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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2006
Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 336 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 26 areas, and unchanged in 5 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Ten metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent,
and nine areas recorded rates of more than 10.0 percent. The national
unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.7
percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In January, 72 metropolitan areas posted unemployment rates below 4.0
percent, up from 27 areas a year earlier, while 42 areas reported unem-
ployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, down from 74 areas in January
2005. Honolulu, Hawaii, registered the lowest jobless rate, 2.2 percent,
closely followed by Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., and Naples-Marco Island,
Fla., 2.3 and 2.4 percent, respectively. Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., again
recorded the highest unemployment rate in January, 17.9 percent. The next
highest rates were reported in Pascagoula, Miss., 13.8 percent, and El
Centro, Calif., 13.3 percent. Overall, 199 areas had unemployment rates
below the U.S. rate of 5.1 percent, 156 areas registered higher rates, and
12 areas had the same rate. (See table 1.)
The largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease for January was posted
in Janesville, Wis. (-4.2 percentage points). The next largest rate
declines were reported in El Centro, Calif. (-2.5 percentage points), and
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Fla. (-2.4 points). Seven other areas recorded over-
the-year unemployment rate decreases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and
93 additional areas had rate decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point
from January 2005. Two Mississippi areas that were impacted by Hurricane
Katrina registered the largest rate increases from January 2005--Gulfport-
Biloxi (+11.6 percentage points) and Pascagoula (+6.4 points). The only
other area to report an over-the-year rate increase of 1.0 percentage
point or more was New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (+1.9 points). In
January, 215 areas recorded rate declines over the year that were greater
than or equal to that of the nation (-0.6 percentage point).
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Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million
or more, Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla., and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-
Va.-Md.-W.Va., posted the lowest unemployment rates in January, 3.0 and 3.1
percent, respectively. The next lowest rates were recorded in Jacksonville,
Fla., and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla., 3.2 percent each, Miami-
Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla., 3.3 percent, and Richmond, Va., 3.4 per-
cent. The highest jobless rates among the large areas again were reported
in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 7.8 percent, and Detroit-Warren-Livonia,
Mich., 7.6 percent. The next highest rates were recorded in Louisville-
Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind., 6.5 percent, and Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., and Pro-
vidence-Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., 6.1 percent each. Forty-six large areas
had lower unemployment rates than a year earlier, and three registered higher
rates. The largest over-the-year jobless rate decreases were posted in
Jacksonville, Fla. (-1.3 percentage points), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami
Beach, Fla., Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla., Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash.,
and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-1.2 points each). Five addition-
al large areas experienced over-the-year rate declines of at least 1.0 per-
centage point. The largest rate increase from January 2005 was reported by
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (+1.9 percentage points). No other large
area had a jobless rate increase greater than 0.3 percentage point.
Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metro-
politan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment
centers. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, Md., posted the lowest unemploy-
ment rate in January, 3.0 percent, followed closely by Fort Lauderdale-Pom-
pano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-
Va.- Md.-W.Va., 3.1 percent each. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach,
Fla., recorded the next lowest rate, 3.2 percent. The highest unemployment
rate among divisions continued to be reported in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn,
Mich., 8.9 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 8.2 percent.
(See table 2.)
Over the year, January jobless rates were lower in 30 of the 34 metropo-
litan divisions, higher in 3 divisions, and unchanged in 1. Unemployment
rates were down by 1.0 percentage point or more in five of the metropolitan
divisions. The largest rate decreases were posted in Tacoma, Wash., and
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (-1.4 percentage points each).
The other two divisions in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. metro-
politan area--Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach and Miami-Miami
Beach-Kendall--had the next largest rate decreases from January 2005 (-1.2 per-
centage points each). Gary, Ind., was the only other division to record a
rate decrease of at least 1.0 percentage point. None of the divisions re-
ported a rate increase from a year earlier greater than 0.3 percentage point.
For 5 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges
between the highest and lowest division unemployment rates were 1.0 per-
centage point or more. The metropolitan areas that had the widest rate
ranges among their divisions were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H.
(Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 8.2 percent, compared with Nashua,
N.H., 4.0 percent), and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-
Dearborn, 8.9 percent, compared with Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, 6.7
percent).
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Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In January 2006, 331 metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year increases
in nonfarm payroll employment, 30 reported decreases, and 6 had no change.
The largest over-the-year employment gains were posted in Phoenix-Mesa-
Scottsdale, Ariz. (+111,800), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+97,000),
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+91,100), and Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (+79,900). The largest percentage
increase in employment was reported in St. George, Utah (+10.2 percent),
followed by Yuba City, Calif. (+7.6 percent), and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.,
and Prescott, Ariz. (+7.2 percent each). (See table 3.)
Large over-the-year decreases in employment in New Orleans-Metairie-
Kenner, La. (-197,500), and Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (-22,900), reflect the
impact of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in late August.
The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment were reported
in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (-32.6 percent), Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss.
(-20.3 percent), Spartanburg, S.C. (-4.6 percent), and Anderson, S.C. (-4.1
percent).
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 34 of the 36 metropolitan
areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2005. The
largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large
metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.2 percent),
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+6.5 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla.
(+4.7 percent), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+4.2 percent). Among
the largest areas, the only over-the-year percentage decreases in em-
ployment were recorded in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (-0.9 per-
cent), and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-0.5 percent).
Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in January 2006 for
32 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable
employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-nine of the 32
metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment increases, while
3 reported decreases. The largest over-the-year increase in the metropol-
itan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+75,600), followed
by New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+57,600), Washington-Arlington-
Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+56,000), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett,
Wash. (+55,900). Over-the-year employment losses were recorded in Detroit-
Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-9,800), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-900),
and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. (-100). (See table 4.)
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the
metropolitan divisions were reported in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deer-
field Beach, Fla. (+4.5 percent), Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+4.2 per-
cent), Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.0 percent), and Tacoma, Wash. (+3.9 per-
cent). Over-the-year percentage decreases in employment among the divisions
were reported for Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-1.2 percent), and Brock-
ton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass., and Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-0.1
percent each).
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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for February
is scheduled to be issued on March 30. The Metropolitan Area Employment
and Unemployment release for February is scheduled to be issued on April 5.
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| Revisions to Metropolitan Area Employment |
| and Unemployment Data Series |
| |
| The metropolitan area labor force and unemployment estimates |
| presented in tables 1 and 2 of this release have been revised for |
| 2005 to incorporate updated inputs and to reflect new state to- |
| tals. Estimates on the BLS Web site have not been revised and |
| do not match the estimates for January or December 2005 in this |
| release. Those data will be released according to the annual pro- |
| cessing schedule provided at http://www.bls.gov/lau/launews1.htm. |
| |
| In addition, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states, |
| metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions presented in tables |
| 3 and 4 of this release have been revised to reflect 2005 bench- |
| mark levels. For most states, areas, and divisions, data back to |
| April 2004 were subject to revision. For information on benchmark |
| procedures, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/2005bmk.htm. |
| |
| Effective with this release, the titles of several metropolitan |
| areas and divisions have been changed to reflect updates in Office |
| of Management and Budget Bulletin Nos. 05-02, issued on February 22, |
| 2005, and 06-01, issued on December 5, 2005. For specific informa- |
| tion on the title changes, see the above-mentioned bulletins, avail- |
| able at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm or call (202) 691-6392. |
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| Elimination of Monthly Revisions to Local |
| Area Unemployment Statistics Data |
| |
| Beginning with the release of February 2006 data, the Local |
| Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program will discontinue regu- |
| lar revisions to monthly estimates. Instead of producing "pre- |
| liminary" and "revised" estimates (tables 1 and 2) for each month, |
| LAUS will produce a single monthly estimate that is subject to re- |
| vision at the beginning of the following calendar year. This |
| change, which results from reduced funding as part of the rescis- |
| sion in the BLS fiscal year 2006 appropriation, applies to all of |
| the more than 7,200 LAUS geographic areas. This change does not |
| affect nonfarm payroll employment estimates which will continue |
| to be presented on a preliminary and revised basis (tables 3 |
| and 4) each month. |
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| Hurricane Katrina and Revisions to January 2006 |
| Metropolitan Area Labor Force Estimates |
| |
| In January, BLS and its state partners again made modifications |
| to the usual estimation procedures for the LAUS program to reflect |
| the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the labor force statistics in |
| affected areas. These modifications included: (1) allowing the |
| state labor force estimates for Louisiana and Mississippi to re- |
| flect the effects of Katrina by overriding the built-in feature of |
| the methodology that smoothes over large shifts in key inputs--unem- |
| ployment insurance claims and nonfarm wage and salary employment; |
| (2) modifying the state population controls to account for displace- |
| ment due to Katrina; (3) developing labor force estimates for the |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alternative |
| to the model-based method; and (4) not publishing labor force esti- |
| mates for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metro- |
| politan area or cities within those parishes where the quality of |
| input data was severely compromised by the hurricane. |
| |
| Estimates in this release may differ from those already published |
| by some states because of an adjustment made by BLS. On February 24, |
| BLS released January 2006 labor force estimates for states and mod- |
| eled areas to its cooperating state partners as part of regular |
| monthly production. These original estimates included model adjust- |
| ments to account for the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana |
| and West South Central division unemployment estimates. Based on |
| a subsequent review of the estimates, however, BLS determined that |
| the adjustment for Louisiana's unemployment was not warranted and |
| performed reestimation without that adjustment. This change had a |
| fairly large impact on the other three states in the West South |
| Central division and, due to real-time benchmarking, small impacts |
| on the other states across the nation. Some states--which inde- |
| pendently set their publication schedules--released estimates at |
| both the statewide and substate levels, prior to the BLS correc- |
| tions. |
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| For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for |
| January 2006, see Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita on the |
| BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/katrina/home.htm or call (202) |
| 691-6392. |
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Technical Note
This release presents labor force and unemployment data from
the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1 and 2)
for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New England
City and Town Areas (NECTAs), including those in Puerto Rico. Estimates
for over 30 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. Non-
farm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statis-
tics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are provided for the same areas.
State estimates were previously published in the news release, Regional
and State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this
release for ease of reference. 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 labor force includes both the employed and the unemployed.
Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or
profit in the survey 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 did not work at all (in the
reference week), had actively looked for a job (sometime in the
4-week period ending with the survey reference week), and were
currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall
need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for
all census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los
Angeles-Long beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York
City were produced using updated time-series models with real-
time benchmarking. Model-based estimation was extended to the
following areas and the respective balances-of-state: Chicago-
Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division; Cleveland-Elyria-
Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; Detroit-Warren-Livonia,
MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL
Metropolitan Division; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropoli-
tan Division. This will improve the statistical basis of the esti-
mation for these areas and provide important tools for analysis,
such as measures of error and seasonally adjusted series. For all
other substate areas, estimates are prepared through indirect
estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are based
largely on "place of work" estimates from the CES program,
are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS.
Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously
employed in industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws
and entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate
estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically
exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure
that they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-
state totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures
is available from BLS upon request.
Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown
for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each
year, usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted
estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census
Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and model reesti-
mation at the state and selected area level. All substate area
estimates are adjusted to add to the revised model-based estimates.
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Employment--from the CES program
Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establish-
ment 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 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification
System.
Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated
using a "link relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative)
of current-month employment to that of the previous month is
computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both
months. The estimates of employment for the current month are
obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by
these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official
estimators for the approximately 10 percent of CES published
series which have sample-based estimates.
Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annual-
ly to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived princi-
pally 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 employ-
ment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month
changes in the level for the subsequent months.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample
survey and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling
and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sam-
pling variability--that is, variation that occurs by chance be-
cause a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed.
Survey data are also 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 special
estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not
always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of
rounding. With respect to the LAUS program, unemployment rates
are computed from unrounded data rather than from data that may
be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally
insignificant.
Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error
measures, including for over-the month change, are available for
states on the BLS Web site at http://www/bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm.
Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but additional in-
formation on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical,
Employment and Earnings.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state
CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES
data at the total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site
at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent
benchmark revisions for states is available at http://www.bls.gov/
sae/.
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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 February 18, 2004. A detailed list of
the geographic definitions is available on the Web at http://www.
bls.gov/lau/laumsa.htm and also is published annually in the May
issue of Employment and Earnings.
Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures used to
develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment
and Earnings, which is available by subscription from the Superin-
tendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800).
Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force
and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions,
and eight areas are available in the news release, Regional and
State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and
unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market
areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and
other areas used in the administration of various federal economic
assistance programs are available on the BLS Web site at http://
www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program are
available at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;
TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
State and area
Number Percent of labor force
Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan.
