635.2 183.4 189.0 191.8 191.9 659.5 665.2 667.4 665.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527.4 542.1 544.4 539.7 137.2 138.1 138.9 140.1 339.3 351.2 346.8 345.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.1 133.6 132.4 132.4 26.8 27.2 27.2 27.2 62.8 63.9 64.1 62.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.0 511.9 510.4 508.4 157.2 155.1 154.3 153.5 281.9 281.0 279.9 282.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 53.0 52.5 53.4 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.9 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.4 160.9 161.7 161.6 43.7 45.0 44.5 44.1 104.8 103.4 100.8 103.6

Virgin Islands1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.5 – – – – – – – –

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannotbe separated with sufficient precision.

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Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.3 218.9 218.9 217.4 170.0 175.8 177.1 176.1 377.9 369.1 368.0 366.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 46.5 46.5 45.9 32.2 32.9 32.0 33.0 84.1 83.9 84.3 85.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.8 366.6 367.4 366.1 260.5 267.2 270.2 267.1 411.0 413.5 410.7 409.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.7 173.3 173.3 174.0 99.3 104.3 103.2 103.7 221.6 222.1 221.1 222.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,839.7 1,880.2 1,888.3 1,897.2 1,531.5 1,576.4 1,583.5 1,587.9 2,374.9 2,361.0 2,358.9 2,351.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.7 277.2 278.1 277.6 274.0 277.4 278.4 277.1 391.5 393.1 391.8 393.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.0 325.5 326.5 327.0 137.0 139.0 140.0 136.9 237.9 232.9 235.5 235.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 69.1 69.2 69.2 41.9 44.0 43.8 43.8 64.2 61.9 62.4 62.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 122.1 123.2 123.2 62.3 63.5 64.0 63.3 235.0 245.6 244.7 235.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109.3 1,122.1 1,123.3 1,127.8 954.8 967.0 964.2 968.7 1,089.7 1,088.4 1,084.6 1,079.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.2 504.0 507.0 509.2 378.7 382.3 381.1 383.3 674.4 668.5 667.7 665.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 74.5 74.6 75.7 103.6 108.3 108.3 109.0 121.4 123.5 123.1 123.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1 88.9 87.7 89.2 59.6 61.4 60.3 60.9 116.2 115.0 113.9 114.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.4 852.7 854.0 859.3 516.4 531.3 527.0 530.5 832.4 828.3 820.6 821.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.3 429.9 429.2 434.4 277.0 285.6 286.7 287.3 424.4 417.9 423.1 421.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.0 216.2 216.5 216.4 131.8 133.3 133.0 130.9 250.1 242.0 247.6 251.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.3 187.1 189.3 188.1 116.2 116.5 117.2 117.0 257.0 249.3 253.4 256.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.8 259.5 260.8 260.0 169.2 175.0 175.7 176.6 329.0 328.2 327.7 328.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.9 291.6 291.6 291.6 198.4 207.4 207.5 207.4 358.2 360.0 357.8 361.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.4 120.4 119.9 121.4 59.4 59.5 60.8 59.5 100.6 100.7 101.0 101.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.4 418.2 419.5 417.3 231.8 231.8 232.7 233.7 507.6 510.2 507.9 511.