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TEXT Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted Technical information: Media contact: (202) 606-6392 606-5902 USDL 94-100 For release: 10:00 A.M. EST Wednesday, March 2, 1994 UNEMPLOYMENT IN STATES: JANUARY 1994 January unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted, ranged from a high of 11.0 percent in West Virginia to a low of 2.3 percent in South Dakota, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Double-digit unemployment rates also were recorded in the District of Columbia (10.9 percent), Rhode Island (10.5 percent), and California (10.1 percent). In addition to South Dakota, Nebraska (2.5 percent) and Utah (3.2 percent) reported very low unemployment rates. The national unemployment rate in January was 6.7 percent. January 1994 data cannot be directly compared with prior estimates because of the introduction of a number of significant methodological changes. (See the box note.) The impact of the introduction of the redesigned Current Population Survey, affecting all data series coming from or incorporating the survey data, cannot be quantified on a state basis. The incorporation of 1990 census-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated population undercount, may affect 1993-94 comparisons of unemployment rates by as much as 0.2 percentage point in a few states. Changes in State Estimates Beginning with this release, estimates for state labor force data incorporate the following changes: 1) The results of a major redesign of the Current Population Survey (CPS); 2) the implementation of improved regression models; and 3) the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated undercount. The CPS redesign affects both the 11 large states, for which estimates come directly from the CPS, and the remaining 39 states and the District of Columbia, for which estimates are made using regression techniques in which the CPS data are inputs. Based on an intensive period of research and testing, new regression models have been implemented for the 39 nondirectuse states and the District of Columbia. Monthly historical series from 1978 through 1993 have been replaced with reestimated series based on the new models. All state series also have been reseasonally adjusted based on recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. The introduction of 1990 censusbased population figures, adjusted for the estimated population undercount, affects data for all states from 1990 forward. (More information on these changes is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 202-606-6392.) ___________________________________________________________________________ With the release of February data on March 30, the "Unemployment in States" and the "State Employment and Metropolitan Area Unemployment" news releases will be combined, and the title will be changed back to "State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment." Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Unemployed | | ___________________________________________________________________ | Civilian labor force | | | | Number | Percent of State | | | labor force | | | _______________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Jan. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Jan. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Alabama................| 1,972.8| 1,999.2| 1,995.1| 2,010.1| 143.0| 152.1| 147.7| 163.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 Alaska.................| 294.5| 302.3| 302.0| 308.0| 23.7| 22.7| 22.7| 26.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.6 Arizona................| 1,821.8| 1,852.7| 1,858.4| 1,929.4| 126.7| 111.8| 112.2| 95.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 Arkansas...............| 1,157.6| 1,168.0| 1,166.5| 1,200.3| 75.6| 70.5| 69.0| 67.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 Colorado...............| 1,866.8| 1,943.7| 1,954.3| 1,968.0| 108.0| 97.0| 96.2| 112.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Connecticut............| 1,796.9| 1,782.4| 1,779.2| 1,796.6| 116.7| 106.8| 104.8| 80.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 Delaware...............| 369.2| 376.9| 377.8| 371.3| 17.6| 22.0| 22.7| 19.5 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 District of Columbia...| 302.0| 308.5| 309.8| 315.7| 26.8| 25.7| 25.4| 34.3 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 10.9 Georgia................| Hawaii.................| | Idaho..................| Indiana................| Iowa...................| Kansas.................| Kentucky...............| | Louisiana..............| Maine..................| Maryland...............| Minnesota..............| Mississippi............| | Missouri...............| Montana................| Nebraska...............| Nevada.................| New Hampshire..........| | New Mexico.............| North Dakota...........| Oklahoma...............