2005 2005 2006 2005 2005 2006 2005 2005 2006
Alabama................................... 2,129.0 2,175.3 2,155.2 102.5 70.4 87.8 4.8 3.2 4.1
Anniston-Oxford......................... 53.8 54.2 53.8 2.6 1.8 2.2 4.8 3.3 4.1
Auburn-Opelika.......................... 62.5 65.1 64.2 2.4 1.6 2.0 3.9 2.5 3.2
Birmingham-Hoover....................... 528.5 539.5 532.3 22.7 16.3 20.4 4.3 3.0 3.8
Decatur................................. 71.7 72.2 71.8 3.7 2.5 3.1 5.1 3.4 4.3
Dothan.................................. 64.9 66.1 65.5 2.8 1.8 2.3 4.3 2.7 3.6
Florence-Muscle Shoals.................. 65.8 68.0 67.7 3.7 2.6 3.2 5.7 3.8 4.7
Gadsden................................. 46.5 47.9 47.3 2.5 1.6 2.0 5.3 3.4 4.2
Huntsville.............................. 192.4 197.6 195.4 7.4 5.3 6.7 3.9 2.7 3.4
Mobile.................................. 178.2 183.6 181.6 9.5 6.5 7.9 5.4 3.5 4.4
Montgomery.............................. 165.6 169.9 168.1 7.9 5.6 7.0 4.8 3.3 4.1
Tuscaloosa.............................. 93.5 96.6 95.3 4.0 2.7 3.5 4.3 2.8 3.6
Alaska.................................... 334.0 338.9 337.5 26.8 23.4 26.1 8.0 6.9 7.7
Anchorage............................... 183.0 188.6 186.0 11.8 10.5 11.8 6.4 5.6 6.4
Fairbanks............................... 43.2 45.1 43.7 3.1 2.6 3.0 7.1 5.8 6.8
Arizona................................... 2,788.7 2,886.8 2,880.5 129.2 122.0 144.2 4.6 4.2 5.0
Flagstaff............................... 64.9 67.1 66.5 3.9 3.4 4.1 6.0 5.1 6.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale................. 1,876.7 1,952.9 1,948.8 78.9 72.4 87.5 4.2 3.7 4.5
Prescott................................ 86.5 90.6 90.0 3.7 3.3 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.5
Tucson.................................. 433.4 441.2 438.9 19.5 18.5 22.4 4.5 4.2 5.1
Yuma.................................... 72.2 75.8 75.7 7.8 9.4 8.8 10.7 12.4 11.6
Arkansas.................................. 1,312.5 1,369.0 1,368.6 79.5 59.7 69.3 6.1 4.4 5.1
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers.......... 211.7 226.8 227.1 7.5 5.6 6.9 3.5 2.5 3.0
Fort Smith.............................. 132.8 138.9 138.3 7.0 5.7 6.0 5.3 4.1 4.3
Hot Springs............................. 40.7 41.7 41.4 2.6 1.8 2.1 6.5 4.4 5.0
Jonesboro............................... 55.2 57.6 57.3 3.3 2.5 2.9 6.0 4.4 5.1
Little Rock-North Little Rock........... 326.3 343.9 340.4 17.1 12.9 14.8 5.2 3.7 4.3
Pine Bluff.............................. 46.4 46.8 47.1 3.9 3.0 3.5 8.5 6.5 7.4
California................................ 17,506.5 17,805.1 17,658.7 1,079.2 853.3 936.3 6.2 4.8 5.3
Bakersfield............................. 317.4 326.8 323.8 32.7 25.7 28.0 10.3 7.9 8.6
Chico................................... 98.1 99.6 99.3 7.7 5.8 6.9 7.9 5.8 6.9
El Centro............................... 59.9 62.7 61.3 9.5 8.3 8.1 15.8 13.1 13.3
Fresno.................................. 400.2 402.1 396.9 45.6 33.5 37.6 11.4 8.3 9.5
Hanford-Corcoran........................ 53.2 53.2 53.9 6.5 4.6 5.6 12.2 8.6 10.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana........ 6,358.6 6,499.8 6,432.8 354.0 296.6 316.0 5.6 4.6 4.9
Madera.................................. 60.3 61.4 60.9 5.9 4.5 4.8 9.8 7.3 7.9
Merced.................................. 96.5 100.8 98.7 12.4 9.4 11.0 12.8 9.3 11.1
Modesto................................. 223.2 229.7 226.9 22.2 16.8 19.2 10.0 7.3 8.4
Napa.................................... 69.8 71.0 70.5 3.6 2.8 3.0 5.2 4.0 4.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura............ 415.8 420.9 419.4 22.8 17.8 19.2 5.5 4.2 4.6
Redding................................. 82.6 81.9 82.4 7.1 5.2 6.3 8.5 6.4 7.7
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario........ 1,694.3 1,735.5 1,723.8 92.1 72.7 78.9 5.4 4.2 4.6
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Rose-
ville................................ 1,014.1 1,033.9 1,032.6 54.4 42.3 48.9 5.4 4.1 4.7
Salinas................................. 196.5 196.5 194.3 23.6 18.4 20.9 12.0 9.4 10.8
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos........... 1,496.0 1,519.2 1,508.4 69.2 55.2 60.7 4.6 3.6 4.0
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont........... 2,177.5 2,195.0 2,174.6 115.3 87.5 96.6 5.3 4.0 4.4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.......... 849.4 848.7 841.8 52.4 38.5 42.8 6.2 4.5 5.1
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles............. 129.9 131.0 130.2 6.2 4.8 5.3 4.8 3.6 4.0
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria............... 207.8 213.1 208.8 11.3 8.8 9.6 5.4 4.1 4.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville.................. 142.2 141.8 140.7 12.5 9.1 10.6 8.8 6.4 7.5
Santa Rosa-Petaluma..................... 253.4 256.6 254.2 12.6 9.6 10.9 5.0 3.8 4.3
Stockton................................ 280.6 283.9 282.9 26.0 19.9 22.5 9.3 7.0 7.9
Vallejo-Fairfield....................... 207.1 212.0 211.0 12.7 9.8 11.1 6.1 4.6 5.3
Visalia-Porterville..................... 180.9 183.4 182.0 22.3 16.8 18.3 12.3 9.2 10.1
Yuba City............................... 64.7 67.5 67.5 7.4 5.8 6.6 11.4 8.6 9.8
Colorado.................................. 2,511.9 2,561.8 2,548.1 140.3 114.8 131.4 5.6 4.5 5.2
Boulder................................. 165.9 168.8 167.0 8.1 6.5 7.4 4.9 3.8 4.4
Colorado Springs........................ 294.7 300.1 299.1 16.9 14.2 16.1 5.7 4.7 5.4
Denver-Aurora........................... 1,288.0 1,315.9 1,307.4 74.0 60.6 68.9 5.7 4.6 5.3
Fort Collins-Loveland................... 159.6 165.3 162.6 7.8 6.8 7.8 4.9 4.1 4.8
Grand Junction.......................... 68.4 70.9 69.8 4.0 2.9 3.4 5.9 4.1 4.8
Greeley................................. 107.2 110.4 110.1 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.9 4.6 5.2
Pueblo.................................. 68.0 68.5 68.2 5.1 4.2 4.6 7.5 6.1 6.8
Connecticut............................... 1,789.1 1,812.6 1,803.1 95.8 76.1 91.3 5.4 4.2 5.1
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk............. 452.9 460.3 457.9 22.3 17.6 22.2 4.9 3.8 4.8
Danbury................................. 88.1 89.9 88.9 3.6 2.8 3.4 4.1 3.1 3.8
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford.... 562.5 568.9 566.2 31.8 25.0 29.6 5.7 4.4 5.2
New Haven............................... 298.3 301.1 299.1 16.0 12.8 15.0 5.4 4.3 5.0
Norwich-New London...................... 146.3 148.1 147.5 7.1 6.1 7.1 4.9 4.1 4.8
Waterbury............................... 99.2 99.9 99.5 6.9 5.6 6.5 7.0 5.6 6.5
Delaware.................................. 431.0 443.9 442.7 19.6 18.1 19.0 4.5 4.1 4.3
Dover................................... 71.5 74.4 74.5 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.6 3.8
District of Columbia...................... 293.9 292.0 290.7 20.6 16.7 15.8 7.0 5.7 5.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria......... 2,825.5 2,890.2 2,897.1 104.9 82.0 89.9 3.7 2.8 3.1
Florida................................... 8,456.2 8,729.7 8,715.7 366.8 257.0 271.3 4.3 2.9 3.1
Cape Coral-Fort Myers................... 258.5 273.8 274.4 9.0 6.0 6.3 3.5 2.2 2.3
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach...... 234.2 241.0 241.3 10.2 6.7 7.3 4.3 2.8 3.0
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin...... 92.0 95.9 96.0 3.2 2.3 2.5 3.5 2.4 2.6
Gainesville............................. 124.2 127.2 127.1 4.1 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.3 2.5
Jacksonville............................ 609.9 630.7 627.1 27.2 18.8 20.3 4.5 3.0 3.2
Lakeland................................ 252.5 260.5 260.3 11.4 8.0 8.5 4.5 3.1 3.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach....... 2,632.2 2,704.3 2,697.2 119.2 87.7 88.5 4.5 3.2 3.3
Naples-Marco Island..................... 142.3 148.3 149.1 4.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 2.3 2.4
Ocala................................... 120.5 124.7 124.5 5.0 3.5 3.8 4.2 2.8 3.0
Orlando-Kissimmee....................... 980.0 1,023.7 1,021.7 40.7 28.5 30.3 4.2 2.8 3.0
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville........... 247.4 252.6 251.6 10.2 7.1 7.7 4.1 2.8 3.0
Panama City-Lynn Haven.................. 77.0 79.4 79.6 3.8 2.8 3.1 4.9 3.5 3.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent.............. 191.2 197.9 197.1 9.4 5.8 6.2 4.9 2.9 3.2
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce.............. 168.5 173.7 173.0 8.5 5.6 5.9 5.0 3.2 3.4
Punta Gorda............................. 61.3 62.7 63.1 3.0 1.7 1.9 4.9 2.7 3.1
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice............... 313.0 329.4 328.2 11.4 7.4 8.3 3.6 2.2 2.5
Sebastian-Vero Beach.................... 56.3 58.0 57.8 3.2 1.8 1.9 5.7 3.1 3.3
Tallahassee............................. 171.9 175.8 175.0 6.5 4.6 5.0 3.8 2.6 2.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater......... 1,262.2 1,301.9 1,298.1 55.1 38.2 41.2 4.4 2.9 3.2
Georgia................................... 4,499.4 4,657.2 4,636.2 238.2 226.1 230.2 5.3 4.9 5.0
Albany.................................. 73.6 76.3 76.3 4.5 4.2 4.3 6.1 5.5 5.7
Athens-Clarke County.................... 96.5 100.7 100.0 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.8
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta.......... 2,518.3 2,626.4 2,605.5 131.3 127.7 128.8 5.2 4.9 4.9
Augusta-Richmond County................. 250.9 255.0 255.5 15.3 15.2 15.0 6.1 6.0 5.9
Brunswick............................... 50.3 52.4 52.7 2.4 2.2 2.3 4.9 4.1 4.3
Columbus................................ 125.6 130.1 128.9 7.0 7.0 7.2 5.5 5.4 5.6
Dalton.................................. 64.8 67.9 67.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 4.9 4.6 4.7
Gainesville............................. 81.1 83.1 83.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 4.3 4.0 4.1
Hinesville-Fort Stewart................. 28.6 29.1 29.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 6.3 5.8 5.9
Macon................................... 109.3 111.2 111.2 6.2 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.4
Rome.................................... 49.6 50.7 50.2 2.7 2.2 2.4 5.5 4.4 4.7
Savannah................................ 162.5 168.7 168.3 7.3 6.6 6.8 4.5 3.9 4.0
Valdosta................................ 63.3 66.1 66.2 2.6 2.6 2.9 4.1 4.0 4.5
Warner Robins........................... 61.6 63.0 63.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 4.6 4.4 4.4
Hawaii.................................... 624.0 644.8 645.9 17.4 15.2 14.5 2.8 2.4 2.2
Honolulu................................ 436.5 453.9 452.2 12.1 10.4 9.9 2.8 2.3 2.2
Idaho..................................... 722.1 746.0 743.1 38.3 24.6 32.7 5.3 3.3 4.4
Boise City-Nampa........................ 277.8 289.9 290.9 12.7 7.9 10.4 4.6 2.7 3.6
Coeur d�Alene........................... 65.7 68.7 66.1 4.3 2.8 3.5 6.6 4.0 5.4
Idaho Falls............................. 58.6 60.8 61.6 2.5 1.5 2.1 4.3 2.4 3.4
Lewiston................................ 30.1 29.2 29.2 1.9 1.3 1.3 6.3 4.3 4.3
Pocatello............................... 44.9 45.3 45.2 2.4 1.5 2.0 5.3 3.3 4.4
Illinois.................................. 6,384.1 6,478.8 6,457.5 405.6 336.1 371.6 6.4 5.2 5.8
Bloomington-Normal...................... 84.4 91.2 87.3 4.2 3.1 3.6 5.0 3.4 4.2
Champaign-Urbana........................ 114.1 121.8 115.3 5.3 4.3 5.1 4.7 3.5 4.4
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet............... 4,696.5 4,724.5 4,732.0 298.4 250.6 266.6 6.4 5.3 5.6
Danville................................ 37.6 38.8 38.3 2.9 2.2 2.5 7.7 5.6 6.7
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island............ 200.7 207.8 202.9 11.5 9.5 10.8 5.7 4.6 5.3