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668.2 672.9 673.6 671.0 305.2 308.6 307.3 306.5 435.1 430.9 430.9 434.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.1 628.7 630.9 629.5 374.3 380.6 381.1 380.6 619.3 609.6 612.1 613.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.3 475.8 477.3 479.2 233.3 228.3 224.6 224.9 405.3 408.3 409.7 415.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.7 135.6 136.5 136.9 117.1 119.8 118.1 118.5 245.7 246.7 242.8 242.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.4 422.5 420.1 424.3 269.6 264.6 265.8 265.4 436.5 431.6 429.8 440.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.4 64.3 65.1 55.8 55.5 55.3 55.5 87.6 86.4 86.8 87.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 138.5 138.6 139.8 82.4 85.6 84.5 84.1 168.3 167.0 168.8 170.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 107.0 107.3 107.6 318.7 321.8 322.4 321.6 148.6 146.2 146.1 147.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.0 110.8 111.5 111.2 65.2 67.8 65.1 65.3 91.2 92.1 92.2 93.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.9 633.0 636.1 634.7 335.7 349.7 353.6 352.4 621.5 627.9 622.3 625.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.8 126.1 128.4 127.2 84.4 85.9 86.2 86.7 195.6 190.5 188.6 189.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,736.4 1,771.5 1,772.0 1,775.7 764.5 787.2 783.9 783.7 1,496.5 1,476.7 1,476.8 1,481.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.4 553.8 556.2 556.8 400.7 400.3 404.9 403.9 697.2 700.2 685.0 693.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 58.6 58.7 59.3 34.7 35.6 35.6 35.6 78.8 79.7 79.3 79.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.6 869.5 881.5 876.7 476.4 479.8 481.0 484.5 765.0 765.4 759.9 760.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.2 205.9 207.5 208.5 142.4 145.1 144.8 146.2 336.3 339.0 341.0 343.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.5 237.5 236.9 237.5 166.6 166.6 167.4 168.7 292.2 289.8 290.7 290.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160.5 1,152.8 1,147.0 1,148.3 508.7 525.9 522.0 524.2 744.7 730.6 731.9 731.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 102.3 101.1 102.3 48.9 49.3 50.0 50.8 60.7 59.9 59.6 59.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.9 219.1 221.3 222.1 209.1 208.6 207.4 208.2 337.1 340.0 345.4 337.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 67.3 67.6 67.5 42.9 43.1 43.1 43.5 77.4 77.2 76.8 76.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.9 389.8 391.8 391.4 265.7 268.9 267.6 268.2 426.2 428.4 433.2 433.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429.7 1,458.3 1,471.8 1,467.6 1,045.2 1,092.3 1,088.4 1,093.0 1,818.8 1,781.9 1,796.3 1,798.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.0 160.0 161.8 161.6 114.1 114.7 113.4 114.7 218.1 219.2 219.4 220.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 61.4 61.6 62.1 32.8 32.9 34.0 32.8 52.2 52.4 53.1 52.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.8 478.0 484.0 481.8 350.1 356.4 360.5 354.2 707.1 716.2 704.2 708.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.4 388.5 390.8 390.2 272.4 280.0 279.3 276.1 542.9 532.0 537.8 534.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.8 126.9 127.2 127.3 72.7 74.7 74.4 73.2 152.9 151.0 149.5 150.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.5 416.7 413.6 417.2 246.3 236.6 231.6 237.5 407.5 406.7 407.7 411.2