| Oregon.................| Rhode Island...........| | South Carolina.........| South Dakota...........| Tennessee..............| Utah...................| Vermont................| | Virginia...............| Washington.............| West Virginia..........| Wisconsin..............| Wyoming................| | 3,396.3| 3,526.2| 3,531.5| 3,583.8| 205.7| 201.0| 199.4| 258.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 583.2| 583.3| 583.3| 605.3| 28.2| 23.7| 24.0| 28.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | | | | | | | | | | | 538.7| 551.8| 553.7| 580.3| 36.1| 31.8| 32.4| 29.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 2,870.3| 2,991.6| 3,001.9| 2,992.6| 170.4| 151.1| 152.5| 167.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 1,526.2| 1,558.2| 1,554.8| 1,552.1| 65.0| 57.8| 56.8| 72.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 1,316.2| 1,320.8| 1,321.8| 1,335.8| 62.3| 66.8| 66.0| 86.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.5 1,790.5| 1,788.5| 1,785.8| 1,809.2| 112.2| 106.3| 103.3| 81.3 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1,894.8| 1,879.7| 1,876.8| 1,924.5| 144.6| 145.3| 140.9| 163.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 639.5| 626.5| 624.4| 628.0| 47.6| 51.4| 49.7| 59.4 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.5 2,669.7| 2,680.4| 2,682.8| 2,689.9| 166.9| 161.9| 161.7| 166.2 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 2,446.9| 2,483.4| 2,487.0| 2,539.6| 124.6| 121.8| 119.8| 113.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 1,196.2| 1,221.6| 1,221.9| 1,226.5| 81.1| 75.4| 74.3| 84.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.9 | | | | | | | | | | | 2,644.2| 2,658.4| 2,660.8| 2,667.4| 157.2| 173.1| 172.7| 143.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 424.0| 425.2| 430.1| 434.8| 27.5| 25.3| 25.3| 24.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 839.6| 860.6| 862.1| 890.7| 23.5| 20.1| 20.4| 22.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 729.9| 760.2| 764.7| 768.1| 51.8| 55.3| 55.7| 38.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.0 618.0| 622.7| 621.5| 627.0| 45.7| 38.8| 37.7| 30.2 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | 749.3| 760.0| 761.5| 782.6| 54.2| 57.1| 56.7| 45.9 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 5.9 315.6| 321.4| 321.7| 332.5| 14.4| 13.7| 14.0| 15.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 1,522.6| 1,523.8| 1,524.7| 1,581.1| 87.2| 93.7| 92.3| 102.3 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 1,563.8| 1,613.4| 1,613.8| 1,608.6| 121.1| 108.6| 108.0| 115.5 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 516.6| 510.3| 509.8| 523.7| 41.1| 40.9| 41.2| 54.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 10.5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1,806.8| 1,828.0| 1,829.6| 1,792.2| 123.9| 140.8| 140.8| 103.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5.8 356.0| 361.3| 361.2| 362.4| 11.9| 11.9| 12.1| 8.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 2,473.1| 2,516.7| 2,515.2| 2,596.2| 146.6| 136.1| 132.6| 146.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 881.0| 930.5| 933.2| 963.5| 37.5| 32.6| 31.7| 30.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 313.9| 317.9| 317.1| 306.9| 18.5| 16.2| 16.0| 14.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | 3,374.9| 3,383.8| 3,386.5| 3,395.7| 181.9| 160.8| 158.3| 164.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 2,678.8| 2,713.3| 2,723.6| 2,800.6| 212.8| 196.7| 198.8| 153.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.5 774.8| 796.1| 795.3| 772.6| 85.6| 82.5| 80.8| 84.7 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.0 2,685.1| 2,735.6| 2,743.2| 2,799.1| 118.0| 129.7| 132.2| 126.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 238.0| 239.9| 240.9| 252.5| 12.3| 13.1| 13.2| 20.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | California.............| 15,269.0| 15,209.0| 15,215.8| 15,625.6|1,440.6|1,348.4|1,331.8| 1,584.9 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.1 Florida................| 6,579.6| 6,689.1| 6,741.5| 6,798.4| 502.7| 444.5| 464.2| 512.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 Illinois...............| 5,945.6| 5,998.8| 6,032.9| 5,998.6| 407.6| 358.8| 357.7| 398.5 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.6 Massachusetts..........| 3,206.8| 3,175.4| 3,161.7| 3,172.0| 257.0| 203.7| 195.9| 228.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 7.2 Michigan...............| 4,640.7| 4,713.9| 4,748.2| 4,803.2| 333.4| 330.7| 348.9| 362.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey.............| 3,972.0| 4,042.7| 4,018.9| 4,065.7| 297.0| 256.6| 282.3| 278.0 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 New York...............| 8,730.5| 8,605.8| 8,597.0| 8,621.7| 722.7| 651.1| 653.7| 614.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 North Carolina.........