Decatur................................. 52.5 54.5 53.5 3.6 3.2 3.5 6.8 5.9 6.6
Kankakee-Bradley........................ 52.2 53.6 52.9 4.1 3.2 4.0 7.9 6.0 7.5
Peoria.................................. 188.6 195.7 192.6 10.7 8.6 10.0 5.7 4.4 5.2
Rockford................................ 164.1 168.5 166.3 12.3 10.5 11.9 7.5 6.3 7.1
Springfield............................. 110.5 114.6 112.9 6.0 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.3 5.2
Indiana................................... 3,149.6 3,212.2 3,224.5 193.5 169.0 170.5 6.1 5.3 5.3
Anderson................................ 62.6 63.8 64.0 4.7 4.2 4.3 7.4 6.6 6.7
Bloomington............................. 94.9 96.9 96.3 5.3 4.6 4.9 5.6 4.8 5.1
Columbus................................ 36.3 37.4 37.4 2.0 1.8 1.8 5.4 4.8 4.9
Elkhart-Goshen.......................... 99.0 101.3 102.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.4
Evansville.............................. 179.8 182.2 183.3 9.8 8.9 9.1 5.4 4.9 5.0
Fort Wayne.............................. 207.5 213.3 214.9 12.2 10.7 10.8 5.9 5.0 5.0
Indianapolis-Carmel..................... 858.1 876.4 880.7 46.4 41.4 41.0 5.4 4.7 4.7
Kokomo.................................. 46.9 46.5 47.1 3.4 3.0 3.3 7.2 6.5 7.0
Lafayette............................... 92.8 96.5 95.9 4.9 4.4 4.4 5.3 4.6 4.6
Michigan City-La Porte.................. 52.3 53.5 53.9 3.7 3.3 3.4 7.1 6.1 6.3
Muncie.................................. 55.5 56.3 56.0 4.3 3.6 3.7 7.7 6.4 6.5
South Bend-Mishawaka.................... 159.5 164.7 165.0 9.1 8.6 8.5 5.7 5.2 5.2
Terre Haute............................. 79.8 81.2 81.0 6.5 5.3 5.5 8.1 6.6 6.8
Iowa...................................... 1,631.8 1,666.4 1,654.2 91.5 75.9 82.9 5.6 4.6 5.0
Ames.................................... 47.2 47.9 46.9 1.7 1.4 1.6 3.5 2.9 3.3
Cedar Rapids............................ 139.9 140.9 138.5 7.9 6.6 6.9 5.6 4.7 5.0
Des Moines-West Des Moines.............. 296.1 302.3 300.2 14.8 12.4 13.2 5.0 4.1 4.4
Dubuque................................. 50.4 51.7 52.2 3.1 2.5 2.9 6.1 4.8 5.6
Iowa City............................... 84.8 88.6 88.3 3.4 2.8 3.1 4.0 3.2 3.5
Sioux City.............................. 73.8 76.4 76.1 4.6 3.6 4.1 6.2 4.8 5.4
Waterloo-Cedar Falls.................... 92.6 94.4 93.4 5.0 4.1 4.4 5.4 4.4 4.7
Kansas.................................... 1,464.9 1,473.9 1,463.4 85.3 62.9 73.2 5.8 4.3 5.0
Lawrence................................ 63.0 63.1 60.9 2.9 2.1 2.5 4.6 3.3 4.0
Topeka.................................. 124.3 123.0 122.9 8.6 5.9 6.7 6.9 4.8 5.5
Wichita................................. 306.7 305.4 305.6 18.8 14.3 16.4 6.1 4.7 5.4
Kentucky.................................. 1,960.8 2,019.2 1,990.4 123.9 124.7 137.8 6.3 6.2 6.9
Bowling Green........................... 58.8 62.5 61.1 3.0 3.1 3.5 5.1 5.0 5.7
Elizabethtown........................... 52.0 53.2 52.6 3.2 3.2 3.4 6.2 6.0 6.6
Lexington-Fayette....................... 222.6 233.0 229.3 10.4 11.1 11.8 4.7 4.8 5.2
Louisville-Jefferson County............. 599.3 618.4 610.6 36.9 37.3 39.4 6.2 6.0 6.5
Owensboro............................... 54.4 56.0 55.1 3.6 3.5 3.9 6.6 6.2 7.0
Louisiana................................. 2,066.3 1,897.0 1,862.0 132.1 109.9 102.7 6.4 5.8 5.5
Alexandria.............................. 66.6 68.2 68.1 4.1 2.9 2.9 6.1 4.3 4.2
Baton Rouge............................. 348.0 363.4 356.3 22.1 19.3 17.7 6.3 5.3 5.0
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux.............. 93.4 92.5 91.7 5.0 4.1 3.8 5.4 4.4 4.2
Lafayette............................... 123.2 128.6 125.2 6.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 3.8 3.8
Lake Charles............................ 92.7 95.6 91.8 5.6 4.5 4.1 6.1 4.7 4.5
Monroe.................................. 81.9 82.0 80.7 5.4 3.6 3.6 6.6 4.4 4.4
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner............. 618.9 431.5 426.8 36.5 37.1 33.3 5.9 8.6 7.8
Shreveport-Bossier City................. 177.5 181.2 179.5 11.4 7.9 7.7 6.4 4.4 4.3
Maine..................................... 691.3 712.4 703.4 37.8 33.0 37.6 5.5 4.6 5.3
Bangor.................................. 70.8 72.1 72.7 3.7 3.1 3.7 5.3 4.3 5.1
Lewiston-Auburn......................... 56.1 57.6 57.7 3.0 2.6 3.0 5.3 4.5 5.2
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford....... 201.0 208.3 204.1 7.9 6.9 7.7 3.9 3.3 3.8
Maryland.................................. 2,880.4 2,941.6 2,945.1 136.4 104.3 119.6 4.7 3.5 4.1
Baltimore-Towson........................ 1,345.6 1,376.8 1,376.2 67.4 51.2 58.9 5.0 3.7 4.3
Cumberland.............................. 48.6 49.5 49.1 3.5 2.7 3.2 7.1 5.4 6.6
Hagerstown-Martinsburg.................. 116.2 118.1 118.9 5.3 4.2 5.1 4.5 3.5 4.3
Salisbury............................... 60.5 61.5 61.8 3.4 2.6 3.0 5.7 4.2 4.9
Massachusetts............................. 3,336.1 3,365.0 3,338.1 182.8 150.3 176.9 5.5 4.5 5.3
Barnstable Town......................... 124.8 129.0 125.7 7.9 6.3 7.9 6.3 4.9 6.3
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy................. 2,425.9 2,448.6 2,431.9 121.1 101.0 115.3 5.0 4.1 4.7
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner............ 72.1 71.9 71.7 5.2 4.2 4.8 7.3 5.9 6.7
New Bedford............................. 83.9 83.9 84.1 6.9 5.4 6.8 8.3 6.5 8.1
Pittsfield.............................. 38.4 38.4 38.6 2.0 1.6 2.0 5.3 4.0 5.1
Springfield............................. 340.6 343.1 340.2 20.4 16.8 20.4 6.0 4.9 6.0
Worcester............................... 286.7 287.3 286.6 16.1 12.7 15.2 5.6 4.4 5.3
Michigan.................................. 5,030.2 5,103.3 5,055.6 392.7 321.4 356.9 7.8 6.3 7.1
Ann Arbor............................... 189.1 194.7 193.1 8.8 7.4 8.1 4.7 3.8 4.2
Battle Creek............................ 72.1 73.2 72.8 5.3 4.3 4.7 7.4 5.9 6.5
Bay City................................ 55.6 56.7 56.5 4.8 3.6 4.0 8.6 6.3 7.1
Detroit-Warren-Livonia.................. 2,172.3 2,190.1 2,145.4 173.6 146.1 163.8 8.0 6.7 7.6
Flint................................... 214.3 215.8 216.2 18.8 14.9 16.9 8.8 6.9 7.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming.................... 403.8 415.9 416.0 27.8 22.0 23.2 6.9 5.3 5.6
Holland-Grand Haven..................... 134.1 138.0 138.3 8.0 6.5 7.0 6.0 4.7 5.1
Jackson................................. 78.9 80.2 79.4 6.1 4.9 5.3 7.7 6.1 6.6
Kalamazoo-Portage....................... 172.2 174.5 175.2 11.3 9.0 9.6 6.6 5.2 5.5
Lansing-East Lansing.................... 247.6 254.0 254.7 15.6 13.8 14.9 6.3 5.4 5.8
Monroe.................................. 77.4 78.4 78.1 5.4 4.1 5.1 6.9 5.2 6.5
Muskegon-Norton Shores.................. 89.7 91.8 92.5 7.0 5.7 5.9 7.8 6.2 6.4
Niles-Benton Harbor..................... 78.4 79.8 80.0 6.4 5.0 5.4 8.2 6.3 6.7
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North.......... 100.0 100.7 100.4 9.2 6.8 7.6 9.2 6.8 7.5
Minnesota................................. 2,914.3 2,944.5 2,921.1 150.6 117.7 146.4 5.2 4.0 5.0
Duluth.................................. 142.4 144.7 143.5 9.4 6.9 8.9 6.6 4.8 6.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington........ 1,830.4 1,856.9 1,836.3 82.7 67.1 80.6 4.5 3.6 4.4
Rochester............................... 103.6 103.8 103.8 4.7 3.6 4.5 4.6 3.4 4.3
St. Cloud............................... 103.9 105.6 104.6 6.1 4.5 5.9 5.8 4.3 5.6
Mississippi............................... 1,337.2 1,323.6 1,315.5 104.4 109.3 120.1 7.8 8.3 9.1
Gulfport-Biloxi......................... 122.1 111.6 109.5 7.7 19.4 19.6 6.3 17.4 17.9
Hattiesburg............................. 63.5 65.5 64.7 3.9 3.7 4.3 6.1 5.6 6.6
Jackson................................. 267.6 268.2 266.2 17.0 15.1 17.0 6.3 5.6 6.4
Pascagoula.............................. 70.9 71.2 71.0 5.3 8.6 9.8 7.4 12.0 13.8
Missouri.................................. 3,000.1 3,013.9 2,997.8 192.4 144.5 157.3 6.4 4.8 5.2
Columbia................................ 89.5 93.5 90.8 3.8 2.8 3.1 4.2 3.0 3.4
Jefferson City.......................... 79.3 78.5 79.2 4.1 3.1 3.5 5.2 4.0 4.4
Joplin.................................. 83.1 84.4 84.4 4.4 3.3 3.7 5.4 3.9 4.4
Kansas City............................. 1,029.2 1,032.0 1,026.3 65.9 51.0 54.3 6.4 4.9 5.3
St. Joseph.............................. 65.2 65.3 65.4 4.7 3.3 3.4 7.2 5.0 5.1
St. Louis1.............................. 1,451.0 1,459.5 1,452.7 93.8 70.9 79.6 6.5 4.9 5.5
Springfield............................. 211.1 216.3 215.5 10.2 7.8 8.6 4.8 3.6 4.0
Montana................................... 482.3 492.3 489.7 25.0 18.6 23.8 5.2 3.8 4.9
Billings................................ 83.7 85.4 85.3 3.4 2.5 3.2 4.0 3.0 3.7
Great Falls............................. 39.1 39.6 39.7 2.0 1.5 1.8 5.2 3.7 4.6
Missoula................................ 56.9 58.6 56.6 2.6 2.1 2.7 4.6 3.5 4.7
Nebraska.................................. 976.2 982.9 971.2 44.7 35.0 39.4 4.6 3.6 4.1
Lincoln................................. 165.3 166.0 164.2 6.8 5.4 6.1 4.1 3.2 3.7
Omaha-Council Bluffs.................... 442.1 445.2 440.7 22.6 17.9 20.3 5.1 4.0 4.6
Nevada.................................... 1,193.9 1,230.8 1,228.0 56.0 43.5 50.7 4.7 3.5 4.1
Carson City............................. 27.1 27.1 27.0 1.7 1.1 1.4 6.1 4.0 5.3
Las Vegas-Paradise...................... 846.3 875.8 876.1 36.6 30.3 33.9 4.3 3.5 3.9
Reno-Sparks............................. 206.2 212.7 209.5 11.1 7.2 9.4 5.4 3.4 4.5
New Hampshire............................. 723.7 732.0 733.0 29.5 23.7 27.9 4.1 3.2 3.8
Manchester.............................. 105.8 107.5 108.4 4.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 3.2 3.8
Portsmouth.............................. 43.1 44.5 44.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 3.8 3.1 3.4
Rochester-Dover......................... 80.5 82.8 81.9 3.2 2.4 2.9 3.9 3.0 3.6
New Jersey................................ 4,350.2 4,467.2 4,450.4 207.9 192.2 224.4 4.8 4.3 5.0
Atlantic City........................... 133.8 137.3 137.3 8.0 7.5 8.7 6.0 5.4 6.4
Ocean City.............................. 51.3 54.8 53.3 5.4 4.6 5.7 10.5 8.4 10.7
Trenton-Ewing........................... 190.9 197.1 197.8 7.8 7.4 8.8 4.1 3.8 4.4
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton............ 69.2 71.2 71.7 4.9 4.8 5.6 7.1 6.7 7.8
New Mexico................................ 916.3 947.7 934.4 50.5 41.2 46.7 5.5 4.4 5.0
Albuquerque............................. 392.0 406.1 400.9 19.7 16.4 18.3 5.0 4.0 4.6
Farmington.............................. 54.3 56.2 55.4 3.1 2.5 2.9 5.8 4.4 5.2
Las Cruces.............................. 84.0 89.3 85.7 5.3 4.2 4.9 6.3 4.7 5.7
Santa Fe................................ 75.2 78.3 76.9 3.2 2.7 3.1 4.3 3.5 4.0
New York.................................. 9,313.9 9,447.8 9,448.3 527.8 458.6 490.0 5.7 4.9 5.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy................. 452.6 456.3 456.5 20.8 17.3 18.9 4.6 3.8 4.1
Binghamton.............................. 122.0 123.4 122.4 7.4 5.9 6.5 6.1 4.8 5.3
Buffalo-Niagara Falls................... 584.0 587.6 586.0 36.4 30.1 32.6 6.2 5.1 5.6
Elmira.................................. 41.0 41.0 41.0 2.7 2.0 2.2 6.5 5.0 5.3
Glens Falls............................. 65.7 66.1 66.6 3.9 3.2 3.6 5.9 4.8 5.3
Ithaca.................................. 53.1 55.4 53.4 2.0 1.7 1.8 3.7 3.0 3.3
Kingston................................ 90.9 91.6 92.0 4.7 3.8 4.2 5.1 4.2 4.6
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island............................... 9,030.2 9,221.7 9,212.4 477.7 432.2 470.8 5.3 4.7 5.1
New York City........................ 3,694.7 3,763.6 3,781.0 228.8 211.4 221.3 6.2 5.6 5.9