Wyoming1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 32.4 33.7 34.3 34.3 74.1 73.3 76.3 76.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.8 122.1 121.7 120.4 72.3 73.1 72.6 72.0 263.9 263.7 261.7 266.4

Virgin Islands1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.2 7.5 7.6 7.6 12.6 11.4 11.2 11.0

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannotbe separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2011 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminaryand will be revised when new information becomes available.

Page 16: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment - August 2012 · Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-six states recorded unemployment

ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863.7 1,867.3 1,859.3 1,872.4 12.4 12.2 12.5 12.3 81.0 74.4 78.3 75.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.4 353.1 351.3 352.0 16.6 17.3 16.7 17.4 18.2 16.0 18.1 16.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,337.8 2,395.9 2,388.9 2,444.1 11.7 11.9 11.7 11.9 112.9 121.3 114.2 122.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.9 1,156.5 1,151.8 1,161.4 11.0 11.4 11.0 11.3 49.5 44.5 48.4 46.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,916.8 14,212.8 13,934.0 14,239.5 29.5 30.1 29.7 30.2 567.3 594.1 568.8 601.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,264.1 2,300.1 2,272.3 2,304.5 28.1 29.8 27.8 29.8 115.7 122.2 119.5 123.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,620.6 1,626.4 1,615.0 1,617.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 55.5 52.7 55.3 52.5