| 3,579.2| 3,553.6| 3,565.2| 3,558.5| 197.7| 144.1| 147.8| 140.9 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 Ohio...................| 5,500.8| 5,511.9| 5,550.6| 5,513.2| 383.6| 358.7| 348.0| 335.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 Pennsylvania...........| 5,898.2| 5,899.4| 5,889.8| 5,800.2| 439.8| 415.3| 376.5| 349.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.0 Texas..................| 9,012.9| 9,359.1| 9,301.4| 9,314.7| 678.8| 641.0| 610.7| 555.0 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Puerto Rico............| 1,185.8| 1,213.8| 1,214.9| 1,208.3| 200.0| 202.8| 198.8| 196.8 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Published earlier in The Employment Situation news release, except for Puerto Rico. p/ = preliminary. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly houlshold survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Data have been revised to incorporate 1990 census-based population controls (covering the 1990-93 period), improved regression models, and updated seasonal adjustment factors. In.addition, the data beginning with January 1994 are not directly comparable with those for 1993 and prior years as a result of the redesign of the Current Population Survey questionnaire and collection methodology. Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Unemployed | | ___________________________________________________________________ | Civilian labor force | | | | Number | Percent of | | | labor force State | | | _______________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ | | | | | | | December | January | December | January | December | January | | | | | | ___________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _______________ _________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | 1992 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | 1992 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994p/ | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Alabama................| 1,976.4| 1,997.8| 1,957.0| 1,994.2| 134.5| 139.1| 145.8| 166.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.3 Alaska.................| 288.0| 296.1| 286.3| 299.6| 24.1| 22.9| 27.8| 31.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 10.3 Arizona................| 1,815.9| 1,857.2| 1,804.4| 1,910.0| 119.5| 105.9| 129.1| 98.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.1 Arkansas...............| 1,146.6| 1,153.5| 1,127.5| 1,169.5| 77.0| 68.9| 82.5| 73.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 6.3 Colorado...............| 1,855.1| 1,951.0| 1,840.3| 1,941.9| 105.9| 94.1| 121.5| 126.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Connecticut............| 1,772.9| 1,754.2| 1,764.7| 1,763.4| 113.4| 96.5| 124.6| 88.3 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.0 Delaware...............| 369.6| 378.3| 369.5| 371.5| 15.8| 20.7| 20.6| 22.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 District of Columbia...| 296.0| 304.0| 297.5| 311.3| 24.9| 24.2| 27.6| 35.2 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 11.3 Georgia................| 3,423.1| 3,566.9| 3,366.3| 3,552.4| 204.5| 188.7| 201.1| 253.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.1 Hawaii.................| 582.6| 582.8| 583.6| 605.7| 24.3| 20.5| 28.6| 28.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Idaho..................| 532.3| 550.5| 531.9| 573.5| 34.0| 32.9| 43.9| 36.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 6.4 Indiana................| 2,834.2| 2,966.5| 2,814.6| 2,936.6| 175.4| 149.8| 184.2| 181.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.2 Iowa...................| 1,527.5| 1,558.2| 1,521.9| 1,549.5| 68.4| 58.3| 79.0| 88.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 Kansas.................| 1,315.8| 1,319.0| 1,305.8| 1,325.8| 57.2| 61.7| 71.0| 95.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 7.2 Kentucky...............| 1,779.2| 1,778.1| 1,762.1| 1,775.5| 105.9| 96.1| 130.0| 94.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 5.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Louisiana..............| 1,869.9| 1,847.0| 1,859.6| 1,888.9| 140.6| 132.6| 164.6| 183.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 9.7 Maine..................| 634.4| 615.2| 629.1| 618.4| 44.6| 47.6| 55.9| 68.0 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.0 Maryland...............| 2,651.0| 2,660.2| 2,638.9| 2,659.2| 163.7| 153.9| 171.0| 170.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 Minnesota..............| 2,407.1| 2,452.6| 2,418.5| 2,511.3| 116.2| 110.9| 144.5| 133.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 Mississippi............| 1,195.0| 1,219.6| 1,183.3| 1,213.2| 73.6| 62.3| 83.4| 86.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri...............| 2,628.7| 2,646.0| 2,614.9| 2,637.7| 147.8| 167.3| 175.6| 161.8 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.1 Montana................| 419.1| 424.8| 418.2| 428.9| 28.2| 26.5| 31.9| 28.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 6.7 Nebraska...............| 830.2| 852.4| 825.2| 876.1| 22.4| 18.9| 28.8| 27.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 Nevada.................| 723.7| 763.4| 724.3| 762.6| 47.0| 53.6| 56.6| 43.7 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 5.7 New Hampshire..........| 616.0| 621.0| 616.4| 625.5| 45.1| 37.5| 50.0| 34.7 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | New Mexico.............| 743.2| 756.3| 739.1| 772.4| 48.1| 51.5| 57.1| 49.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.3 North Dakota...........| 309.3| 315.7| 303.9| 320.9| 14.5| 13.8| 16.5| 18.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 Oklahoma...............| 1,517.4| 1,516.6| 1,503.2| 1,561.5| 86.7| 90.6| 97.3| 112.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.2 Oregon.................| 1,547.5| 1,604.4| 1,535.0| 1,579.7| 113.2| 102.1| 131.7| 126.4 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 8.0 Rhode Island...........| 520.5| 512.7| 516.4| 523.4| 40.2| 39.3| 45.5| 59.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 11.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina.........| 1,779.1| 1,804.6| 1,770.9| 1,756.1| 113.6| 134.7| 130.3| 109.6 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.2 South Dakota...........| 348.1| 353.9| 346.1| 352.4| 10.9| 11.5| 14.2| 10.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 Tennessee..............| Utah...................| Vermont................| | Virginia...............| Washington.............| West Virginia..........| Wisconsin..............| Wyoming................| | 2,467.5| 2,498.3| 2,422.1| 2,544.9| 130.1| 114.5| 156.0| 155.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 879.8| 937.8| 872.3| 953.5| 36.3| 29.3| 39.0| 31.7 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 313.6| 316.2| 313.9| 305.9| 17.4| 14.7| 23.2| 18.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | 3,338.5| 3,347.3| 3,345.6| 3,362.8| 182.5| 151.1| 202.6| 183.4 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 2,679.6| 2,730.8| 2,662.2| 2,784.2| 217.3| 209.4| 248.3| 189.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 6.8 775.8| 797.2| 768.3| 766.3| 86.5| 81.3| 91.3| 90.4 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 2,681.2| 2,726.0| 2,639.5| 2,751.0| 107.5| 114.8| 131.7| 140.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 237.2| 239.3| 233.1| 247.5| 13.8| 14.2| 15.8| 24.1 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 9.7 | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | California.............| 15,334.4| 15,202.1| 15,130.2| 15,483.4|1,427.3|1,265.4|1,485.0| 1,628.3 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 10.5 Florida................| 6,480.3| 6,697.1| 6,467.4| 6,684.9| 407.7| 404.7| 510.3| 521.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 Illinois...............| 6,045.9| 6,042.6| 5,901.6| 5,953.6| 437.8| 353.3| 438.4| 426.9 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 Massachusetts..........| 3,154.3| 3,158.6| 3,169.6| 3,136.4| 249.5| 182.8| 268.2| 239.6 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 7.6 Michigan...............| 4,652.0| 4,749.3| 4,603.8| 4,767.6| 333.5| 323.1| 360.1| 388.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey.............| 4,050.1| 4,036.0| 3,938.6| 4,032.8| 316.0| 270.6| 313.6| 293.0 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 New York...............| 8,662.4| 8,544.0| 8,688.5| 8,576.8| 704.8| 638.5| 807.8| 702.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 North Carolina.........| 3,552.5| 3,544.1| 3,517.3| 3,496.9| 186.8| 133.9| 219.9| 162.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 4.6 Ohio...................| 5,417.2| 5,513.7| 5,449.5| 5,464.2| 382.1| 338.6| 447.6| 398.7 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 Pennsylvania...........| 5,875.1| 5,869.8| 5,860.4| 5,762.1| 398.5| 338.8| 479.2| 388.3 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 6.7 Texas..................| 9,026.5| 9,270.8| 8,948.3| 9,254.5| 670.0| 584.9| 749.4| 630.4 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 6.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | Puerto Rico............| 1,178.6| 1,208.0| 1,173.9| 1,195.8| 176.5| 181.1| 202.8| 199.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 16.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Published earlier in The Employment Situation news release, except for Puerto Rico. p/ = preliminary. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Data have been revised to incorporate 1990 census-based population controls (covering the 1990-93 period) and improved regression models. In addition, the data beginning with January 1994 are not directly comparable with those for 1993 and prior years as a result of the redesign of the Current Population Survey questionnaire and collection methodology.