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown........ 321.4 327.8 326.3 14.9 12.5 13.6 4.6 3.8 4.2
Rochester............................... 533.7 527.2 526.5 29.8 24.1 26.2 5.6 4.6 5.0
Syracuse................................ 327.8 334.5 332.5 19.4 15.8 17.2 5.9 4.7 5.2
Utica-Rome.............................. 142.1 143.0 142.8 8.5 6.8 7.4 6.0 4.7 5.2
North Carolina............................ 4,256.3 4,353.4 4,331.1 240.6 203.5 206.4 5.7 4.7 4.8
Asheville............................... 197.1 201.5 200.0 9.3 7.5 7.9 4.7 3.7 3.9
Burlington.............................. 68.4 69.5 69.2 4.1 3.7 3.7 5.9 5.4 5.4
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord.............. 778.8 805.6 801.4 43.1 37.5 37.2 5.5 4.7 4.6
Durham.................................. 241.2 248.8 248.8 10.7 9.5 9.4 4.4 3.8 3.8
Fayetteville............................ 144.7 149.3 149.3 8.3 7.8 7.9 5.8 5.2 5.3
Goldsboro............................... 51.1 51.6 51.3 2.9 2.5 2.5 5.6 4.9 4.9
Greensboro-High Point................... 358.1 362.0 358.6 19.6 17.2 17.2 5.5 4.8 4.8
Greenville.............................. 81.6 82.8 83.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 5.8 4.9 4.9
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton................ 176.9 175.5 175.3 11.9 10.3 10.4 6.7 5.9 5.9
Jacksonville............................ 55.7 57.4 57.6 3.3 2.8 2.7 5.9 4.8 4.7
Raleigh-Cary............................ 488.3 512.2 508.1 21.2 18.0 17.8 4.4 3.5 3.5
Rocky Mount............................. 68.0 68.0 67.2 5.1 4.2 4.4 7.6 6.2 6.5
Wilmington.............................. 156.4 165.1 164.0 7.7 6.2 6.4 4.9 3.8 3.9
Winston-Salem........................... 230.2 234.2 232.3 11.4 9.8 9.7 4.9 4.2 4.2
North Dakota.............................. 347.7 354.2 352.5 14.9 11.2 13.9 4.3 3.2 3.9
Bismarck................................ 57.4 58.5 58.4 2.3 1.6 2.1 4.1 2.8 3.6
Fargo................................... 110.5 113.9 113.2 4.0 3.1 3.7 3.6 2.7 3.3
Grand Forks............................. 55.1 55.9 56.0 2.4 1.8 2.4 4.3 3.3 4.2
Ohio...................................... 5,806.2 5,899.9 5,839.2 396.5 326.6 356.5 6.8 5.5 6.1
Akron................................... 374.2 383.6 378.4 25.2 21.2 22.7 6.7 5.5 6.0
Canton-Massillon........................ 204.3 206.1 203.2 15.4 12.4 13.2 7.6 6.0 6.5
Cincinnati-Middletown................... 1,073.5 1,103.3 1,092.8 64.4 56.3 61.4 6.0 5.1 5.6
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor................. 1,073.2 1,080.9 1,076.1 68.1 57.5 62.1 6.3 5.3 5.8
Columbus................................ 910.3 930.5 915.6 53.0 44.3 47.0 5.8 4.8 5.1
Dayton.................................. 422.9 423.2 423.8 29.1 23.8 28.6 6.9 5.6 6.7
Lima.................................... 51.8 52.3 51.6 3.7 3.0 3.2 7.1 5.7 6.2
Mansfield............................... 62.3 62.8 62.1 4.9 3.9 4.2 7.9 6.3 6.7
Sandusky................................ 40.7 41.4 41.1 3.4 2.8 3.1 8.4 6.8 7.6
Springfield............................. 69.9 70.4 69.6 5.1 4.4 4.5 7.3 6.2 6.4
Toledo.................................. 329.4 337.4 332.2 25.7 21.2 24.5 7.8 6.3 7.4
Weirton-Steubenville.................... 56.3 56.9 55.0 4.8 4.0 4.2 8.4 7.0 7.7
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman.............. 276.6 282.6 277.7 21.9 17.6 18.7 7.9 6.2 6.7
Oklahoma.................................. 1,712.7 1,753.2 1,738.9 88.9 69.4 76.9 5.2 4.0 4.4
Lawton.................................. 46.1 46.4 46.2 2.3 2.0 2.3 5.1 4.4 5.0
Oklahoma City........................... 569.9 584.1 582.6 29.6 22.7 25.0 5.2 3.9 4.3
Tulsa................................... 437.0 450.7 455.2 22.2 17.7 19.7 5.1 3.9 4.3
Oregon.................................... 1,829.1 1,858.1 1,851.3 130.5 99.8 111.8 7.1 5.4 6.0
Bend.................................... 71.9 74.2 74.2 5.1 3.8 4.2 7.2 5.2 5.7
Corvallis............................... 41.7 42.4 41.5 2.1 1.9 2.2 5.1 4.4 5.2
Eugene-Springfield...................... 173.4 174.8 173.6 12.0 9.3 10.4 6.9 5.3 6.0
Medford................................. 97.4 102.2 100.0 7.3 5.0 6.4 7.5 4.9 6.4
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton............ 1,088.5 1,109.2 1,105.1 71.1 53.7 58.9 6.5 4.8 5.3
Salem................................... 178.2 180.4 178.7 13.1 9.9 11.1 7.4 5.5 6.2
Pennsylvania.............................. 6,223.8 6,285.0 6,230.7 357.4 270.6 306.1 5.7 4.3 4.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton.............. 403.1 411.1 410.6 22.4 17.2 19.7 5.6 4.2 4.8
Altoona................................. 64.7 64.6 64.4 4.5 2.9 3.2 6.9 4.5 5.0
Erie.................................... 139.9 140.8 139.9 9.4 7.0 8.1 6.7 5.0 5.8
Harrisburg-Carlisle..................... 274.8 278.8 277.6 12.1 9.6 10.8 4.4 3.5 3.9
Johnstown............................... 67.2 67.5 66.9 5.4 3.6 4.0 8.0 5.3 6.0
Lancaster............................... 264.9 267.6 266.5 10.6 8.4 9.8 4.0 3.1 3.7
Lebanon................................. 69.0 70.0 70.0 2.8 2.2 2.5 4.1 3.1 3.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington.......... 2,901.6 2,962.4 2,931.3 146.7 125.6 137.9 5.1 4.2 4.7
Pittsburgh.............................. 1,199.4 1,210.2 1,197.2 74.0 54.6 62.7 6.2 4.5 5.2
Reading................................. 197.3 199.1 198.9 10.8 8.2 9.3 5.4 4.1 4.7
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre.................. 276.6 280.5 278.0 19.2 13.3 15.6 6.9 4.8 5.6
State College........................... 69.5 74.1 69.4 3.4 2.4 2.7 4.9 3.2 3.9
Williamsport............................ 60.0 59.6 59.6 4.1 3.1 3.5 6.9 5.2 5.9
York-Hanover............................ 217.3 220.2 219.4 9.9 7.8 8.9 4.6 3.5 4.1
Rhode Island.............................. 561.0 575.7 573.4 33.8 27.6 32.8 6.0 4.8 5.7
Providence-Fall River-Warwick........... 696.1 710.9 708.0 44.2 35.8 43.4 6.3 5.0 6.1
South Carolina............................ 2,036.2 2,087.1 2,073.0 148.1 140.7 136.7 7.3 6.7 6.6
Anderson................................ 83.6 82.3 81.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 7.6 7.3 7.1
Charleston-North Charleston............. 289.1 293.9 295.9 16.2 15.1 15.1 5.6 5.1 5.1
Columbia................................ 353.8 359.3 358.0 21.2 19.7 19.6 6.0 5.5 5.5
Florence................................ 92.7 93.8 93.7 9.0 8.3 7.9 9.7 8.8 8.5
Greenville.............................. 294.8 297.7 296.6 18.5 17.2 16.7 6.3 5.8 5.6
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle
Beach................................ 112.1 120.7 119.4 8.8 7.4 7.6 7.8 6.1 6.4
Spartanburg............................. 131.3 129.4 127.3 10.5 10.4 9.5 8.0 8.0 7.5
Sumter.................................. 46.9 47.2 47.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 9.4 8.6 8.0
South Dakota.............................. 420.2 428.8 420.4 19.6 16.2 16.8 4.7 3.8 4.0
Rapid City.............................. 62.9 63.4 62.8 2.9 2.4 2.5 4.5 3.8 4.0
Sioux Falls............................. 117.6 121.0 118.8 4.9 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.1 3.3
Tennessee................................. 2,870.3 2,925.2 2,896.8 181.8 148.6 164.5 6.3 5.1 5.7
Chattanooga............................. 248.0 253.4 251.1 13.1 11.0 11.9 5.3 4.3 4.7
Clarksville............................. 102.2 105.6 105.2 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.0 5.6 6.0
Cleveland............................... 52.7 53.9 53.5 3.2 2.6 2.9 6.1 4.8 5.5
Jackson................................. 52.8 54.3 53.5 3.5 2.8 3.0 6.6 5.1 5.6
Johnson City............................ 93.8 96.4 94.3 5.8 4.5 4.9 6.2 4.7 5.2
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol............... 139.7 140.3 140.2 8.6 6.4 7.2 6.1 4.6 5.1
Knoxville............................... 335.2 341.3 337.5 16.6 13.6 14.8 4.9 4.0 4.4
Memphis................................. 591.8 605.9 595.7 42.0 35.4 36.4 7.1 5.8 6.1
Morristown.............................. 62.7 63.5 62.6 4.3 3.5 4.1 6.9 5.6 6.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro........ 726.9 754.7 742.5 34.7 30.1 32.6 4.8 4.0 4.4
Texas..................................... 11,081.1 11,325.8 11,289.6 656.2 540.8 593.4 5.9 4.8 5.3
Abilene................................. 80.0 81.9 82.0 3.7 3.0 3.5 4.7 3.6 4.3
Amarillo................................ 125.4 129.7 128.7 5.5 4.4 4.9 4.4 3.4 3.8
Austin-Round Rock....................... 788.6 814.1 814.4 38.0 31.4 34.9 4.8 3.9 4.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur.................... 177.8 176.7 175.1 14.0 13.0 12.8 7.9 7.3 7.3
Brownsville-Harlingen................... 141.6 142.1 142.9 12.5 9.1 10.1 8.8 6.4 7.1
College Station-Bryan................... 100.2 105.5 101.1 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.4 3.7 4.3
Corpus Christi.......................... 198.7 199.4 198.4 12.5 9.8 10.6 6.3 4.9 5.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington............. 2,977.8 3,066.0 3,055.5 171.4 140.1 153.1 5.8 4.6 5.0
El Paso................................. 291.7 294.0 291.7 23.5 18.2 19.9 8.1 6.2 6.8
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown.............. 2,591.8 2,668.8 2,660.1 154.2 136.9 148.3 5.9 5.1 5.6
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood................ 149.1 152.7 152.5 8.3 7.6 8.5 5.5 5.0 5.6
Laredo.................................. 85.2 88.4 88.7 5.9 4.4 5.0 6.9 5.0 5.6
Longview................................ 101.8 104.3 104.3 5.6 4.5 5.0 5.5 4.4 4.8
Lubbock................................. 140.4 142.4 141.3 6.2 4.9 5.6 4.4 3.5 4.0
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission................ 262.7 269.1 270.5 24.4 18.7 21.1 9.3 6.9 7.8
Midland................................. 65.6 68.5 67.9 2.7 2.2 2.4 4.2 3.1 3.5
Odessa.................................. 61.9 64.2 63.8 3.3 2.5 2.7 5.4 3.8 4.3
San Angelo.............................. 53.3 52.9 52.9 2.5 2.0 2.3 4.7 3.8 4.3
San Antonio............................. 885.2 902.9 899.3 48.8 38.7 43.0 5.5 4.3 4.8
Sherman-Denison......................... 56.5 57.2 56.6 3.3 2.6 2.8 5.9 4.6 5.0
Texarkana............................... 61.5 63.6 63.3 3.5 2.9 3.2 5.7 4.5 5.0
Tyler................................... 96.5 97.3 96.9 5.2 4.0 4.4 5.4 4.1 4.6
Victoria................................ 56.6 57.7 57.5 3.1 2.4 2.6 5.5 4.2 4.6
Waco.................................... 112.3 113.6 112.4 5.8 4.9 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.8
Wichita Falls........................... 74.3 75.3 75.1 3.8 3.0 3.3 5.1 3.9 4.5
Utah...................................... 1,245.2 1,285.5 1,276.4 58.8 45.0 52.7 4.7 3.5 4.1
Logan................................... 63.9 63.3 63.5 2.3 1.7 2.1 3.5 2.7 3.2
Ogden-Clearfield........................ 241.7 246.2 244.0 11.8 9.3 11.0 4.9 3.8 4.5
Provo-Orem.............................. 203.2 209.9 208.6 8.8 6.6 8.0 4.3 3.2 3.9
St. George.............................. 53.2 57.0 56.8 2.2 1.7 1.9 4.1 2.9 3.4
Salt Lake City.......................... 552.9 566.9 564.4 26.3 20.1 23.0 4.8 3.5 4.1
Vermont................................... 350.5 359.8 358.2 15.3 12.1 14.8 4.4 3.4 4.1
Burlington-South Burlington............. 110.2 114.1 111.5 4.1 3.5 4.1 3.7 3.1 3.7
Virginia.................................. 3,857.7 3,944.5 3,941.0 145.3 118.2 129.3 3.8 3.0 3.3
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford....... 74.4 78.1 75.7 2.9 2.6 2.7 3.9 3.4 3.5
Charlottesville......................... 95.9 99.5 100.7 3.0 2.3 2.7 3.2 2.3 2.7
Danville................................ 52.6 52.2 51.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 7.7 7.8 8.3