Delaware1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.9 423.2 419.0 419.8 – – – – 19.9 18.5 19.2 18.5

District of Columbia1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.9 747.5 725.5 731.0 – – – – 12.6 14.1 12.5 14.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,153.6 7,218.2 7,224.4 7,310.1 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 332.5 316.5 330.0 319.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,863.4 3,914.1 3,889.5 3,939.2 8.9 8.7 9.0 8.7 147.9 141.0 151.8 142.0

Hawaii1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.6 594.1 581.8 596.4 – – – – 28.7 28.7 28.5 29.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.4 618.5 611.5 622.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 32.3 32.0 32.9 33.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,684.5 5,714.7 5,675.3 5,718.6 9.7 10.0 9.7 9.9 210.4 200.6 212.8 202.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797.7 2,857.7 2,821.4 2,893.4 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 126.3 135.8 127.5 136.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469.1 1,482.0 1,467.6 1,479.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 69.6 70.8 69.2 69.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,319.8 1,337.2 1,322.9 1,340.6 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.1 57.3 57.7 57.2 57.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,784.3 1,822.0 1,795.1 1,830.9 22.9 21.1 22.9 21.4 71.4 68.8 71.8 68.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891.5 1,932.7 1,895.1 1,934.4 53.5 57.4 53.5 58.6 122.0 122.2 123.5 122.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.2 605.2 605.1 602.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 26.7 25.7 27.0 25.5

Maryland1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.9 2,585.7 2,551.9 2,577.5 – – – – 150.3 150.3 151.8 151.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,234.2 3,277.7 3,216.6 3,261.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 117.1 113.4 117.0 112.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,914.8 3,968.7 3,930.7 3,976.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 138.7 132.8 140.3 132.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,673.9 2,729.4 2,704.7 2,729.4 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.1 102.8 108.1 105.9 107.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078.5 1,073.4 1,083.7 1,080.8 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.3 50.2 44.7 50.2 46.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,639.2 2,627.2 2,636.9 2,644.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 112.0 103.1 109.4 104.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.1 438.8 434.9 440.4 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 26.7 28.0 26.9 27.8

Nebraska1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941.4 957.3 944.2 956.4 – – – – 44.0 48.2 43.1 47.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119.3 1,126.5 1,121.1 1,128.6 14.3 16.5 14.5 16.6 53.2 49.1 54.1 49.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631.1 630.8 630.1 629.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 23.7 23.3 22.9 23.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,885.4 3,929.9 3,863.9 3,912.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 137.8 130.5 139.4 132.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.6 794.4 804.4 792.0 21.5 22.8 21.7 22.7 44.4 43.9 44.8 41.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,726.4 8,838.9 8,685.2 8,802.5 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.5 327.7 320.8 329.4 318.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,862.3 3,893.6 3,936.1 3,961.3 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.5 178.2 173.9 180.8 172.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.6 416.8 392.3 418.3 16.6 22.5 17.1 22.8 27.0 30.7 27.9 30.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,092.6 5,196.3 5,096.4 5,197.2 12.0 12.1 12.1 11.9 190.4 193.5 190.1 196.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,536.8 1,574.5 1,542.5 1,587.8 52.3 57.5 51.8 57.0 69.3 69.2 69.1 70.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,611.6 1,627.6 1,615.9 1,638.1 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4 72.7 73.6 73.2 75.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,670.7 5,695.7 5,661.8 5,683.9 34.2 40.1 35.1 40.4 236.9 232.5 237.3 229.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.9 457.8 462.0 459.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.9 17.6 16.5 17.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,840.7 1,852.2 1,839.6 1,854.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.6 77.9 75.9 77.0 76.7

South Dakota1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.6 416.3 414.3 417.2 – – – – 24.0 22.9 23.9 22.4