Harrisonburg............................ 61.6 61.6 61.3 1.9 1.6 1.6 3.1 2.5 2.7
Lynchburg............................... 115.8 119.3 118.2 4.7 3.8 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.4
Richmond................................ 611.7 621.4 624.2 24.0 20.0 21.4 3.9 3.2 3.4
Roanoke................................. 148.3 152.2 151.2 5.6 4.3 4.6 3.7 2.8 3.1
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News..... 780.7 798.9 792.2 34.8 27.7 30.3 4.5 3.5 3.8
Winchester.............................. 60.7 62.8 63.0 2.0 1.5 1.8 3.4 2.4 2.8
Washington................................ 3,242.8 3,322.7 3,303.3 207.3 171.6 175.6 6.4 5.2 5.3
Bellingham.............................. 102.7 106.6 107.3 6.1 4.5 4.8 5.9 4.2 4.5
Bremerton-Silverdale.................... 124.7 126.4 124.9 7.0 5.7 5.9 5.6 4.5 4.7
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco................ 111.1 113.1 111.9 8.3 7.8 8.1 7.4 6.9 7.3
Longview................................ 43.5 44.0 43.8 3.7 2.8 3.0 8.5 6.3 6.8
Mount Vernon-Anacortes.................. 55.6 57.2 57.8 4.2 3.1 3.3 7.5 5.4 5.6
Olympia................................. 123.0 126.2 126.6 6.9 5.4 5.9 5.6 4.3 4.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue................. 1,717.2 1,764.9 1,754.2 93.5 81.7 79.7 5.4 4.6 4.5
Spokane................................. 228.1 234.8 230.7 16.1 12.5 13.0 7.1 5.3 5.6
Wenatchee............................... 54.6 56.6 56.5 4.7 3.6 3.7 8.6 6.4 6.6
Yakima.................................. 112.6 114.3 115.0 12.0 10.3 10.8 10.7 9.0 9.4
West Virginia............................. 780.8 801.3 793.8 46.3 33.6 38.0 5.9 4.2 4.8
Charleston.............................. 137.2 139.4 137.0 7.9 5.4 6.0 5.8 3.9 4.4
Huntington-Ashland...................... 129.2 132.9 130.4 7.8 6.3 6.9 6.0 4.7 5.3
Morgantown.............................. 57.4 59.8 59.3 2.5 1.7 1.9 4.3 2.8 3.2
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna............. 78.7 79.3 78.7 5.4 3.7 4.4 6.8 4.7 5.6
Wheeling................................ 67.5 69.7 68.6 5.1 3.4 4.1 7.6 4.9 6.0
Wisconsin................................. 3,009.9 3,041.2 3,033.9 164.6 135.0 153.0 5.5 4.4 5.0
Appleton................................ 119.3 120.8 120.4 5.8 5.0 5.8 4.9 4.2 4.8
Eau Claire.............................. 84.2 87.6 85.9 4.8 3.8 4.3 5.7 4.4 5.0
Fond du Lac............................. 55.7 56.4 56.5 2.9 2.4 2.8 5.2 4.3 4.9
Green Bay............................... 167.7 171.1 170.3 8.5 7.7 8.6 5.1 4.5 5.0
Janesville.............................. 83.2 83.3 83.2 8.0 4.1 4.5 9.6 5.0 5.4
La Crosse............................... 73.6 74.1 73.6 3.5 2.8 3.3 4.8 3.8 4.5
Madison................................. 328.9 335.7 334.4 11.5 10.1 11.4 3.5 3.0 3.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis........... 784.8 783.9 775.5 40.9 35.5 38.6 5.2 4.5 5.0
Oshkosh-Neenah.......................... 90.9 92.5 91.5 4.2 3.6 4.2 4.7 3.9 4.6
Racine.................................. 98.6 100.7 100.0 6.3 5.5 6.0 6.4 5.4 6.0
Sheboygan............................... 63.9 64.7 65.1 2.6 2.4 2.6 4.1 3.7 4.0
Wausau.................................. 73.4 74.3 74.8 3.6 2.7 3.3 4.9 3.6 4.4
Wyoming................................... 277.7 285.0 282.6 12.3 9.3 11.9 4.4 3.3 4.2
Casper.................................. 39.9 40.6 40.7 1.6 1.3 1.6 4.1 3.1 3.8
Cheyenne................................ 42.4 42.2 42.5 2.1 1.6 2.1 5.0 3.7 4.8
Puerto Rico............................... 1,373.0 1,415.4 1,385.1 148.4 152.6 159.8 10.8 10.8 11.5
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian......... 112.9 115.9 113.8 14.3 16.2 16.9 12.6 13.9 14.9
Fajardo................................. 28.7 29.1 28.6 4.0 4.0 4.0 14.0 13.6 14.1
Guayama................................. 25.7 26.6 25.9 4.0 4.3 4.6 15.6 16.2 17.6
Mayaguez................................ 37.2 38.3 37.4 4.9 4.8 5.0 13.3 12.5 13.5
Ponce................................... 91.3 94.3 90.9 10.0 10.6 11.1 10.9 11.2 12.2
San German-Cabo Rojo.................... 51.4 51.6 50.4 6.2 5.9 6.4 12.0 11.5 12.6
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo................ 926.1 961.6 937.6 91.4 92.8 97.0 9.9 9.6 10.3
Yauco................................... 38.2 39.0 38.9 5.6 5.5 5.8 14.7 14.1 14.9
1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similiar to the
Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 06-01, dated December
5, 2005, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. Areas in
the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are
county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in
their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they
are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons. Data for 2005 have been revised to incorporate
updated inputs and adjustments to new state controls.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division1
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
State and area
Number Percent of labor force
Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan.
2005 2005 2006 2005 2005 2006 2005 2005 2006
California................................ 17,506.5 17,805.1 17,658.7 1,079.2 853.3 936.3 6.2 4.8 5.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana........ 6,358.6 6,499.8 6,432.8 354.0 296.6 316.0 5.6 4.6 4.9
Los Angeles-Long Beach-
Glendale........................... 4,770.2 4,886.7 4,834.0 289.5 245.7 260.0 6.1 5.0 5.4
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine............. 1,588.5 1,613.1 1,598.8 64.5 50.9 56.0 4.1 3.2 3.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont........... 2,177.5 2,195.0 2,174.6 115.3 87.5 96.6 5.3 4.0 4.4
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.............. 1,257.8 1,274.2 1,264.1 69.3 52.5 57.8 5.5 4.1 4.6
San Francisco-San Mateo-
Redwood City....................... 919.6 920.8 910.5 46.1 35.0 38.8 5.0 3.8 4.3
District of Columbia...................... 293.9 292.0 290.7 20.6 16.7 15.8 7.0 5.7 5.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2....... 2,825.5 2,890.2 2,897.1 104.9 82.0 89.9 3.7 2.8 3.1
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithers-
burg 3............................. 617.9 631.0 634.0 21.6 16.1 19.0 3.5 2.5 3.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexan-
dria 2............................. 2,207.6 2,259.2 2,263.1 83.3 65.9 70.9 3.8 2.9 3.1
Florida................................... 8,456.2 8,729.7 8,715.7 366.8 257.0 271.3 4.3 2.9 3.1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach....... 2,632.2 2,704.3 2,697.2 119.2 87.7 88.5 4.5 3.2 3.3
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-
Deerfield Beach.................... 929.7 965.9 964.7 40.0 27.9 29.9 4.3 2.9 3.1
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall............ 1,101.6 1,118.1 1,114.5 51.6 40.7 38.7 4.7 3.6 3.5
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-
Boynton Beach...................... 601.0 620.3 618.1 27.6 19.0 20.0 4.6 3.1 3.2
Illinois.................................. 6,384.1 6,478.8 6,457.5 405.6 336.1 371.6 6.4 5.2 5.8
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2............. 4,696.5 4,724.5 4,732.0 298.4 250.6 266.6 6.4 5.3 5.6
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet............ 3,941.1 3,947.1 3,960.7 252.9 212.2 224.3 6.4 5.4 5.7
Gary 3............................... 323.1 330.1 329.7 20.9 18.3 18.2 6.5 5.5 5.5
Lake County-Kenosha County 2......... 432.3 447.3 441.6 24.6 20.2 24.1 5.7 4.5 5.5
Massachusetts............................. 3,336.1 3,365.0 3,338.1 182.8 150.3 176.9 5.5 4.5 5.3
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2............... 2,425.9 2,448.6 2,431.9 121.1 101.0 115.3 5.0 4.1 4.7
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy.............. 1,458.1 1,472.5 1,460.3 68.0 57.8 65.4 4.7 3.9 4.5
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton.......... 122.5 123.1 122.3 7.2 5.8 7.0 5.8 4.7 5.7
Framingham........................... 142.4 144.3 143.1 6.2 5.2 6.1 4.4 3.6 4.2
Haverhill-North Andover-
Amesbury 2......................... 118.1 119.2 119.0 6.4 5.1 5.9 5.4 4.3 4.9
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2............. 69.7 69.6 69.1 6.2 5.1 5.6 8.9 7.3 8.2
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2........ 149.9 150.2 149.7 8.8 7.0 7.9 5.9 4.6 5.3
Lynn-Peabody-Salem................... 125.8 126.9 125.8 6.9 5.8 6.6 5.5 4.6 5.2
Nashua 2............................. 177.7 180.4 180.6 7.9 6.5 7.3 4.5 3.6 4.0
Taunton-Norton-Raynham............... 61.6 62.4 62.1 3.5 2.7 3.5 5.6 4.4 5.6
Michigan.................................. 5,030.2 5,103.3 5,055.6 392.7 321.4 356.9 7.8 6.3 7.1
Detroit-Warren-Livonia.................. 2,172.3 2,190.1 2,145.4 173.6 146.1 163.8 8.0 6.7 7.6
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn............. 902.6 904.5 887.2 84.9 71.2 79.4 9.4 7.9 8.9
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills......... 1,269.7 1,285.7 1,258.2 88.8 74.8 84.4 7.0 5.8 6.7
New York.................................. 9,313.9 9,447.8 9,448.3 527.8 458.6 490.0 5.7 4.9 5.2
New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island 2..................... 9,030.2 9,221.7 9,212.4 477.7 432.2 470.8 5.3 4.7 5.1
Edison 3............................. 1,143.7 1,183.6 1,178.5 50.1 46.3 54.7 4.4 3.9 4.6
Nassau-Suffolk....................... 1,452.6 1,482.0 1,472.0 68.7 57.4 61.2 4.7 3.9 4.2
New York-White Plains-Wayne 2........ 5,365.3 5,468.5 5,475.7 307.8 281.8 300.4 5.7 5.2 5.5
Newark-Union 3....................... 1,068.4 1,087.6 1,086.2 51.0 46.7 54.5 4.8 4.3 5.0
Pennsylvania.............................. 6,223.8 6,285.0 6,230.7 357.4 270.6 306.1 5.7 4.3 4.9
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2........ 2,901.6 2,962.4 2,931.3 146.7 125.6 137.9 5.1 4.2 4.7
Camden 3............................. 642.6 661.2 657.5 29.5 28.2 32.1 4.6 4.3 4.9
Philadelphia......................... 1,905.9 1,940.2 1,915.2 99.2 81.5 89.8 5.2 4.2 4.7
Wilmington 3......................... 353.2 361.0 358.6 17.9 15.9 16.0 5.1 4.4 4.5
Texas..................................... 11,081.1 11,325.8 11,289.6 656.2 540.8 593.4 5.9 4.8 5.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington............. 2,977.8 3,066.0 3,055.5 171.4 140.1 153.1 5.8 4.6 5.0
Dallas-Plano-Irving.................. 1,988.6 2,053.8 2,050.0 114.8 95.3 104.1 5.8 4.6 5.1
Fort Worth-Arlington................. 989.2 1,012.2 1,005.5 56.6 44.7 49.0 5.7 4.4 4.9
Washington................................ 3,242.8 3,322.7 3,303.3 207.3 171.6 175.6 6.4 5.2 5.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue................. 1,717.2 1,764.9 1,754.2 93.5 81.7 79.7 5.4 4.6 4.5
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett............. 1,345.6 1,382.7 1,374.2 68.5 62.8 59.6 5.1 4.5 4.3
Tacoma............................... 371.7 382.2 380.0 25.1 18.9 20.1 6.7 5.0 5.3
1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions.
2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.
3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No.
06-01, dated December 5, 2005, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment
and Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in
other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that
corresponds to the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some
divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their
metropolitan areas are listed. Two sets of metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles. For
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., metropolitan area, the division title is similiar but includes only Illinois.
Data for 2005 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and adjustments to new state controls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from January
December January 2005 to
State and area January 2006 p
2004 2005 2005 2006p Number Percent
Alabama........................................... 1,932.4 1,971.3 1,899.8 1,947.0 47.2 2.5
Anniston-Oxford................................. 51.5 51.5 50.5 51.3 .8 1.6
Auburn-Opelika.................................. 50.6 53.2 50.0 52.7 2.7 5.4
Birmingham-Hoover............................... 517.7 525.8 509.4 518.6 9.2 1.8
Decatur......................................... 56.6 57.4 56.3 57.1 .8 1.4
Dothan.......................................... 61.4 62.1 60.0 61.0 1.0 1.7
Florence-Muscle Shoals.......................... 53.9 55.7 52.8 55.6 2.8 5.3
Gadsden......................................... 38.7 39.7 37.7 39.1 1.4 3.7
Huntsville...................................... 196.8 201.4 193.7 199.2 5.5 2.8
Mobile.......................................... 174.1 179.0 170.7 176.9 6.2 3.6
Montgomery...................................... 170.6 174.8 167.7 172.8 5.1 3.0
Tuscaloosa...................................... 91.4 93.6 89.5 92.2 2.7 3.0
Alaska............................................ 294.3 298.6 288.6 292.6 4.0 1.4
Anchorage....................................... 161.7 165.2 156.6 159.5 2.9 1.9
Fairbanks....................................... 37.1 37.2 35.0 35.2 .2 .6
Arizona........................................... 2,475.8 2,603.4 2,413.1 2,549.1 136.0 5.6
Flagstaff....................................... 60.4 63.1 58.2 61.2 3.0 5.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale......................... 1,756.7 1,862.8 1,714.5 1,826.3 111.8 6.5
Prescott........................................ 57.7 61.5 55.9 59.9 4.0 7.2
Tucson.......................................... 372.4 378.6 356.3 369.9 13.6 3.8
Yuma............................................ 52.7 55.0 52.2 54.7 2.5 4.8
Arkansas.......................................... 1,173.6 1,189.8 1,151.0 1,167.8 16.8 1.5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers.................. 193.9 203.3 191.0 200.5 9.5 5.0
Fort Smith...................................... 118.3 121.2 116.0 120.2 4.2 3.6
Hot Springs..................................... 36.9 37.0 36.3 36.5 .2 .6
Jonesboro....................................... 48.5 48.7 46.9 47.7 .8 1.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock................... 333.2 339.1 325.4 332.2 6.8 2.1
Pine Bluff...................................... 40.5 40.2 39.9 39.7 -.2 -.5
California........................................ 14,780.4 15,034.6 14,451.9 14,769.8 317.9 2.2
Bakersfield..................................... 217.2 225.4 214.6 222.6 8.0 3.7
Chico........................................... 72.8 74.5 71.1 73.3 2.2 3.1
El Centro....................................... 41.7 44.4 41.1 43.7 2.6 6.3
Fresno.......................................... 289.9 295.4 284.3 290.1 5.8 2.0
Hanford-Corcoran................................ 33.2 33.0 32.4 32.6 .2 .6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................ 5,528.8 5,581.7 5,417.9 5,497.8 79.9 1.5
Madera.......................................... 33.2 33.8 32.2 33.6 1.4 4.3
Merced.......................................... 57.6 59.9 55.5 57.7 2.2 4.0
Modesto......................................... 156.6 162.0 152.7 159.6 6.9 4.5
Napa............................................ 60.7 62.8 59.3 61.3 2.0 3.4
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.................... 291.1 296.6 285.7 293.1 7.4 2.6
Redding......................................... 63.9 64.0 62.0 62.8 .8 1.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario................ 1,205.0 1,246.0 1,184.4 1,229.3 44.9 3.8
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville............. 870.7 898.4 861.4 889.2 27.8 3.2
Salinas......................................... 128.1 128.5 123.3 125.5 2.2 1.8
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos................... 1,285.1 1,302.2 1,256.1 1,284.3 28.2 2.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont................... 1,988.9 2,014.6 1,941.0 1,980.2 39.2 2.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.................. 872.1 875.9 855.9 863.1 7.2 .8
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles..................... 99.6 101.2 98.1 99.9 1.8 1.8
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria....................... 170.2 172.4 166.0 169.1 3.1 1.9
Santa Cruz-Watsonville.......................... 93.7 93.4 90.9 91.2 .3 .3
Santa Rosa-Petaluma............................. 186.2 189.3 181.5 185.5 4.0 2.2
Stockton........................................ 203.8 209.4 199.2 205.2 6.0 3.0
Vallejo-Fairfield............................... 126.5 129.4 122.7 127.8 5.1 4.2
Visalia-Porterville............................. 107.0 109.3 104.0 106.3 2.3 2.2
Yuba City....................................... 39.3 41.4 38.2 41.1 2.9 7.6
Colorado.......................................... 2,224.4 2,269.6 2,163.5 2,218.5 55.0 2.5
Boulder ........................................ 161.5 163.7 156.8 159.3 2.5 1.6
Colorado Springs................................ 252.1 255.7 245.4 250.6 5.2 2.1
Denver-Aurora................................... 1,186.1 1,211.5 1,154.5 1,185.1 30.6 2.7
Fort Collins-Loveland........................... 130.0 132.6 124.7 128.0 3.3 2.6
Grand Junction.................................. 55.9 57.8 53.8 55.8 2.0 3.7
Greeley......................................... 75.7 78.2 73.0 76.5 3.5 4.8
Pueblo.......................................... 55.7 55.9 53.8 54.7 .9 1.7
Connecticut....................................... 1,681.3 1,691.0 1,630.3 1,644.4 14.1 .9
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk..................... 416.3 418.0 402.0 406.8 4.8 1.2
Danbury......................................... 69.7 70.4 67.6 68.3 .7 1.0
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford............ 548.6 552.9 535.0 540.2 5.2 1.0
New Haven....................................... 278.0 275.7 268.2 268.7 .5 .2
Norwich-New London.............................. 136.1 136.4 132.8 133.2 .4 .3
Waterbury....................................... 70.4 69.9 68.3 68.5 .2 .3
Delaware.......................................... 430.8 437.1 416.8 423.9 7.1 1.7
Dover........................................... 63.3 65.8 62.0 64.2 2.2 3.5
District of Columbia.............................. 678.6 689.2 670.3 679.6 9.3 1.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria................. 2,915.7 2,971.6 2,848.2 2,915.1 66.9 2.3
Florida........................................... 7,747.5 8,031.8 7,631.8 7,941.0 309.2 4.1
Cape Coral-Fort Myers........................... 217.3 231.6 215.8 230.1 14.3 6.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach.............. 169.5 175.5 167.7 174.3 6.6 3.9
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin.............. 84.9 88.5 84.0 87.6 3.6 4.3
Gainesville..................................... 131.2 132.0 127.7 130.9 3.2 2.5
Jacksonville.................................... 602.4 622.1 592.3 613.5 21.2 3.6
Lakeland........................................ 209.4 217.9 207.1 215.7 8.6 4.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach............... 2,384.5 2,452.0 2,342.5 2,419.5 77.0 3.3
Naples-Marco Island............................. 127.3 134.2 126.2 133.8 7.6 6.0
Ocala........................................... 99.1 102.8 98.0 101.8 3.8 3.9
Orlando-Kissimmee............................... 1,017.4 1,070.8 1,011.8 1,059.6 47.8 4.7
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville................... 208.6 214.9 207.9 212.3 4.4 2.1
Panama City-Lynn Haven.......................... 71.3 73.2 69.9 72.6 2.7 3.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent...................... 165.5 171.5 162.1 169.1 7.0 4.3
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce...................... 125.2 131.1 123.7 129.2 5.5 4.4
Punta Gorda..................................... 39.8 41.6 39.8 41.2 1.4 3.5
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice....................... 295.9 311.2 290.4 307.2 16.8 5.8
Sebastian-Vero Beach............................ 45.4 49.1 45.9 48.6 2.7 5.9
Tallahassee..................................... 172.6 175.6 169.4 173.3 3.9 2.3
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater................. 1,275.1 1,317.6 1,260.4 1,300.9 40.5 3.2
Georgia........................................... 3,969.3 4,063.9 3,910.8 3,992.4 81.6 2.1
Albany.......................................... 64.1 66.0 63.1 64.7 1.6 2.5
Athens-Clarke County............................ 78.6 80.4 77.0 78.7 1.7 2.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta.................. 2,314.9 2,384.6 2,279.9 2,339.5 59.6 2.6
Augusta-Richmond County......................... 216.7 216.0 212.3 214.2 1.9 .9
Brunswick....................................... 43.1 45.1 42.8 44.5 1.7 4.0
Columbus........................................ 122.6 124.3 119.9 121.7 1.8 1.5
Dalton.......................................... 77.5 79.4 75.7 77.5 1.8 2.4
Gainesville..................................... 69.7 70.7 69.2 70.0 .8 1.2
Hinesville-Fort Stewart......................... 17.4 17.7 17.4 17.6 .2 1.1
Macon........................................... 102.1 102.3 100.1 100.8 .7 .7
Rome............................................ 42.7 43.9 42.5 43.0 .5 1.2
Savannah........................................ 150.4 154.4 148.0 152.3 4.3 2.9
Valdosta........................................ 53.5 55.2 53.0 54.3 1.3 2.5
Warner Robins................................... 52.7 53.6 52.5 53.2 .7 1.3
Hawaii............................................ 601.8 620.4 585.0 605.1 20.1 3.4
Honolulu........................................ 444.1 458.0 429.9 444.4 14.5 3.4
Idaho............................................. 598.9 627.7 581.5 611.5 30.0 5.2
Boise City-Nampa................................ 249.0 263.6 243.4 257.8 14.4 5.9
Coeur d'Alene................................... 50.1 52.9 48.1 51.0 2.9 6.0
Idaho Falls..................................... 49.9 53.3 49.2 52.3 3.1 6.3
Lewiston........................................ 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.1 -.7 -2.6
Pocatello....................................... 38.8 39.5 37.6 38.4 .8 2.1
Illinois.......................................... 5,897.6 5,942.1 5,700.8 5,762.7 61.9 1.1
Bloomington-Normal.............................. 89.8 92.7 85.0 87.7 2.7 3.2
Champaign-Urbana................................ 114.5 114.6 106.9 107.1 .2 .2
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet....................... 4,479.5 4,522.2 4,339.6 4,391.0 51.4 1.2
Danville........................................ 32.2 32.4 31.4 31.6 .2 .6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island.................... 185.8 189.6 180.7 183.6 2.9 1.6
Decatur......................................... 54.5 55.1 53.1 53.7 .6 1.1
Kankakee-Bradley................................ 42.9 42.8 41.1 41.7 .6 1.5
Peoria.......................................... 177.8 181.1 173.9 176.9 3.0 1.7
Rockford........................................ 156.8 155.2 150.6 151.2 .6 .4
Springfield..................................... 111.2 112.7 108.2 109.5 1.3 1.2
Indiana........................................... 2,967.9 2,999.9 2,882.2 2,920.5 38.3 1.3
Anderson........................................ 44.7 45.2 43.5 44.3 .8 1.8
Bloomington..................................... 79.9 84.3 81.1 81.1 .0 .0
Columbus........................................ 43.2 43.5 41.6 42.4 .8 1.9
Elkhart-Goshen.................................. 127.7 129.7 125.5 128.4 2.9 2.3
Evansville...................................... 179.9 179.7 175.7 177.0 1.3 .7
Fort Wayne...................................... 213.9 218.0 208.3 213.6 5.3 2.5
Indianapolis-Carmel............................. 892.7 895.4 862.8 875.7 12.9 1.5
Kokomo.......................................... 48.9 47.5 47.3 46.4 -.9 -1.9
Lafayette....................................... 94.1 95.3 90.6 92.4 1.8 2.0
Michigan City-La Porte.......................... 47.2 47.5 45.6 46.6 1.0 2.2
Muncie.......................................... 54.5 53.7 51.9 51.9 .0 .0
South Bend-Mishawaka............................ 148.2 149.4 142.8 145.7 2.9 2.0
Terre Haute..................................... 75.1 75.1 72.0 73.0 1.0 1.4
Iowa.............................................. 1,482.7 1,509.4 1,434.2 1,462.3 28.1 2.0
Ames............................................ 47.7 47.3 45.6 45.9 .3 .7
Cedar Rapids.................................... 132.3 133.5 128.7 130.4 1.7 1.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines...................... 305.1 310.4 295.8 307.3 11.5 3.9
Dubuque......................................... 53.6 54.7 51.8 54.8 3.0 5.8
Iowa City....................................... 86.2 88.3 82.0 87.6 5.6 6.8
Sioux City...................................... 72.0 73.3 68.6 72.6 4.0 5.8
Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................ 89.1 89.4 85.5 87.9 2.4 2.8
Kansas............................................ 1,349.3 1,347.5 1,303.3 1,320.6 17.3 1.3
Lawrence........................................ 53.6 52.1 49.5 49.2 -.3 -.6
Topeka.......................................... 111.6 110.8 108.6 109.6 1.0 .9
Wichita......................................... 290.1 288.6 282.9 285.4 2.5 .9
Kentucky.......................................... 1,825.4 1,851.2 1,778.9 1,810.5 31.6 1.8
Bowling Green................................... 59.0 61.5 57.2 59.7 2.5 4.4
Elizabethtown................................... 46.2 46.7 45.6 46.2 .6 1.3
Lexington-Fayette............................... 246.6 253.0 241.7 248.2 6.5 2.7
Louisville-Jefferson County..................... 609.3 613.7 591.4 600.7 9.3 1.6
Owensboro....................................... 50.3 50.9 49.0 49.8 .8 1.6
Louisiana......................................... 1,939.0 1,750.6 1,905.0 1,736.3 -168.7 -8.9
Alexandria...................................... 63.1 65.4 61.9 65.3 3.4 5.5
Baton Rouge..................................... 344.5 361.4 337.8 356.9 19.1 5.7
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux...................... 83.8 84.7 82.5 84.2 1.7 2.1