Tennessee1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,644.9 2,675.9 2,664.5 2,694.5 – – – – 113.8 118.3 114.1 120.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,545.5 10,775.9 10,550.0 10,811.0 240.8 260.9 240.3 262.0 566.0 590.2 567.8 604.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,198.9 1,221.3 1,210.4 1,234.7 11.8 12.7 12.0 12.8 69.4 68.2 69.4 70.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.1 299.3 294.3 298.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 15.7 15.9 15.7 15.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,672.7 3,729.1 3,667.9 3,715.5 10.9 10.8 11.0 10.8 181.1 180.4 183.0 179.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,837.3 2,891.9 2,827.1 2,875.6 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.0 145.2 146.3 147.9 150.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755.1 753.2 756.2 750.8 33.8 30.6 34.0 29.3 35.0 37.7 35.5 38.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,765.2 2,742.5 2,755.6 2,751.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 102.4 95.6 99.7 95.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.7 298.3 292.9 298.4 27.6 27.8 27.5 27.8 22.3 21.6 22.9 22.3

Puerto Rico1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921.5 907.8 912.0 906.2 – – – – 32.0 34.2 32.8 33.3

Virgin Islands1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 41.2 43.9 41.1 – – – – 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

July August July August July August

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.6 242.9 238.1 243.7 366.6 370.2 364.4 369.0 23.2 22.4 23.2 22.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 22.8 21.8 19.8 68.7 69.2 68.9 69.4 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.9 152.1 149.9 151.6 468.4 478.0 468.8 480.9 36.7 36.5 36.8 35.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.5 157.5 157.5 156.3 235.4 236.0 235.4 235.2 14.6 14.3 14.5 14.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259.3 1,252.4 1,268.3 1,259.9 2,656.1 2,696.6 2,665.6 2,705.4 431.1 448.5 432.7 452.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.4 133.8 131.4 133.9 402.9 408.7 403.6 407.7 71.6 69.2 71.1 69.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.1 166.7 167.3 165.8 292.0 294.4 291.0 291.7 31.8 31.7 31.5 32.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 26.1 25.7 26.0 75.9 75.9 75.2 75.5 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 26.8 27.5 26.5 27.2 18.8 18.4 18.7 18.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.9 312.0 309.6 312.4 1,485.0 1,504.5 1,489.5 1,508.0 133.1 134.1 133.4 134.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.0 356.7 351.4 358.3 819.7 837.2 816.2 838.7 98.0 97.3 96.9 97.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 13.4 13.3 13.5 111.2 113.9 110.7 114.1 7.6 7.9 7.7 8.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 58.1 55.5 58.5 121.8 126.1 122.6 125.9 9.5 9.8 9.5 9.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.0 600.1 576.3 602.3 1,137.0 1,138.6 1,134.6 1,135.4 100.8 100.4 100.7 99.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.9 490.5 468.1 491.8 550.0 553.1 550.4 554.4 34.8 34.8 34.5 34.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.8 220.0 210.0 218.9 302.6 301.7 300.5 300.3 27.9 27.6 27.6 27.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 164.9 160.8 166.1 254.1 252.3 253.5 251.7 27.8 25.2 27.4 25.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.9 218.2 213.3 219.1 363.6 367.3 363.9 368.9 26.6 27.5 26.6 27.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.7 141.1 138.9 139.8 372.3 379.3 372.5 379.1 23.9 24.3 23.5 24.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 50.5 50.2 50.0 119.8 121.4 121.1 121.9 8.3 8.1 8.2 7.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.1 111.4 114.5 111.3 442.9 442.4 441.9 442.3 43.6 42.9 39.1 42.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.1 257.4 255.8 257.7 551.0 564.7 553.3 562.8 84.6 88.4 78.3 87.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.5 522.7 512.1 530.2 725.2 725.8 726.2 724.6 53.0 54.9 53.5 55.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.9 312.2 310.7 312.8 501.3 499.9 505.0 498.3 52.7 53.5 52.1 53.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 136.7 132.8 136.7 214.3 213.6 212.2 212.5 12.0 12.0 11.8 11.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 252.4 249.2 255.6 516.0 507.5 512.6 505.2 58.5 57.0 58.5 56.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.2 87.9 88.1 86.6 88.3 7.4 7.6 7.4 7.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 95.3 93.6 94.0 195.3 198.4 194.6 197.3 17.0 16.4 17.0 16.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.4 37.6 38.3 37.4 211.9 214.9 212.2 215.9 12.7 12.8 12.6 12.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 66.5 67.5 66.3 135.2 137.2 135.0 136.6 11.4 11.0 11.3 11.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.9 247.6 255.3 245.5 814.0 822.6 814.3 823.8 77.6 68.8 72.2 69.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 30.6 30.0 30.9 133.7 133.2 133.5 133.6 14.0 13.0 14.2 13.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.5 461.8 464.2 460.9 1,481.6 1,493.1 1,480.1 1,497.6 260.8 253.0 244.8 254.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.4 441.0 436.5 440.4 729.4 741.6 727.6 739.7 69.1 69.2 69.3 69.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 25.2 23.6 25.2 86.0 93.5 86.4 93.0 7.2 7.6 7.0 7.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.8 663.0 646.8 666.8 954.4 981.8 953.9 974.7 76.9 77.0 76.3 77.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 137.8 129.6 137.4 281.7 292.8 280.2 293.0 23.9 23.2 24.0 23.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.5 171.9 171.2 174.4 313.5 320.6 314.6 322.0 32.4 33.9 32.7 34.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568.2 573.1 569.7 574.9 1,085.6 1,097.5 1,087.1 1,093.6 90.8 90.1 88.0 90.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 40.4 41.1 41.2 73.6 71.7 73.2 71.4 10.4 10.3 9.6 10.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.6 222.6 218.9 222.2 353.6 356.3 352.0 356.6 25.8 26.6 25.8 27.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 40.7 39.8 40.4 83.7 84.2 84.2 84.6 6.5 6.1 6.5 6.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.7 316.1 304.8 316.0 561.9 557.6 558.1 556.4 44.3 44.3 44.2 43.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.2 860.7 846.2 855.6 2,111.5 2,151.6 2,110.9 2,164.5 197.0 192.9 196.4 193.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2 118.9 115.5 119.1 233.6 236.0 236.0 237.2 29.6 31.4 29.9 31.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.6 31.4 31.4 31.2 56.6 57.3 56.7 57.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.6 228.8 229.4 227.8 631.9 637.7 633.7 635.7 74.5 72.5 69.9 72.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.0 289.5 275.9 291.9 532.9 549.5 532.1 545.0 103.9 104.7 105.5 104.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 47.5 49.9 47.8 136.2 133.1 135.5 132.7 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.7 459.8 455.4 458.1 509.9 513.4 511.2 512.4 46.6 47.9 46.2 47.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.0 9.2 8.8 53.7 54.0 53.6 54.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.4 78.6 83.0 79.0 169.5 159.8 167.8 159.6 18.5 18.5 18.6 18.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 1.3 2.2 1.3 8.3 8.4 8.3 8.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

July August July August July August

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 93.8 92.4 94.8 210.9 214.7 213.0 218.8 213.9 215.5 213.7 215.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 15.7 15.2 15.4 29.2 29.1 29.2 29.1 44.1 46.2 44.3 45.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.3 170.1 165.9 171.2 338.6 350.2 339.9 356.0 349.1 360.3 354.3 363.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.7 47.3 47.6 117.9 118.0 117.7 118.2 163.8 170.6 164.8 172.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.7 781.3 758.9 780.2 2,117.0 2,230.7 2,127.5 2,235.3 1,798.4 1,849.5 1,799.4 1,854.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.1 145.9 143.2 148.0 346.8 356.5 347.9 357.6 271.9 276.7 274.4 277.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 132.2 135.0 132.1 196.7 196.4 196.4 196.2 310.3 321.9 309.0 319.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 44.5 42.7 44.4 56.4 54.5 56.5 53.2 66.5 68.7 66.6 68.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 26.5 27.0 26.8 150.0 151.5 150.3 149.4 112.4 118.0 111.1 116.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.7 487.6 483.1 488.1 1,041.4 1,081.3 1,044.4 1,087.1 1,088.0 1,103.5 1,093.8 1,114.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.6 208.7 208.7 208.5 546.1 574.9 551.8 577.3 493.0 501.0 499.3 509.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.7 27.1 27.7 74.5 75.8 75.0 76.1 75.9 75.1 74.8 75.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 28.9 29.6 29.1 76.9 77.8 77.4 78.7 86.7 87.4 85.1 87.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.7 367.4 363.1 367.3 838.2 865.9 843.7 868.3 842.2 842.0 843.0 846.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.0 131.9 132.8 129.9 283.0 299.5 287.1 301.4 418.7 418.7 418.0 422.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 102.6 100.7 102.7 124.8 125.8 125.8 125.7 205.0 206.3 206.1 206.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 74.1 73.8 73.4 148.4 160.1 151.4 160.9 183.4 188.1 182.3 186.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.7 84.3 84.0 84.3 187.9 207.4 190.6 207.7 253.4 259.1 254.3 258.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 98.9 94.9 98.9 195.5 198.9 194.8 198.4 280.1 288.6 282.6 289.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.1 58.7 58.5 59.2 58.1 119.3 118.6 118.9 119.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.8 141.9 143.4 140.2 400.4 414.9 402.5 417.0 405.2 415.6 404.0 412.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.8 207.8 208.6 207.8 480.6 507.3 482.6 508.0 658.9 663.7 653.7 658.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.3 202.3 194.5 202.0 540.8 562.1 546.2 573.2 611.5 621.2 613.9 616.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.7 178.4 176.0 177.6 330.1 347.0 335.5 347.2 462.9 473.7 464.3 475.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.0 44.2 45.1 44.2 92.6 91.9 93.0 91.5 130.3 131.8 134.0 135.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.0 159.9 160.4 159.7 335.0 344.8 332.7 347.7 412.7 416.2 413.3 420.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 21.0 20.9 20.9 42.6 44.4 42.4 43.9 63.3 63.3 63.9 64.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 68.7 69.9 68.7 104.4 106.9 105.4 105.8 135.1 136.8 136.2 138.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 50.8 51.6 51.2 136.9 139.1 138.8 140.7 103.4 106.6 102.6 106.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.2 35.6 35.3 66.0 65.8 66.6 65.9 113.2 110.4 112.5 109.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.3 253.0 252.7 251.7 611.8 618.6 613.6 623.5 604.0 630.5 599.2 624.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 32.5 33.8 32.2 101.7 97.3 101.4 95.7 121.9 124.8 121.9 124.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.6 701.3 693.9 697.2 1,156.0 1,209.0 1,150.5 1,207.0 1,678.5 1,716.0 1,671.0 1,709.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.8 208.8 205.5 207.4 515.3 522.8 520.9 527.4 540.5 550.9 543.8 553.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 22.3 21.1 22.4 30.9 33.8 31.2 34.2 56.7 58.9 56.8 59.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.8 283.1 281.8 283.7 655.2 668.0 654.2 671.1 832.9 865.8 838.2 863.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 82.1 80.6 82.7 174.6 176.5 174.7 178.3 204.4 204.9 206.2 206.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 94.3 92.6 95.2 188.4 191.6 189.8 194.0 228.1 230.5 229.4 230.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1 314.7 313.0 314.7 717.0 729.8 718.7 732.7 1,132.9 1,121.4 1,127.1 1,115.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 30.9 31.0 30.9 55.5 53.8 55.3 54.0 100.7 97.5 99.9 98.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.9 95.8 96.3 96.9 230.4 234.7 229.1 232.7 216.0 219.2 216.5 220.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 28.3 27.5 28.3 29.0 30.4 28.9 30.4 65.3 66.9 65.1 66.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 133.3 136.2 133.4 321.0 324.6 328.1 330.5 380.6 388.5 383.1 389.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.7 651.1 643.0 654.4 1,343.0 1,391.1 1,355.0 1,399.5 1,413.1 1,458.2 1,425.3 1,461.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 72.3 70.4 72.7 160.8 168.3 163.3 170.5 153.2 156.2 154.9 157.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3 25.3 27.5 26.0 27.3 59.6 61.1 59.3 61.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.7 193.9 185.1 194.2 665.9 673.3 663.7 668.9 452.9 475.9 458.1 477.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.0 140.3 138.0 141.6 344.0 350.9 343.4 350.8 372.9 381.3 373.4 381.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.2 26.8 27.2 63.0 64.4 63.0 63.1 122.6 126.2 122.7 126.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.6 155.5 158.8 154.9 288.8 286.4 289.8 289.1 407.8 411.8 409.2 414.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.7 10.6 11.0 18.9 19.2 18.9 19.0 26.7 27.4 26.7 27.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 44.4 43.5 43.9 105.6 100.7 104.5 102.8 109.8 115.3 109.7 114.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2011 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminaryand will be revised when new information becomes available.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted-Continued[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

July August July August July August

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.3 181.9 175.0 180.7 80.6 82.0 80.1 82.3 369.2 357.3 368.6 357.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 39.9 39.9 40.4 11.2 11.1 10.7 11.3 79.8 79.3 80.1 80.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.8 264.5 257.2 262.7 92.0 88.6 90.3 87.1 358.4 362.4 399.9 400.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.3 107.0 101.8 106.1 43.7 43.8 43.9 44.0 202.3 205.7 209.5 210.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,557.7 1,611.8 1,559.3 1,618.7 488.4 489.3 483.7 485.8 2,250.3 2,228.5 2,240.1 2,216.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.1 290.9 286.3 288.9 94.0 95.0 94.8 94.6 371.5 371.4 372.3 374.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.2 150.5 145.5 146.2 61.7 61.4 61.4 60.8 220.6 217.9 222.0 220.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 49.7 47.3 49.5 20.0 19.5 19.6 19.3 61.8 60.2 60.9 59.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 64.3 62.1 63.4 68.4 69.7 68.6 69.9 261.0 256.5 247.6 244.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952.2 965.9 945.0 959.7 307.2 303.0 303.2 302.2 1,015.0 1,004.1 1,086.8 1,079.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.0 391.4 386.2 390.9 156.3 156.7 155.2 154.1 640.9 640.5 663.0 654.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 108.6 103.7 109.4 25.9 25.6 25.7 25.2 119.5 117.4 115.3 117.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 64.5 64.4 65.6 21.6 22.3 21.3 22.3 110.3 107.5 109.0 107.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.0 553.5 542.2 556.2 253.3 243.3 251.6 244.0 808.2 792.9 797.6 786.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.6 300.4 289.3 301.3 110.5 109.1 110.1 110.9 376.0 377.1 396.7 403.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 140.8 139.6 138.9 56.9 57.7 56.8 57.8 228.7 226.3 228.9 228.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 121.3 119.2 120.7 51.8 52.1 52.1 52.1 235.4 232.2 236.3 237.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.8 182.0 174.7 182.8 70.2 70.8 70.8 71.2 317.9 315.5 322.2 320.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.4 209.9 198.6 208.9 63.1 64.6 63.3 64.6 346.7 347.5 349.0 349.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 77.2 76.3 75.5 20.7 21.3 21.1 20.3 89.1 88.8 87.8 88.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.7 254.8 252.7 252.9 118.4 119.4 117.0 119.1 491.5 492.1 485.0 488.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.3 346.1 342.5 344.3 128.4 127.8 128.3 127.1 403.2 400.0 395.3 393.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.0 408.3 401.1 405.6 169.9 169.5 169.9 168.7 568.0 561.3 565.2 560.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6 246.6 255.1 246.8 116.4 116.8 117.0 116.5 360.5 386.0 376.0 386.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.1 120.2 118.6 120.5 34.3 34.8 34.7 34.0 236.4 234.2 242.1 239.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.4 281.0 283.1 279.5 113.9 113.3 114.1 111.2 392.8 387.6 399.2 400.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 61.2 62.2 61.3 17.1 16.9 16.3 17.1 81.6 83.0 83.0 83.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.3 88.3 87.0 88.6 36.5 37.5 36.5 37.1 159.1 160.8 160.9 161.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.4 324.9 320.8 324.5 34.4 34.7 34.6 34.7 141.7 139.5 141.0 139.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 75.3 75.0 75.6 23.2 23.8 22.6 23.8 81.1 81.3 80.1 81.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.7 387.3 365.5 382.5 167.9 174.5 169.4 173.4 592.0 595.1 580.9 584.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.9 88.5 86.7 89.0 28.4 27.0 28.5 25.9 185.4 180.8 187.9 182.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824.3 844.1 821.2 840.5 376.1 381.8 375.6 377.8 1,461.6 1,452.4 1,448.8 1,433.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.3 425.5 421.2 424.6 157.4 156.8 157.0 157.2 605.2 597.6 667.8 663.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 37.0 36.0 36.9 15.2 16.0 15.5 16.5 69.4 69.3 69.7 69.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.0 512.8 507.2 514.5 211.4 219.2 212.9 219.2 724.8 720.0 722.9 718.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.2 148.3 145.6 149.3 59.9 61.0 59.9 61.3 316.5 321.2 320.8 327.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 176.2 175.5 177.5 57.5 57.6 57.8 57.7 274.1 270.1 271.7 269.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.9 562.8 545.8 562.7 258.5 260.2 258.3 258.2 687.6 673.5 681.7 670.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 56.8 55.0 57.1 23.3 22.7 23.4 22.6 56.9 55.9 56.8 55.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.1 222.6 221.3 221.0 69.0 69.6 69.3 69.4 325.5 325.3 329.5 327.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 47.8 49.3 50.2 15.9 15.7 15.8 15.6 74.2 73.3 73.3 72.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.3 278.5 274.5 277.5 101.5 103.3 101.0 101.8 401.7 411.4 420.4 425.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073.8 1,116.8 1,065.9 1,115.6 374.7 386.8 374.4 385.3 1,743.7 1,715.6 1,724.8 1,714.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.5 118.6 118.3 119.5 35.5 35.8 34.5 35.3 202.2 202.9 206.2 208.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 34.9 34.7 35.0 9.9 10.1 9.8 9.9 42.7 43.2 42.6 43.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.5 384.5 371.7 377.8 187.8 191.0 186.9 190.7 680.9 680.3 675.4 680.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.5 291.7 286.9 291.3 108.9 110.7 109.0 110.7 526.8 521.0 508.8 502.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 76.9 75.3 76.1 55.1 54.7 55.1 54.2 146.7 144.6 148.0 145.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.0 255.4 270.9 261.2 136.3 136.8 135.7 135.3 383.8 376.7 375.4 379.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.1 40.9 38.3 40.1 12.1 11.8 12.0 11.8 70.3 71.9 69.3 71.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 71.9 72.4 72.4 18.2 19.3 18.2 19.7 270.0 265.1 261.5 262.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.5 1.8 1.2 1.7 1.2 13.0 11.6 13.2 11.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2011 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminaryand will be revised when new information becomes available.

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally adjustedAugust 2012

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