Lafayette....................................... 136.1 142.8 134.0 139.8 5.8 4.3
Lake Charles.................................... 89.5 92.6 88.1 89.4 1.3 1.5
Monroe.......................................... 78.9 79.8 77.2 78.5 1.3 1.7
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner..................... 616.0 408.5 606.5 409.0 -197.5 -32.6
Shreveport-Bossier City......................... 172.0 178.4 170.0 177.2 7.2 4.2
Maine............................................. 616.7 616.7 589.5 589.3 -.2 .0
Bangor.......................................... 66.7 66.9 63.5 64.2 .7 1.1
Lewiston-Auburn................................. 48.4 48.9 46.9 47.3 .4 .9
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford............... 196.0 196.0 186.9 187.1 .2 .1
Maryland.......................................... 2,560.6 2,590.3 2,482.0 2,519.0 37.0 1.5
Baltimore-Towson ............................... 1,284.8 1,308.1 1,248.8 1,271.7 22.9 1.8
Cumberland...................................... 40.4 40.6 39.0 39.0 .0 .0
Hagerstown-Martinsburg.......................... 100.7 101.1 98.3 99.1 .8 .8
Salisbury....................................... 55.2 55.2 52.6 53.4 .8 1.5
Massachusetts..................................... 3,220.6 3,238.7 3,113.6 3,145.2 31.6 1.0
Barnstable Town................................. 96.7 97.4 90.5 91.9 1.4 1.5
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ........................ 2,439.3 2,456.2 2,366.9 2,390.3 23.4 1.0
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner.................... 51.4 50.9 49.6 49.8 .2 .4
New Bedford..................................... 64.1 64.7 62.6 63.2 .6 1.0
Pittsfield...................................... 36.4 36.7 35.6 36.1 .5 1.4
Springfield..................................... 299.1 298.4 288.9 289.5 .6 .2
Worcester....................................... 246.3 246.3 239.0 240.7 1.7 .7
Michigan.......................................... 4,451.6 4,429.0 4,283.9 4,275.6 -8.3 -.2
Ann Arbor....................................... 207.8 208.0 198.8 200.8 2.0 1.0
Battle Creek.................................... 64.1 63.1 60.9 60.9 .0 .0
Bay City........................................ 40.0 39.8 37.9 38.4 .5 1.3
Detroit-Warren-Livonia.......................... 2,082.3 2,062.4 2,007.6 1,996.9 -10.7 -.5
Flint........................................... 158.8 157.4 153.0 152.9 -.1 -.1
Grand Rapids-Wyoming............................ 394.3 401.6 382.2 391.1 8.9 2.3
Holland-Grand Haven............................. 116.3 117.9 113.1 114.7 1.6 1.4
Jackson......................................... 61.7 61.9 59.6 59.5 -.1 -.2
Kalamazoo-Portage............................... 145.5 146.7 141.8 143.4 1.6 1.1
Lansing-East Lansing............................ 234.0 231.2 222.8 225.7 2.9 1.3
Monroe.......................................... 44.0 44.2 42.7 42.3 -.4 -.9
Muskegon-Norton Shores.......................... 66.8 67.7 64.9 66.7 1.8 2.8
Niles-Benton Harbor............................. 64.6 65.5 62.9 63.8 .9 1.4
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North.................. 94.6 94.2 91.0 90.9 -.1 -.1
Minnesota......................................... 2,722.9 2,746.3 2,629.3 2,671.4 42.1 1.6
Duluth.......................................... 130.3 131.9 125.4 128.0 2.6 2.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington................ 1,767.9 1,783.8 1,715.0 1,736.0 21.0 1.2
Rochester....................................... 104.1 105.2 102.1 103.3 1.2 1.2
St. Cloud....................................... 97.8 99.8 94.5 96.3 1.8 1.9
Mississippi....................................... 1,133.1 1,130.3 1,118.4 1,120.2 1.8 .2
Gulfport-Biloxi................................. 114.5 91.5 113.0 90.1 -22.9 -20.3
Hattiesburg..................................... 56.3 58.2 55.1 57.5 2.4 4.4
Jackson......................................... 258.1 258.6 253.1 257.9 4.8 1.9
Pascagoula...................................... 55.3 55.1 54.6 54.6 .0 .0
Missouri ......................................... 2,730.9 2,756.7 2,656.0 2,688.5 32.5 1.2
Columbia........................................ 89.7 92.7 85.3 88.3 3.0 3.5
Jefferson City.................................. 78.5 79.1 77.7 78.6 .9 1.2
Joplin.......................................... 77.1 78.9 75.1 77.5 2.4 3.2
Kansas City .................................... 981.5 989.4 955.0 972.0 17.0 1.8
St. Joseph...................................... 53.7 55.2 52.7 54.4 1.7 3.2
St. Louis 1..................................... 1,340.8 1,356.5 1,306.2 1,328.6 22.4 1.7
Springfield .................................... 187.7 194.5 184.1 190.8 6.7 3.6
Montana........................................... 416.6 425.3 400.8 409.7 8.9 2.2
Billings........................................ 75.5 77.0 72.9 74.8 1.9 2.6
Great Falls..................................... 34.0 34.2 32.5 33.0 .5 1.5
Missoula........................................ 54.7 55.5 52.0 51.9 -.1 -.2
Nebraska.......................................... 933.7 947.0 911.8 933.9 22.1 2.4
Lincoln......................................... 169.7 170.9 164.9 168.6 3.7 2.2
Omaha-Council Bluffs............................ 449.9 458.6 440.7 451.7 11.0 2.5
Nevada............................................ 1,193.0 1,264.0 1,166.7 1,243.5 76.8 6.6
Carson City..................................... 32.4 33.3 31.4 32.5 1.1 3.5
Las Vegas-Paradise.............................. 843.9 901.7 832.4 892.0 59.6 7.2
Reno-Sparks..................................... 215.4 223.4 204.1 215.8 11.7 5.7
New Hampshire..................................... 638.2 642.5 621.4 626.2 4.8 .8
Manchester...................................... 100.8 101.5 97.7 99.9 2.2 2.3
Portsmouth...................................... 54.6 56.0 52.8 54.4 1.6 3.0
Rochester-Dover................................. 55.9 57.1 54.1 54.5 .4 .7
New Jersey........................................ 4,064.0 4,101.5 3,946.0 3,995.5 49.5 1.3
Atlantic City................................... 152.7 153.4 147.6 149.0 1.4 .9
Ocean City...................................... 39.4 40.3 35.4 36.7 1.3 3.7
Trenton-Ewing................................... 237.7 241.2 230.5 236.2 5.7 2.5
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton.................... 64.8 65.6 62.1 63.7 1.6 2.6
New Mexico........................................ 805.2 826.2 786.5 807.1 20.6 2.6
Albuquerque..................................... 376.9 385.1 367.5 376.2 8.7 2.4
Farmington...................................... 49.2 50.4 47.9 49.0 1.1 2.3
Las Cruces...................................... 64.7 67.8 63.0 64.5 1.5 2.4
Santa Fe........................................ 61.1 62.5 59.1 60.7 1.6 2.7
New York.......................................... 8,639.6 8,680.4 8,329.6 8,402.1 72.5 .9
Albany-Schenectady-Troy......................... 451.1 453.0 436.8 438.3 1.5 .3
Binghamton...................................... 114.1 114.2 109.4 109.6 .2 .2
Buffalo-Niagara Falls........................... 558.7 555.9 535.3 535.9 .6 .1
Elmira.......................................... 41.6 40.9 39.5 39.4 -.1 -.3
Glens Falls..................................... 52.8 52.7 50.9 51.4 .5 1.0
Ithaca.......................................... 63.8 63.9 59.5 59.6 .1 .2
Kingston........................................ 64.7 64.5 62.3 62.7 .4 .6
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island........ 8,462.5 8,520.5 8,165.6 8,256.7 91.1 1.1
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown................ 258.8 259.6 247.0 249.8 2.8 1.1
Rochester....................................... 520.2 512.6 504.0 495.1 -8.9 -1.8
Syracuse........................................ 324.7 328.4 311.5 315.5 4.0 1.3
Utica-Rome...................................... 135.1 134.5 129.8 130.2 .4 .3
North Carolina.................................... 3,911.1 3,971.2 3,832.7 3,904.1 71.4 1.9
Asheville....................................... 167.7 169.7 163.8 166.1 2.3 1.4
Burlington...................................... 60.1 59.6 58.5 58.7 .2 .3
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord...................... 790.0 808.9 775.0 795.6 20.6 2.7
Durham.......................................... 270.5 274.9 265.2 272.3 7.1 2.7
Fayetteville.................................... 123.3 127.0 122.5 125.6 3.1 2.5
Goldsboro....................................... 43.3 43.5 42.6 42.8 .2 .5
Greensboro-High Point........................... 362.3 362.0 356.0 354.5 -1.5 -.4
Greenville...................................... 70.5 71.2 69.2 70.9 1.7 2.5
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton........................ 165.4 162.9 163.0 160.8 -2.2 -1.3
Jacksonville.................................... 41.9 42.8 40.9 42.5 1.6 3.9
Raleigh-Cary.................................... 458.2 475.5 448.4 465.9 17.5 3.9
Rocky Mount..................................... 63.6 62.3 61.6 60.6 -1.0 -1.6
Wilmington...................................... 129.7 135.9 126.8 133.2 6.4 5.0
Winston-Salem................................... 210.9 213.1 207.7 209.1 1.4 .7
North Dakota...................................... 343.9 351.1 333.4 342.5 9.1 2.7
Bismarck........................................ 56.2 57.9 54.9 56.5 1.6 2.9
Fargo........................................... 112.0 115.1 108.3 112.3 4.0 3.7
Grand Forks..................................... 52.7 54.0 51.1 52.8 1.7 3.3
Ohio.............................................. 5,476.5 5,497.3 5,287.2 5,326.5 39.3 .7
Akron........................................... 338.5 343.7 328.0 333.6 5.6 1.7
Canton-Massillon................................ 179.3 178.0 173.2 173.1 -.1 -.1
Cincinnati-Middletown........................... 1,039.4 1,049.1 1,004.3 1,024.4 20.1 2.0
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor......................... 1,084.0 1,078.8 1,044.9 1,049.5 4.6 .4
Columbus........................................ 934.8 938.3 902.7 910.1 7.4 .8
Dayton.......................................... 414.4 411.2 404.1 403.1 -1.0 -.2
Lima............................................ 58.6 57.8 56.4 56.4 .0 .0
Mansfield....................................... 60.3 59.6 58.0 58.2 .2 .3
Sandusky........................................ 37.1 37.4 35.8 36.6 .8 2.2
Springfield..................................... 53.7 53.0 52.0 51.8 -.2 -.4
Toledo.......................................... 334.2 334.7 319.7 322.4 2.7 .8
Weirton-Steubenville............................ 48.8 47.4 46.5 45.1 -1.4 -3.0
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman...................... 246.3 248.1 237.1 240.3 3.2 1.3
Oklahoma.......................................... 1,503.5 1,538.8 1,465.5 1,508.0 42.5 2.9
Lawton.......................................... 41.3 41.1 40.1 40.3 .2 .5
Oklahoma City................................... 554.6 566.1 536.7 552.1 15.4 2.9
Tulsa........................................... 403.9 420.3 400.2 413.1 12.9 3.2
Oregon............................................ 1,645.7 1,697.2 1,600.2 1,659.0 58.8 3.7
Bend............................................ 61.9 64.9 60.5 63.5 3.0 5.0
Corvallis....................................... 38.5 38.0 37.9 37.4 -.5 -1.3
Eugene-Springfield.............................. 150.2 152.4 145.7 147.3 1.6 1.1
Medford......................................... 82.4 86.1 78.0 81.3 3.3 4.2
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton.................... 978.7 1,007.1 954.0 983.8 29.8 3.1
Salem........................................... 145.0 146.6 140.7 143.4 2.7 1.9
Pennsylvania...................................... 5,728.7 5,783.6 5,568.7 5,633.6 64.9 1.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton...................... 334.2 340.7 326.6 334.5 7.9 2.4
Altoona......................................... 62.3 62.3 60.1 61.2 1.1 1.8
Erie............................................ 133.2 134.0 129.7 130.5 .8 .6
Harrisburg-Carlisle............................. 323.6 327.5 316.3 321.1 4.8 1.5
Johnstown....................................... 60.5 61.1 58.3 59.3 1.0 1.7
Lancaster....................................... 236.3 238.8 229.6 232.4 2.8 1.2
Lebanon......................................... 47.5 48.8 46.6 47.8 1.2 2.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington.................. 2,799.8 2,820.6 2,715.8 2,742.4 26.6 1.0
Pittsburgh...................................... 1,143.3 1,149.4 1,111.0 1,118.5 7.5 .7
Reading......................................... 170.0 171.7 165.5 168.4 2.9 1.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre.......................... 260.9 264.9 252.9 257.4 4.5 1.8
State College................................... 73.1 74.9 67.9 68.5 .6 .9
Williamsport.................................... 54.3 54.1 52.7 53.0 .3 .6
York-Hanover.................................... 177.8 179.4 173.5 176.0 2.5 1.4
Rhode Island...................................... 495.3 497.9 475.8 479.5 3.7 .8
Providence-Fall River-Warwick................... 590.0 590.4 568.3 569.1 .8 .1
South Carolina.................................... 1,857.4 1,885.7 1,820.5 1,847.3 26.8 1.5
Anderson........................................ 64.2 61.5 62.8 60.2 -2.6 -4.1
Charleston-North Charleston..................... 276.0 278.6 271.3 275.9 4.6 1.7
Columbia........................................ 351.8 355.8 347.3 349.0 1.7 .5
Florence........................................ 88.4 86.3 84.4 85.0 .6 .7
Greenville...................................... 298.4 299.6 293.1 294.4 1.3 .4
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach.......... 107.9 114.4 104.0 110.7 6.7 6.4
Spartanburg..................................... 126.7 119.6 121.8 116.2 -5.6 -4.6
Sumter.......................................... 41.4 41.0 40.5 41.1 .6 1.5
South Dakota...................................... 385.4 391.4 375.3 383.3 8.0 2.1
Rapid City...................................... 58.0 58.2 56.6 57.6 1.0 1.8
Sioux Falls..................................... 124.9 127.8 121.3 125.4 4.1 3.4
Tennessee......................................... 2,756.2 2,789.3 2,671.3 2,708.9 37.6 1.4
Chattanooga..................................... 242.5 244.3 236.1 240.0 3.9 1.7
Clarksville..................................... 82.6 84.3 80.8 83.3 2.5 3.1
Cleveland....................................... 42.1 42.8 40.9 41.9 1.0 2.4
Jackson......................................... 61.2 61.7 58.9 60.3 1.4 2.4
Johnson City.................................... 80.6 82.2 77.8 79.4 1.6 2.1
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol....................... 121.2 122.0 118.8 120.2 1.4 1.2
Knoxville....................................... 327.5 333.0 321.7 327.2 5.5 1.7
Memphis......................................... 625.3 636.8 610.8 624.4 13.6 2.2
Morristown...................................... 52.1 52.1 50.7 50.4 -.3 -.6
Nashville-Davidson�Murfreesboro................. 735.5 752.5 713.7 735.0 21.3 3.0
Texas............................................. 9,658.8 9,923.7 9,493.0 9,771.8 278.8 2.9
Abilene......................................... 64.2 65.6 62.7 64.6 1.9 3.0
Amarillo........................................ 107.6 110.1 104.3 108.0 3.7 3.5
Austin-Round Rock............................... 681.8 706.7 672.2 698.8 26.6 4.0
Beaumont-Port Arthur............................ 153.6 154.2 152.8 152.0 -.8 -.5
Brownsville-Harlingen........................... 116.7 119.2 114.7 118.2 3.5 3.1
College Station-Bryan........................... 90.3 91.2 84.9 86.0 1.1 1.3
Corpus Christi.................................. 169.1 172.1 167.3 169.3 2.0 1.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington..................... 2,747.7 2,827.1 2,689.1 2,786.1 97.0 3.6
El Paso......................................... 260.5 264.8 255.2 259.7 4.5 1.8
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown...................... 2,329.0 2,404.1 2,291.3 2,370.7 79.4 3.5
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood........................ 116.4 119.1 114.3 117.2 2.9 2.5
Laredo.......................................... 79.2 84.0 78.2 83.2 5.0 6.4
Longview........................................ 88.7 92.0 87.4 90.8 3.4 3.9
Lubbock......................................... 125.9 128.3 123.9 125.6 1.7 1.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................ 192.8 203.1 189.9 200.8 10.9 5.7
Midland......................................... 57.6 61.1 57.7 60.0 2.3 4.0
Odessa.......................................... 53.0 55.3 51.7 54.4 2.7 5.2
San Angelo...................................... 43.8 44.1 43.3 43.2 -.1 -.2
San Antonio..................................... 766.2 789.9 756.8 778.1 21.3 2.8
Sherman-Denison................................. 44.4 44.4 43.2 43.5 0.3 0.7
Texarkana....................................... 53.9 56.1 53.1 55.1 2.0 3.8
Tyler........................................... 90.4 91.9 88.9 90.6 1.7 1.9
Victoria........................................ 47.8 49.7 47.5 48.8 1.3 2.7
Waco............................................ 102.8 106.8 103.6 104.6 1.0 1.0
Wichita Falls................................... 61.5 62.3 60.1 61.4 1.3 2.2
Utah.............................................. 1,136.4 1,188.9 1,110.8 1,164.0 53.2 4.8
Logan........................................... 50.5 51.4 49.9 50.5 .6 1.2
Ogden-Clearfield................................ 187.0 192.8 181.8 187.8 6.0 3.3
Provo-Orem...................................... 170.2 178.5 165.7 174.2 8.5 5.1
St. George...................................... 45.2 49.3 44.0 48.5 4.5 10.2
Salt Lake City.................................. 583.1 610.9 572.1 599.5 27.4 4.8
Vermont........................................... 310.3 312.5 302.9 304.8 1.9 .6
Burlington-South Burlington..................... 116.1 114.1 111.0 110.1 -.9 -.8
Virginia.......................................... 3,660.0 3,722.3 3,573.4 3,661.3 87.9 2.5
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford............... 70.3 73.2 68.4 69.5 1.1 1.6
Charlottesville................................. 93.8 98.4 92.2 97.6 5.4 5.9
Danville........................................ 44.5 42.9 42.8 41.2 -1.6 -3.7
Harrisonburg.................................... 61.2 62.0 60.3 60.7 .4 .7
Lynchburg....................................... 106.4 108.8 103.3 105.7 2.4 2.3
Richmond........................................ 615.0 625.2 603.1 616.7 13.6 2.3
Roanoke......................................... 158.6 163.4 155.4 159.5 4.1 2.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News............. 759.8 772.3 738.2 751.1 12.9 1.7
Winchester...................................... 55.1 57.2 53.9 56.2 2.3 4.3
Washington........................................ 2,749.6 2,834.3 2,688.2 2,776.2 88.0 3.3
Bellingham...................................... 79.5 83.2 77.9 81.3 3.4 4.4
Bremerton-Silverdale............................ 84.1 86.0 81.6 85.3 3.7 4.5
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco........................ 87.2 87.4 84.7 85.6 .9 1.1
Longview........................................ 36.5 37.6 35.9 36.9 1.0 2.8
Mount Vernon-Anacortes.......................... 44.6 46.1 43.5 45.4 1.9 4.4
Olympia......................................... 94.7 97.8 93.2 96.7 3.5 3.8
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue......................... 1,620.9 1,681.5 1,586.4 1,652.3 65.9 4.2
Spokane......................................... 204.7 210.9 199.1 204.7 5.6 2.8
Wenatchee....................................... 36.6 38.2 35.1 37.1 2.0 5.7
Yakima.......................................... 74.9 77.4 72.9 76.1 3.2 4.4
West Virginia..................................... 747.3 757.4 727.1 737.2 10.1 1.4
Charleston...................................... 149.6 150.5 146.0 146.7 .7 .5
Huntington-Ashland.............................. 120.1 120.9 115.6 117.4 1.8 1.6
Morgantown...................................... 57.3 59.1 56.0 58.1 2.1 3.8
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna..................... 75.0 73.9 71.7 72.1 .4 .6
Wheeling........................................ 68.2 69.9 65.8 67.5 1.7 2.6
Wisconsin......................................... 2,841.5 2,872.0 2,757.8 2,791.5 33.7 1.2
Appleton........................................ 117.2 117.6 114.3 115.5 1.2 1.0
Eau Claire...................................... 79.4 80.6 75.4 77.3 1.9 2.5
Fond du Lac..................................... 48.2 48.7 47.1 48.2 1.1 2.3
Green Bay....................................... 168.4 171.0 164.3 167.1 2.8 1.7
Janesville...................................... 69.8 69.6 64.9 68.1 3.2 4.9
La Crosse....................................... 73.5 73.6 71.6 71.7 .1 .1
Madison......................................... 342.8 348.5 335.6 341.1 5.5 1.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis................... 840.5 838.2 822.7 815.2 -7.5 -.9
Oshkosh-Neenah.................................. 92.1 93.2 89.8 90.1 .3 .3
Racine.......................................... 80.9 82.3 78.3 80.1 1.8 2.3
Sheboygan....................................... 62.9 63.4 61.9 62.9 1.0 1.6
Wausau.......................................... 71.7 72.7 70.1 71.7 1.6 2.3
Wyoming........................................... 256.0 263.6 249.6 257.9 8.3 3.3
Casper.......................................... 36.8 37.6 35.8 37.1 1.3 3.6
Cheyenne........................................ 40.7 41.8 40.0 40.9 .9 2.3
Puerto Rico....................................... 1,097.2 1,075.9 1,036.5 1,048.9 12.4 1.2
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian................. 53.2 51.8 50.7 50.2 -.5 -1.0
Fajardo......................................... 17.8 17.7 17.4 17.5 .1 .6
Guayama......................................... 18.7 18.3 17.7 17.7 .0 .0
Mayaguez........................................ 43.3 42.5 40.5 41.2 .7 1.7
Ponce........................................... 69.9 68.9 67.0 66.1 -.9 -1.3
San German-Cabo Rojo............................ 23.6 22.4 22.4 21.6 -.8 -3.6
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo........................ 824.1 811.2 776.0 791.4 15.4 2.0
Yauco........................................... 15.6 15.1 14.6 14.9 .3 2.1
Virgin Islands.................................... 44.1 43.9 43.9 43.7 -0.2 -0.5
1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2005 benchmark levels.
Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
available. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 06-01, dated December 5,
2005, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in
other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the
state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville,
W. Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational
reasons.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from January
December January 2005 to
State, area, and division January 2006 p
2004 2005 2005 2006p Number Percent
California........................................ 14,780.4 15,034.6 14,451.9 14,769.8 317.9 2.2
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................ 5,528.8 5,581.7 5,417.9 5,497.8 79.9 1.5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale................ 4,041.6 4,072.5 3,962.2 4,012.4 50.2 1.3
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine....................... 1,487.2 1,509.2 1,455.7 1,485.4 29.7 2.0
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont................... 1,988.9 2,014.6 1,941.0 1,980.2 39.2 2.0
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward........................ 1,038.4 1,056.7 1,014.9 1,041.0 26.1 2.6
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City........... 950.5 957.9 926.1 939.2 13.1 1.4
District of Columbia.............................. 678.6 689.2 670.3 679.6 9.3 1.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1)............. 2,915.7 2,971.6 2,848.2 2,915.1 66.9 2.3
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick (2)............ 570.7 581.7 556.9 567.8 10.9 2.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (1)............ 2,345.0 2,389.9 2,291.3 2,347.3 56.0 2.4
Florida........................................... 7,747.5 8,031.8 7,631.8 7,941.0 309.2 4.1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach............... 2,384.5 2,452.0 2,342.5 2,419.5 77.0 3.3
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield
Beach....................................... 764.8 796.6 755.3 789.5 34.2 4.5
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall...................... 1,047.1 1,064.5 1,024.6 1,046.3 21.7 2.1
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach....... 572.6 590.9 562.6 583.7 21.1 3.8
Illinois.......................................... 5,897.6 5,942.1 5,700.8 5,762.7 61.9 1.1
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (1)................... 4,479.5 4,522.2 4,339.6 4,391.0 51.4 1.2
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet...................... 3,806.8 3,844.4 3,690.0 3,731.4 41.4 1.1
Gary (2)....................................... 279.7 281.2 270.2 273.9 3.7 1.4
Lake County-Kenosha County (1)................. 393.0 396.6 379.4 385.7 6.3 1.7
Massachusetts..................................... 3,220.6 3,238.7 3,113.6 3,145.2 31.6 1.0
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (1)..................... 2,439.3 2,456.2 2,366.9 2,390.3 23.4 1.0
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy........................ 1,662.5 1,670.8 1,610.4 1,624.3 13.9 .9
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton.................... 90.8 90.3 87.5 87.4 -.1 -.1
Framingham..................................... 155.4 157.2 150.5 152.3 1.8 1.2
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury (1)........... 76.1 77.4 74.3 75.7 1.4 1.9
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford (1)................ 116.7 117.8 114.4 115.3 .9 .8
Lynn-Peabody-Salem............................. 102.9 103.6 99.7 100.9 1.2 1.2
Nashua (1)..................................... 133.8 135.7 130.2 132.7 2.5 1.9
Michigan.......................................... 4,451.6 4,429.0 4,283.9 4,275.6 -8.3 -.2
Detroit-Warren-Livonia.......................... 2,082.3 2,062.4 2,007.6 1,996.9 -10.7 -.5
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn....................... 842.0 829.3 813.3 803.5 -9.8 -1.2
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills................... 1,240.3 1,233.1 1,194.3 1,193.4 -.9 -.1
New York.......................................... 8,639.6 8,680.4 8,329.6 8,402.1 72.5 .9
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (1).... 8,462.5 8,520.5 8,165.6 8,256.7 91.1 1.1
Edison (2)..................................... 1,021.4 1,036.2 982.3 1,002.6 20.3 2.1
Nassau-Suffolk................................. 1,264.9 1,268.9 1,203.6 1,214.4 10.8 .9
New York-White Plains-Wayne (1)................ 5,130.0 5,175.6 4,969.9 5,027.5 57.6 1.2
Newark-Union (2)............................... 1,046.2 1,039.8 1,009.8 1,012.2 2.4 .2
Pennsylvania...................................... 5,728.7 5,783.6 5,568.7 5,633.6 64.9 1.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (1).............. 2,799.8 2,820.6 2,715.8 2,742.4 26.6 1.0
Camden (2)..................................... 544.3 547.1 524.1 529.1 5.0 1.0
Philadelphia................................... 1,901.7 1,919.5 1,852.4 1,867.9 15.5 .8
Wilmington (2)................................. 353.8 354.9 340.1 345.4 5.3 1.6
Texas............................................. 9,658.8 9,923.7 9,493.0 9,771.8 278.8 2.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington..................... 2,747.7 2,827.1 2,689.1 2,786.1 97.0 3.6
Dallas-Plano-Irving............................ 1,934.9 1,997.3 1,895.8 1,971.4 75.6 4.0
Fort Worth-Arlington........................... 812.8 829.8 793.3 814.7 21.4 2.7
Washington........................................ 2,749.6 2,834.3 2,688.2 2,776.2 88.0 3.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue......................... 1,620.9 1,681.5 1,586.4 1,652.3 65.9 4.2
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett....................... 1,358.6 1,410.6 1,330.6 1,386.5 55.9 4.2
Tacoma......................................... 262.3 270.9 255.8 265.8 10.0 3.9
1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2005 benchmark levels.
Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
available. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 06-01, dated December 5,
2005, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in
other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the
state that appears first in their titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden,
N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed.