Business Services Industry
A Note on Average Hourly Earnings in Aircraft and Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles Manufacturing
Employment and Earnings, May, 2001
B-15a. Average hourly earnings in aircraft (SIC 3721) and guided
missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761) manufacturing
Series Aircraft (SIC 3721)
Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar.
2000 2000 2001 2001(p)
Average hourly earnings,
excluding lump-sum payments $22.54 $22.45 $23.73 $23.90
Average hourly earnings,
including lump-sum payments 22.65 22.57 23.78 23.95
Guided missiles and space vehicles
(SIC 3761)
Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar.
2000 2000 2001 2001(p)
Average hourly earnings,
excluding lump-sum payments $21.92 $21.71 $21.95 $21.89
Average hourly earnings,
including lump-sum payments 22.01 21.79 21.97 21.91
(p) = preliminary.
B-16. Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime(1), of production
workers on manufacturing payrolls
Mar. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr.
Industry 2000 2000 2001 2001(p) 2001(p)
Manufacturing $13.49 $13.54 $14.01 $14.05 $14.24
Durable goods 13.98 14.02 14.54 14.60 14.79
Lumber and wood
products 11.10 11.17 11.44 11.45 (2)
Furniture and
fixtures 11.11 11.16 11.64 11.68 (2)
Stone, clay, and
glass products 13.14 13.29 13.74 13.74 (2)
Primary metal
industries 15.19 15.33 15.62 15.68 (2)
Fabricated metal
products 12.98 13.01 13.52 13.56 (2)
Industrial machinery
and equipment 14.59 14.59 15.31 15.34 (2)
Electronic and other
electrical equipment 13.07 13.07 13.49 13.58 (2)
Transportation
equipment 17.56 17.64 18.52 18.60 (2)
Instruments and
related products 13.83 13.87 14.42 14.48 (2)
Miscellaneous
manufacturing 11.19 11.20 11.68 11.71 (2)
Nondurable goods 12.73 12.79 13.20 13.19 $13.40
Food and kindred
products 11.61 11.69 11.91 11.95 (2)
Tobacco products 18.45 19.07 18.55 20.00 (2)
Textile mill products 10.30 10.37 10.57 10.56 (2)
Apparel and other
textile products 8.76 8.76 9.02 9.06 (2)
Paper and allied
products 15.08 15.19 15.56 15.55 (2)
Printing and
publishing 13.65 13.67 14.09 14.09 (2)
Chemicals and allied
products 16.70 16.83 17.41 17.30 (2)
Petroleum and coal
products 20.71 20.39 20.51 20.33 (2)
Rubber and misc.
plastics products 11.98 12.02 12.53 12.48 (2)
Leather and leather
products 9.75 9.85 9.98 10.08 (2)
(1) Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of
time and one-half.
(2) Not available.
(p) = preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1999 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1999 forward are subject
to revision.
B-17. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or
nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by major
industry, in current and constant (1982) dollars
Average hourly earnings
Industry Mar. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr.
2000 2000 2001 2001(p) 2001(p)
Total private:
Current dollars $13.59 $13.69 $14.16 $14.18 $14.27
Constant (1982)
dollars 7.84 7.90 7.96 7.96 (2)
Mining:
Current dollars 17.28 17.29 17.26 17.29 $17.35
Constant (1982)
dollars 9.97 9.97 9.70 9.71 (2)
Construction:
Current dollars 17.54 17.66 18.26 18.29 $18.24
Constant (1982)
dollars 10.12 10.18 10.26 10.27 (2)
Manufacturing:
Current dollars 14.22 14.28 14.65 14.69 $14.79
Constant (1982)
dollars 8.21 8.24 8.23 8.25 (2)
Transportation and
public utilities:
Current dollars 16.02 16.15 16.68 16.60 $16.69
Constant (1982)
dollars 9.24 9.31 9.38 9.32 (2)
Wholesale trade:
Current dollars 14.83 15.14 15.66 15.60 $15.81
Constant (1982)
dollars 8.56 8.73 8.80 8.76 (2)
Retail trade:
Current dollars 9.37 9.42 9.71 9.73 $9.77
Constant (1982)
dollars 5.41 5.43 5.46 5.46 (2)
Finance, insurance, and
real estate:
Current dollars 14.97 15.12 15.64 15.69 $15.85
Constant (1982)
dollars 8.64 8.72 8.79 8.81 (2)
Services:
Current dollars 13.77 13.83 14.43 14.44 $14.57
Constant (1982)
dollars 7.95 7.98 8.11 8.11 (2)
Average weekly earnings
Industry Mar. Apr. Feb.
2000 2000 2001
Total private:
Current dollars $464.78 $473.67 $481.44
Constant (1982)
dollars 268.19 273.17 270.62
Mining:
Current dollars 758.59 776.32 769.80
Constant (1982)
dollars 437.73 447.70 432.72
Construction:
Current dollars 680.55 692.27 679.27
Constant (1982)
dollars 392.70 399.23 381.83
Manufacturing:
Current dollars 590.13 595.48 591.86
Constant (1982)
dollars 340.53 343.41 332.69
Transportation and
public utilities:
Current dollars 608.76 626.62 637.18
Constant (1982)
dollars 351.28 361.37 358.17
Wholesale trade:
Current dollars 566.51 588.95 595.08
Constant (1982)
dollars 326.90 339.65 334.50
Retail trade:
Current dollars 267.98 272.24 275.76
Constant (1982)
dollars 154.63 157.00 155.01
Finance, insurance, and
real estate:
Current dollars 537.42 554.90 567.73
Constant (1982)
dollars 310.11 320.01 319.13
Services:
Current dollars 447.53 453.62 470.42
Constant (1982)
dollars 258.24 261.60 264.43
Average weekly earnings
Industry Mar. Apr.
2001(p) 2001(p)
Total private:
Current dollars $482.12 $486.61
Constant (1982)
dollars 270.70 (2)
Mining:
Current dollars 778.05 $792.90
Constant (1982)
dollars 436.86 (2)
Construction:
Current dollars 702.34 $693.12
Constant (1982)
dollars 394.35 (2)
Manufacturing:
Current dollars 596.41 $585.68
Constant (1982)
dollars 334.87 (2)
Transportation and
public utilities:
Current dollars 630.80 $644.23
Constant (1982)
dollars 354.18 (2)
Wholesale trade:
Current dollars 595.92 $610.27
Constant (1982)
dollars 334.60 (2)
Retail trade:
Current dollars 277.31 $282.35
Constant (1982)
dollars 155.70 (2)
Finance, insurance, and
real estate:
Current dollars 564.84 $584.87
Constant (1982)
dollars 317.15 (2)
Services:
Current dollars 469.30 $476.44
Constant (1982)
dollars 263.50 (2)
(1) Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;
finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
(2) Not available.
(p) = preliminary.
NOTE: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series. Establishment
survey estimates are currently projected from March 1999 benchmark
levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
unadjusted data from April 1999 forward are subject to revision.
B-18. Average hours and earnings of production workers on
manufacturing payrolls in States and selected areas
Average weekly hours
March February March
State and area 2000 2001 2001(p)
Alabama 41.9 40.8 41.1
Birmingham 41.8 41.7 42.5
Mobile 43.4 43.1 44.5
Alaska 49.8 50.9 54.0
Arizona 40.2 40.6 40.4
Arkansas 40.7 39.5 39.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 40.8 38.7 38.8
Fort Smith 40.5 38.5 38.2
Little Rock-North Little Rock 39.8 40.2 40.3
Pine Bluff 39.4 39.6 39.3
California 41.3 40.9 41.1
Bakersfield 41.1 41.4 41.8
Fresno 40.1 40.4 40.1
Los Angeles-Long Beach 42.4 42.0 41.9
Modesto 41.0 39.5 39.4
Oakland 42.8 42.6 42.3
Orange County 43.4 42.7 42.8
Riverside-San Bernardino 42.3 41.3 41.4
Sacramento 40.9 40.2 39.5
Salinas 41.9 40.3 41.2
San Diego 39.7 40.3 40.4
San Francisco 40.1 40.8 40.6
San Jose 41.3 40.8 40.0
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 41.5 38.6 38.8
Santa Rosa 39.8 39.1 38.8
Stockton-Lodi 41.8 41.4 41.3
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 41.8 40.7 40.9
Ventura 42.1 42.1 42.6
Colorado 41.4 39.9 39.9
Denver 41.9 40.5 40.7
Connecticut 42.5 42.7 42.9
Bridgeport 41.7 40.2 40.4
Danbury 41.5 40.1 39.8
Hartford 43.7 42.5 43.9
New Haven-Meriden 42.5 42.3 42.4
New London-Norwich 42.3 41.0 42.4
Stamford-Norwalk 39.4 40.0 39.9
Waterbury 45.1 42.4 42.0
Delaware 42.8 42.3 42.4
Dover 42.1 40.5 39.7
Wilmington-Newark 43.3 44.8 43.6
District of Columbia:
Washington PMSA 39.8 38.4 39.4
Florida 42.0 41.7 41.8
Georgia 41.0 39.7 40.0
Atlanta 40.2 38.3 38.4
Savannah 48.7 40.7 41.6
Hawaii 37.6 38.0 37.7
Honolulu 38.9 40.2 40.2
Idaho 38.6 37.5 38.5
Illinois 41.6 40.6 40.4
Bloomington-Normal 40.6 36.4 38.5
Champaign-Urbana 40.7 38.8 38.7
Chicago 41.8 40.4 40.2
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 41.4 41.1 41.6
Decatur 42.3 40.9 40.7
Kankakee 40.9 39.8 40.1
Peoria-Pekin 41.5 40.1 39.5
Rockford 43.2 40.9 40.9
Springfield 41.4 41.2 40.9
Indiana 42.4 40.8 40.9
Bloomington 39.8 38.8 39.0
Elkhart-Goshen 39.7 37.8 37.8
Evansville-Henderson 44.3 42.6 42.9
Fort Wayne 40.7 40.6 40.4
Gary 42.8 41.7 42.0
Indianapolis 44.0 44.0 43.9
Kokomo 48.2 43.5 44.1
Lafayette 43.0 42.5 42.7
Muncie 44.1 44.7 44.7
South Bend 40.5 40.4 40.5
Terre Haute 43.7 42.6 42.8
Iowa 41.6 41.3 41.3
Cedar Rapids 44.5 41.7 41.8
Des Moines 40.2 40.7 40.4
Dubuque 37.6 40.3 40.5
Sioux City 34.7 38.3 38.3
Kansas 40.2 39.9 40.2
Topeka 37.8 38.6 39.2
Wichita 41.6 41.9 41.5
Kentucky 42.3 41.2 41.6
Lexington 42.2 41.4 41.4
Louisville 44.5 42.3 43.0
Louisiana 42.5 42.1 41.9
Baton Rouge 42.8 43.2 42.9
New Orleans 43.4 42.6 42.8
Shreveport-Bossier City 42.8 42.1 41.8
Maine 41.7 40.5 40.9
Lewiston-Auburn 41.9 39.5 39.2
Portland 43.5 41.4 41.9
Maryland 41.0 39.9 40.0
Baltimore PMSA 41.3 40.2 40.0
Massachusetts 42.2 41.1 41.3
Boston 41.3 40.1 40.2
Springfield 41.0 39.7 39.8
Worcester 42.7 41.2 41.7
Michigan 43.9 41.6 42.0
Ann Arbor 44.6 43.0 43.2
Detroit 45.3 43.9 44.6
Flint 46.0 41.0 41.0
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 42.2 40.5 40.7
Jackson 43.1 39.9 39.3
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 42.8 40.4 40.7
Lansing East Lansing 42.8 40.0 40.4
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 46.1 42.5 42.4
Minnesota 40.7 40.5 40.3
Duluth-Superior 38.3 39.9 39.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul 42.0 40.9 40.9
St. Cloud 42.4 43.2 42.7
Mississippi 41.1 39.3 39.4
Jackson 39.0 36.7 37.2
Missouri 41.4 40.1 40.1
Kansas City 41.0 41.9 41.5
St. Louis 42.9 41.0 40.9
Springfield 40.6 37.9 39.2
Montana 39.0 38.7 37.0
Nebraska 41.9 39.4 40.0
Lincoln 45.2 41.1 41.3
Omaha 41.3 40.2 39.8
Nevada 41.9 43.2 43.0
Las Vegas 43.1 40.3 40.5
New Hampshire 41.3 40.3 40.5
Manchester 40.3 40.0 39.8
Nashua 40.8 40.5 41.1
Portsmouth-Rochester 41.1 40.8 42.4
New Jersey 42.1 41.5 41.6
New Mexico 36.8 39.2 38.5
Albuquerque 37.9 36.8 39.3
New York 41.3 40.2 40.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 41.8 41.1 41.1
Binghamton 42.4 39.8 40.4
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 43.0 42.4 42.8
Dutchess County 40.7 40.3 39.9
Elmira 40.3 40.1 39.9
Nassau-Suffolk 39.9 39.5 39.4
New York PMSA 39.7 39.1 38.9
New York City 39.0 38.3 38.0
Newburgh 41.4 40.8 40.9
Rochester 42.6 40.2 40.3
Rockland County 44.4 43.5 43.9
Syracuse 41.1 40.3 40.7
Utica-Rome 40.7 39.9 40.1
Westchester County 43.0 43.0 42.5
North Carolina 41.3 39.9 39.9
Asheville 42.2 39.4 40.3
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 41.9 40.7 40.8
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point 40.5 39.6 39.6
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 42.3 40.6 40.7
North Dakota 40.7 40.0 39.7
Fargo-Moorhead 42.1 40.9 42.6
Ohio 43.1 41.5 41.4
Akron 42.1 41.6 41.6
Canton-Massillon 40.7 39.8 39.4
Cincinnati 43.5 42.4 42.1
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 43.3 41.1 41.0
Columbus 42.6 41.3 41.5
Dayton-Springfield 43.9 42.3 41.5
Hamilton-Middletown 44.7 44.3 45.3
Lima 44.2 41.2 41.1
Mansfield 44.7 42.3 43.3
Steubenville-Weirton 41.9 42.6 42.8
Toledo 45.6 40.8 41.2
Youngstown-Warren 42.5 39.3 40.2
Oklahoma 41.6 38.0 38.4
Oklahoma City 42.9 36.1 36.1
Tulsa 43.5 42.5 42.2
Oregon 39.9 38.9 38.9
Eugene-Springfield 40.0 39.8 39.1
Medford-Ashland 39.1 37.9 38.9
Portland-Vancouver 40.9 40.0 39.6
Salem 37.0 37.1 37.4
Pennsylvania 42.5 41.1 41.3
Allentown-Bethlem-Easton 41.7 42.2 42.2
Altoona 39.0 36.9 39.3
Erie 43.9 43.3 43.0
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 40.0 38.7 38.7
Johnstown 38.3 38.0 38.7
Lancaster 40.6 39.6 39.2
Philadelphia PMSA 42.2 40.8 41.7
Pittsburgh 42.9 41.4 41.2
Reading 42.5 41.6 41.1
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 40.9 40.3 40.7
Sharon 42.3 38.9 39.1
State College 42.2 40.7 39.5
Williamsport 42.4 39.2 40.0
York 42.8 42.0 41.9
Rhode Island 40.6 39.9 40.0
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 40.5 41.0 41.0
South Carolina 42.8 42.1 42.0
South Dakota 43.2 41.5 41.7
Rapid City 40.2 39.1 39.3
Sioux Falls 44.5 42.8 44.0
Tennessee 40.8 39.0 39.5
Chattanooga 41.1 38.3 38.8
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 41.6 39.0 39.2
Knoxville 40.1 39.6 40.0
Memphis 40.9 40.7 41.0
Nashville 40.3 39.3 39.3
Texas 43.0 42.7 42.9
Dallas 41.8 42.2 42.4
Ft. Worth-Arlington 43.2 42.5 42.3
Houston 44.3 44.8 44.6
San Antonio 43.4 44.9 45.0
Utah 39.3 39.7 39.3
Salt Lake City-Ogden 39.2 37.8 37.7
Vermont 40.9 39.9 39.4
Burlington 48.9 42.8 42.9
Virginia 42.2 41.1 41.1
Bristol 52.2 45.4 44.5
Charlottesville 45.0 46.2 46.4
Danville 45.6 41.0 39.0
Lynchburg 43.3 41.1 44.4
Northern Virginia 39.9 38.8 38.7
Richmond-Petersburg 41.8 39.9 40.7
Roanoke 38.9 39.7 40.2
Washington 40.7 39.5 40.0
West Virginia 41.4 40.7 40.7
Charleston 47.2 46.4 46.2
Huntington-Ashland 40.7 41.1 41.7
Parkersburg-Marietta 41.4 40.0 40.2
Wheeling 38.5 40.9 42.1
Wisconsin 41.6 40.3 40.6
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 44.5 42.6 42.5
Eau Claire 43.0 40.5 42.8
Green Bay 42.3 40.5 40.4
Janesville-Beloit 41.7 38.6 42.9
Kenosha 39.0 38.6 37.8
La Crosse 39.9 41.0 40.8
Madison 40.1 38.6 39.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha 41.6 40.5 40.1
Racine 41.1 40.5 40.8
Sheboygan 42.1 41.1 40.6
Wausau 39.6 38.8 40.2
Wyoming 39.3 36.7 37.3
Puerto Rico 40.9 40.5 40.7
Virgin Islands 42.6 (1) (1)
Average hourly
earnings
March February
State and area 2000 2001
Alabama $12.82 $13.13
Birmingham 13.33 13.73
Mobile 14.13 14.31
Alaska 11.34 10.70
Arizona 12.70 12.79
Arkansas 11.93 12.13
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 11.63 12.35
Fort Smith 11.83 12.00
Little Rock-North Little Rock 12.38 13.03
Pine Bluff 13.34 13.41
California 14.08 14.50
Bakersfield 14.00 14.20
Fresno 12.29 12.39
Los Angeles-Long Beach 13.15 13.31
Modesto 14.16 14.25
Oakland 15.96 16.31
Orange County 13.41 13.57
Riverside-San Bernardino 12.52 12.75
Sacramento 15.00 15.25
Salinas 14.28 14.59
San Diego 13.71 13.83
San Francisco 14.89 15.02
San Jose 17.46 17.99
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 14.68 15.10
Santa Rosa 14.84 15.45
Stockton-Lodi 13.38 13.53
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 16.13 16.33
Ventura 12.92 13.00
Colorado 14.49 15.52
Denver 13.51 13.99
Connecticut 15.61 15.93
Bridgeport 15.72 15.33
Danbury 15.98 15.70
Hartford 16.74 18.81
New Haven-Meriden 14.95 15.18
New London-Norwich 16.51 16.98
Stamford-Norwalk 13.71 13.88
Waterbury 14.58 14.75
Delaware 16.47 18.13
Dover 14.41 14.55
Wilmington-Newark 19.48 19.65
District of Columbia:
Washington PMSA 15.50 15.62
Florida 12.26 12.82
Georgia 12.84 13.05
Atlanta 13.70 14.25
Savannah 18.52 14.90
Hawaii 13.59 13.67
Honolulu 13.12 13.29
Idaho 13.66 15.82
Illinois 14.27 14.57
Bloomington-Normal 19.29 20.53
Champaign-Urbana 12.47 12.97
Chicago 14.00 14.29
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 15.76 16.10
Decatur 16.74 16.92
Kankakee 15.77 16.20
Peoria-Pekin 16.67 16.88
Rockford 16.98 16.57
Springfield 12.77 13.27
Indiana 15.67 15.97
Bloomington 13.77 14.11
Elkhart-Goshen 13.85 14.91
Evansville-Henderson 16.10 16.00
Fort Wayne 16.31 16.65
Gary 20.79 20.85
Indianapolis 15.40 15.40
Kokomo 22.35 23.33
Lafayette 16.78 17.00
Muncie 13.63 14.06
South Bend 12.64 12.75
Terre Haute 14.11 14.38
Iowa 14.64 14.68
Cedar Rapids 19.14 18.87
Des Moines 15.94 15.51
Dubuque 16.58 15.09
Sioux City 11.79 11.95
Kansas 14.94 15.11
Topeka 17.77 18.22
Wichita 17.15 17.78
Kentucky 14.58 15.17
Lexington 15.15 14.82
Louisville 16.77 17.46
Louisiana 15.46 15.76
Baton Rouge 16.96 18.58
New Orleans 14.82 15.80
Shreveport-Bossier City 15.47 15.52
Maine 14.02 14.81
Lewiston-Auburn 12.49 13.41
Portland 11.96 12.66
Maryland 14.85 15.21
Baltimore PMSA 15.48 15.86
Massachusetts 14.50 15.03
Boston 15.94 16.61
Springfield 13.89 14.19
Worcester 14.82 14.95
Michigan 19.09 19.30
Ann Arbor 20.34 20.78
Detroit 20.58 21.27
Flint 25.48 24.95
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 15.38 15.58
Jackson 13.54 14.47
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 14.70 15.03
Lansing East Lansing 20.11 21.06
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 21.78 21.59
Minnesota 14.78 15.14
Duluth-Superior 12.85 13.01
Minneapolis-St. Paul 15.76 16.14
St. Cloud 13.68 14.88
Mississippi 11.55 11.92
Jackson 12.96 13.57
Missouri 14.06 14.44
Kansas City 14.94 16.21
St. Louis 16.36 16.32
Springfield 12.11 12.46
Montana 14.18 14.58
Nebraska 12.87 13.30
Lincoln 14.81 14.82
Omaha 14.19 14.92
Nevada 13.43 14.06
Las Vegas 12.69 12.63
New Hampshire 13.23 13.67
Manchester 14.59 15.28
Nashua 13.69 14.02
Portsmouth-Rochester 13.29 13.43
New Jersey 15.33 15.99
New Mexico 12.87 14.32
Albuquerque 15.61 16.80
New York 14.09 14.51
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 15.44 15.37
Binghamton 11.34 11.49
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 17.41 18.18
Dutchess County 12.14 13.05
Elmira 12.92 13.62
Nassau-Suffolk 13.05 13.56
New York PMSA 12.97 13.67
New York City 12.78 13.49
Newburgh 11.44 12.09
Rochester 16.24 16.45
Rockland County 16.09 16.27
Syracuse 15.62 15.33
Utica-Rome 12.93 13.01
Westchester County 13.05 13.78
North Carolina 12.62 13.06
Asheville 11.85 12.52
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 13.62 13.82
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point 12.70 13.19
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 13.89 14.14
North Dakota 12.46 12.78
Fargo-Moorhead 12.29 13.22
Ohio 16.55 16.87
Akron 14.10 14.43
Canton-Massillon 14.10 13.80
Cincinnati 16.14 16.55
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 16.26 16.48
Columbus 15.27 15.30
Dayton-Springfield 17.23 17.74
Hamilton-Middletown 17.76 18.34
Lima 17.54 18.10
Mansfield 17.10 17.45
Steubenville-Weirton 18.11 17.86
Toledo 19.07 19.16
Youngstown-Warren 17.93 18.36
Oklahoma 13.01 12.82
Oklahoma City 14.62 13.82
Tulsa 13.68 14.65
Oregon 14.90 15.30
Eugene-Springfield 13.76 14.99
Medford-Ashland 13.70 13.99
Portland-Vancouver 15.33 15.42
Salem 13.28 13.63
Pennsylvania 14.51 14.80
Allentown-Bethlem-Easton 14.60 15.27
Altoona 12.56 12.86
Erie 14.84 15.47
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 14.62 14.91
Johnstown 11.85 11.80
Lancaster 14.14 14.42
Philadelphia PMSA 15.72 15.97
Pittsburgh 15.71 15.60
Reading 15.19 15.25
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 12.81 13.17
Sharon 14.78 15.01
State College 12.76 12.84
Williamsport 11.92 12.53
York 15.47 15.81
Rhode Island 12.17 12.19
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 12.25 12.36
South Carolina 10.88 11.11
South Dakota 10.70 11.06
Rapid City 10.69 10.03
Sioux Falls 11.21 11.32
Tennessee 12.72 13.22
Chattanooga 12.03 12.68
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 12.68 12.69
Knoxville 12.61 13.06
Memphis 13.36 13.81
Nashville 13.81 14.38
Texas 12.32 12.50
Dallas 12.42 12.41
Ft. Worth-Arlington 13.40 13.34
Houston 14.50 14.50
San Antonio 10.16 10.28
Utah 13.63 13.81
Salt Lake City-Ogden 13.25 13.55
Vermont 14.43 14.25
Burlington 16.10 14.83
Virginia 13.65 14.11
Bristol 12.44 12.83
Charlottesville 11.36 12.44
Danville 14.01 14.39
Lynchburg 13.30 13.46
Northern Virginia 14.22 15.10
Richmond-Petersburg 16.18 17.12
Roanoke 14.28 15.16
Washington 16.58 17.36
West Virginia 14.42 14.79
Charleston 16.12 17.21
Huntington-Ashland 15.30 15.44
Parkersburg-Marietta 18.61 18.10
Wheeling 17.83 17.25
Wisconsin 14.71 14.94
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 16.01 16.42
Eau Claire 12.87 13.38
Green Bay 15.33 15.16
Janesville-Beloit 19.41 19.04
Kenosha 17.43 16.57
La Crosse 12.53 13.09
Madison 14.12 14.38
Milwaukee-Waukesha 15.54 15.55
Racine 15.17 15.28
Sheboygan 14.67 14.89
Wausau 14.53 14.87
Wyoming 15.66 16.14
Puerto Rico 9.28 9.69
Virgin Islands 18.55 (1)
Average Average
hourly weekly
earnings earnings
March March
State and area 2001(p) 2000
Alabama $13.22 $537.16
Birmingham 13.79 557.19
Mobile 14.13 613.24
Alaska 11.11 554.73
Arizona 12.83 510.54
Arkansas 12.12 485.55
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 12.21 474.50
Fort Smith 12.04 479.12
Little Rock-North Little Rock 12.88 492.72
Pine Bluff 13.35 525.60
California 14.52 581.50
Bakersfield 14.21 575.40
Fresno 12.42 492.83
Los Angeles-Long Beach 13.33 557.56
Modesto 14.24 580.56
Oakland 16.34 683.09
Orange County 13.59 581.99
Riverside-San Bernardino 12.77 529.60
Sacramento 15.18 613.50
Salinas 14.51 598.33
San Diego 13.83 544.29
San Francisco 15.03 597.09
San Jose 18.06 721.10
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 15.03 609.22
Santa Rosa 15.46 590.63
Stockton-Lodi 13.57 559.28
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 16.36 674.23
Ventura 13.02 543.93
Colorado 15.38 599.89
Denver 14.15 566.07
Connecticut 15.95 863.43
Bridgeport 15.45 655.52
Danbury 15.64 663.17
Hartford 16.96 731.54
New Haven-Meriden 15.39 635.38
New London-Norwich 17.04 698.37
Stamford-Norwalk 13.98 540.17
Waterbury 14.98 657.56
Delaware 16.47 704.92
Dover 14.55 806.66
Wilmington-Newark 19.85 643.48
District of Columbia:
Washington PMSA 15.50 616.90
Florida 12.68 514.92
Georgia 13.08 526.44
Atlanta 14.23 550.74
Savannah 14.90 771.48
Hawaii 13.73 510.98
Honolulu 13.43 510.37
Idaho 15.61 527.28
Illinois 14.59 593.63
Bloomington-Normal 19.74 783.17
Champaign-Urbana 12.87 507.53
Chicago 14.34 585.20
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 15.86 852.46
Decatur 17.02 708.10
Kankakee 16.16 644.99
Peoria-Pekin 18.89 691.81
Rockford 16.56 733.54
Springfield 13.26 528.68
Indiana 15.94 664.41
Bloomington 14.46 548.05
Elkhart-Goshen 14.69 549.85
Evansville-Henderson 15.82 713.23
Fort Wayne 16.74 663.82
Gary 20.70 889.81
Indianapolis 15.40 677.60
Kokomo 23.10 1,077.27
Lafayette 17.00 721.54
Muncie 14.10 601.08
South Bend 12.78 511.92
Terre Haute 14.51 616.61
Iowa 14.77 604.86
Cedar Rapids 19.33 851.73
Des Moines 15.33 640.79
Dubuque 15.58 623.41
Sioux City 12.11 409.11
Kansas 15.07 600.59
Topeka 18.29 671.71
Wichita 17.69 713.44
Kentucky 15.25 616.73
Lexington 14.92 639.33
Louisville 17.56 746.27
Louisiana 15.58 657.05
Baton Rouge 18.03 725.89
New Orleans 15.93 643.19
Shreveport-Bossier City 15.73 662.12
Maine 14.82 584.63
Lewiston-Auburn 13.58 523.33
Portland 12.81 520.26
Maryland 15.21 608.85
Baltimore PMSA 15.69 639.32
Massachusetts 15.16 611.90
Boston 16.70 658.32
Springfield 14.25 569.49
Worcester 14.99 632.81
Michigan 19.41 838.05
Ann Arbor 21.10 907.16
Detroit 21.35 932.27
Flint 24.71 1,172.08
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 15.81 649.04
Jackson 14.23 583.57
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 15.00 629.16
Lansing East Lansing 21.19 860.71
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 21.96 1,004.06
Minnesota 15.16 601.55
Duluth-Superior 13.05 492.16
Minneapolis-St. Paul 16.17 661.92
St. Cloud 14.64 580.03
Mississippi 11.96 474.71
Jackson 13.67 505.44
Missouri 14.63 582.08
Kansas City 16.27 612.54
St. Louis 16.52 701.84
Springfield 12.56 491.67
Montana 14.80 553.02
Nebraska 13.21 539.25
Lincoln 14.71 669.41
Omaha 15.08 586.05
Nevada 14.00 562.72
Las Vegas 12.47 546.94
New Hampshire 13.64 546.40
Manchester 15.36 587.98
Nashua 13.90 558.55
Portsmouth-Rochester 13.32 546.22
New Jersey 15.95 645.39
New Mexico 14.44 473.62
Albuquerque 16.18 591.62
New York 14.59 581.92
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 15.55 645.39
Binghamton 11.44 480.82
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 18.16 748.63
Dutchess County 13.06 494.10
Elmira 13.71 520.68
Nassau-Suffolk 13.58 520.70
New York PMSA 13.87 514.91
New York City 13.72 498.42
Newburgh 11.95 473.62
Rochester 16.29 691.82
Rockland County 16.38 714.40
Syracuse 15.54 641.98
Utica-Rome 13.06 526.25
Westchester County 13.92 561.15
North Carolina 13.10 521.21
Asheville 12.58 500.07
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 13.74 570.68
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point 13.24 514.35
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 14.07 587.55
North Dakota 12.62 507.12
Fargo-Moorhead 12.70 517.41
Ohio 16.87 713.31
Akron 14.43 593.61
Canton-Massillon 13.75 573.87
Cincinnati 16.59 702.09
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 16.50 704.06
Columbus 15.35 650.50
Dayton-Springfield 17.67 756.40
Hamilton-Middletown 18.55 793.87
Lima 17.95 775.27
Mansfield 17.68 754.37
Steubenville-Weirton 18.18 758.81
Toledo 19.31 869.59
Youngstown-Warren 18.51 762.03
Oklahoma 12.96 541.22
Oklahoma City 13.74 627.20
Tulsa 14.94 595.08
Oregon 15.41 594.51
Eugene-Springfield 15.03 550.40
Medford-Ashland 13.87 535.67
Portland-Vancouver 15.64 627.00
Salem 13.41 491.36
Pennsylvania 14.83 616.68
Allentown-Bethlem-Easton 15.32 608.82
Altoona 12.65 489.54
Erie 15.51 651.48
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 15.11 564.80
Johnstown 11.84 453.86
Lancaster 14.43 574.08
Philadelphia PMSA 15.98 663.38
Pittsburgh 15.65 673.96
Reading 15.22 645.58
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 13.16 523.93
Sharon 14.72 625.19
State College 13.18 538.47
Williamsport 12.59 505.41
York 15.90 662.12
Rhode Island 12.17 494.10
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 12.35 496.13
South Carolina 11.14 465.66
South Dakota 11.09 462.24
Rapid City 10.37 429.74
Sioux Falls 11.45 498.85
Tennessee 13.24 518.98
Chattanooga 12.66 494.43
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 12.64 527.49
Knoxville 13.04 505.66
Memphis 13.94 546.42
Nashville 14.24 556.54
Texas 12.53 529.76
Dallas 12.41 519.16
Ft. Worth-Arlington 13.36 578.88
Houston 14.52 642.35
San Antonio 10.29 440.94
Utah 13.92 535.66
Salt Lake City-Ogden 13.72 519.40
Vermont 14.21 590.19
Burlington 14.81 787.29
Virginia 14.12 576.03
Bristol 12.75 649.37
Charlottesville 12.74 511.20
Danville 14.47 638.86
Lynchburg 13.57 575.89
Northern Virginia 15.26 567.38
Richmond-Petersburg 17.11 676.32
Roanoke 15.51 555.49
Washington 17.52 674.81
West Virginia 14.80 596.99
Charleston 17.23 760.86
Huntington-Ashland 15.85 622.71
Parkersburg-Marietta 18.14 770.45
Wheeling 17.67 686.46
Wisconsin 15.14 611.94
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 16.44 712.45
Eau Claire 14.64 553.41
Green Bay 15.09 648.46
Janesville-Beloit 20.94 809.40
Kenosha 16.42 679.77
La Crosse 13.19 499.95
Madison 14.44 566.21
Milwaukee-Waukesha 15.62 646.46
Racine 15.46 623.49
Sheboygan 14.92 617.61
Wausau 14.81 575.39
Wyoming 15.91 615.44
Puerto Rico 9.62 379.55
Virgin Islands (1) 790.23
Average weekly
earnings
February March
State and area 2001 2001(p)
Alabama $535.70 $543.34
Birmingham 572.54 586.08
Mobile 616.76 628.79
Alaska 544.63 599.94
Arizona 519.27 518.33
Arkansas 479.14 477.53
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 477.95 473.75
Fort Smith 462.00 459.93
Little Rock-North Little Rock 523.81 519.06
Pine Bluff 531.04 524.66
California 593.05 596.77
Bakersfield 587.88 593.98
Fresno 500.56 498.04
Los Angeles-Long Beach 559.02 558.53
Modesto 562.88 581.06
Oakland 694.81 691.18
Orange County 579.44 581.65
Riverside-San Bernardino 526.58 528.68
Sacramento 613.05 599.61
Salinas 587.98 597.81
San Diego 557.35 558.73
San Francisco 612.82 610.22
San Jose 733.99 722.40
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 582.86 583.16
Santa Rosa 604.10 599.85
Stockton-Lodi 580.14 560.44
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 664.63 669.12
Ventura 547.30 554.65
Colorado 619.25 613.66
Denver 566.60 575.91
Connecticut 680.21 684.26
Bridgeport 616.27 624.18
Danbury 629.57 622.47
Hartford 714.43 744.54
New Haven-Meriden 642.11 652.54
New London-Norwich 696.18 722.50
Stamford-Norwalk 555.20 557.80
Waterbury 625.40 629.16
Delaware 682.30 698.33
Dover 589.28 577.54
Wilmington-Newark 880.32 865.46
District of Columbia:
Washington PMSA 599.81 610.70
Florida 526.25 530.02
Georgia 518.09 523.20
Atlanta 545.78 546.43
Savannah 606.43 619.84
Hawaii 519.46 517.62
Honolulu 534.26 539.89
Idaho 593.25 600.99
Illinois 591.54 589.44
Bloomington-Normal 747.29 759.99
Champaign-Urbana 503.24 498.07
Chicago 577.32 576.47
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 661.71 659.78
Decatur 692.03 692.71
Kankakee 644.76 648.02
Peoria-Pekin 676.89 667.16
Rockford 677.71 677.30
Springfield 546.72 542.33
Indiana 651.58 651.95
Bloomington 547.47 563.94
Elkhart-Goshen 563.60 562.84
Evansville-Henderson 681.60 678.68
Fort Wayne 675.99 676.30
Gary 869.45 869.40
Indianapolis 677.60 676.06
Kokomo 1,014.86 1,018.71
Lafayette 722.50 725.90
Muncie 628.48 630.27
South Bend 515.10 517.59
Terre Haute 612.59 621.03
Iowa 606.28 610.00
Cedar Rapids 786.68 807.99
Des Moines 631.26 619.33
Dubuque 608.13 630.99
Sioux City 457.69 463.81
Kansas 602.89 605.81
Topeka 703.29 716.97
Wichita 744.98 734.14
Kentucky 625.00 634.40
Lexington 613.55 617.69
Louisville 738.56 755.08
Louisiana 663.50 652.80
Baton Rouge 802.66 773.49
New Orleans 673.08 681.80
Shreveport-Bossier City 653.39 657.51
Maine 599.81 606.14
Lewiston-Auburn 529.70 532.34
Portland 524.12 536.74
Maryland 606.88 608.40
Baltimore PMSA 637.57 627.60
Massachusetts 617.73 626.11
Boston 666.06 671.34
Springfield 563.34 567.15
Worcester 615.94 625.08
Michigan 802.88 815.22
Ann Arbor 893.54 911.52
Detroit 933.75 952.21
Flint 1,022.95 1,013.11
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 630.99 643.47
Jackson 577.35 559.24
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 607.21 610.50
Lansing East Lansing 842.40 856.08
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 917.58 931.10
Minnesota 613.17 610.95
Duluth-Superior 519.10 520.70
Minneapolis-St. Paul 660.13 661.35
St. Cloud 642.82 625.13
Mississippi 468.46 471.22
Jackson 498.02 508.52
Missouri 579.04 586.66
Kansas City 679.20 675.21
St. Louis 669.12 675.67
Springfield 472.23 492.35
Montana 564.25 547.60
Nebraska 524.02 528.40
Lincoln 609.10 607.52
Omaha 599.78 600.18
Nevada 607.39 602.00
Las Vegas 508.99 505.04
New Hampshire 550.90 552.42
Manchester 611.20 611.33
Nashua 567.81 571.29
Portsmouth-Rochester 547.94 564.77
New Jersey 663.59 663.52
New Mexico 561.34 555.94
Albuquerque 618.24 635.87
New York 583.30 586.52
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 631.71 639.11
Binghamton 457.30 462.18
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 770.83 777.25
Dutchess County 525.92 521.09
Elmira 546.16 547.03
Nassau-Suffolk 535.62 535.05
New York PMSA 534.50 539.54
New York City 516.67 521.36
Newburgh 493.27 488.76
Rochester 661.29 656.49
Rockland County 707.75 719.08
Syracuse 617.80 632.48
Utica-Rome 519.10 523.71
Westchester County 592.54 591.60
North Carolina 521.09 522.69
Asheville 493.29 506.97
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 562.47 560.59
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point 522.32 524.30
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 574.08 572.65
North Dakota 511.20 501.01
Fargo-Moorhead 540.70 541.02
Ohio 700.11 698.42
Akron 600.29 600.29
Canton-Massillon 549.24 541.75
Cincinnati 701.72 698.44
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 677.33 676.50
Columbus 631.89 637.03
Dayton-Springfield 750.40 733.31
Hamilton-Middletown 812.46 840.32
Lima 745.72 737.75
Mansfield 738.14 765.54
Steubenville-Weirton 760.84 778.10
Toledo 781.73 795.57
Youngstown-Warren 721.55 744.10
Oklahoma 487.16 497.66
Oklahoma City 498.90 496.01
Tulsa 622.63 630.47
Oregon 595.17 599.45
Eugene-Springfield 596.60 587.67
Medford-Ashland 530.22 539.54
Portland-Vancouver 616.80 619.34
Salem 505.67 501.53
Pennsylvania 608.28 612.48
Allentown-Bethlem-Easton 644.39 646.50
Altoona 474.53 497.15
Erie 669.85 666.93
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 577.02 584.76
Johnstown 448.40 458.21
Lancaster 571.03 565.66
Philadelphia PMSA 651.58 666.37
Pittsburgh 645.84 644.78
Reading 634.40 625.54
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 530.75 535.61
Sharon 583.89 575.55
State College 522.59 520.61
Williamsport 491.18 503.60
York 664.02 666.21
Rhode Island 486.38 486.80
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 506.76 506.35
South Carolina 467.73 467.88
South Dakota 458.99 462.45
Rapid City 392.17 407.54
Sioux Falls 484.50 503.80
Tennessee 515.58 522.98
Chattanooga 485.64 491.21
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 494.91 495.49
Knoxville 517.18 512.60
Memphis 562.07 571.54
Nashville 565.13 559.63
Texas 533.75 537.54
Dallas 523.70 526.18
Ft. Worth-Arlington 566.95 565.13
Houston 649.60 647.59
San Antonio 461.57 463.05
Utah 548.26 547.06
Salt Lake City-Ogden 512.19 517.24
Vermont 568.58 559.87
Burlington 634.72 635.35
Virginia 579.92 580.33
Bristol 582.48 567.38
Charlottesville 574.73 591.14
Danville 589.99 564.33
Lynchburg 553.21 602.51
Northern Virginia 585.88 590.56
Richmond-Petersburg 683.09 696.38
Roanoke 601.85 623.50
Washington 685.72 700.80
West Virginia 601.95 602.36
Charleston 798.54 796.03
Huntington-Ashland 634.58 660.95
Parkersburg-Marietta 724.00 729.23
Wheeling 705.53 743.91
Wisconsin 602.08 614.68
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 699.49 698.70
Eau Claire 541.89 626.59
Green Bay 613.98 609.64
Janesville-Beloit 734.94 898.33
Kenosha 639.60 620.68
La Crosse 536.69 538.15
Madison 555.07 568.94
Milwaukee-Waukesha 629.78 626.36
Racine 618.84 630.77
Sheboygan 611.98 605.75
Wausau 576.96 595.36
Wyoming 592.34 593.44
Puerto Rico 392.45 391.53
Virgin Islands (1) (1)
(1) Not available.
(p) = preliminary.
NOTE: All State and area data currently reflect March 2000 benchmark
levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced with the
release of January 2002 estimates, all unadjusted data from April
2000 are subject to revision.
C-1. Labor force status by census region and division, seasonally
adjusted(1)
(Numbers in thousands)
2000
Census region
and division Mar. Apr. May June
NORTHEAST
Civilian labor force 26,160.5 26,204.6 26,226.2 26,249.6
Employed 25,158.9 25,189.1 25,209.5 25,234.7
Unemployed 1,001.6 1,015.5 1,016.7 1,014.9
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9
New England
Civilian labor force 7,151.4 7,164.0 7,166.2 7,176.2
Employed 6,946.7 6,956.8 6,960.5 6,972.1
Unemployed 204.6 207.2 205.7 204.1
Unemployment rate 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8
Middle Atlantic
Civilian labor force 19,009.2 19,040.6 19,060.0 19,073.5
Employed 18,212.2 18,232.4 18,249.0 18,262.6
Unemployed 797.0 808.3 811.0 810.9
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3
SOUTH
Civilian labor force 48,730.6 48,751.7 48,882.0 48,957.3
Employed 46,792.0 46,816.5 46,927.4 46,997.5
Unemployed 1,938.6 1,935.1 1,954.5 1,959.8
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
South Atlantic
Civilian labor force 25,337.7 25,370.9 25,458.0 25,505.5
Employed 24,435.2 24,466.6 24,538.0 24,578.9
Unemployed 902.6 904.3 920.0 926.6
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
East South Central
Civilian labor force 8,219.2 8,216.5 8,234.9 8,247.6
Employed 7,861.9 7,851.5 7,866.6 7,877.8
Unemployed 357.3 365.0 368.3 369.8
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5
West South Central
Civilian labor force 15,173.6 15,164.2 15,189.0 15,204.1
Employed 14,494.9 14,498.4 14,522.8 14,540.7
Unemployed 678.7 665.8 666.2 663.4
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4
MIDWEST
Civilian labor force 33,561.5 33,575.7 33,612.0 33,671.1
Employed 32,334.9 32,346.1 32,371.9 32,415.2
Unemployed 1,226.6 1,229.6 1,240.1 1,255.9
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
East North Central
Civilian labor force 23,330.7 23,346.8 23,366.4 23,395.6
Employed 22,433.1 22,444.9 22,458.5 22,475.1
Unemployed 897.7 901.9 907.8 920.5
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9
West North Central
Civilian labor force 10,230.8 10,228.9 10,245.6 10,275.5
Employed 9,901.8 9,901.2 9,913.4 9,940.1
Unemployed 329.0 327.7 332.2 335.4
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3
WEST
Civilian labor force 31,557.5 31,624.7 31,699.1 31,813.9
Employed 30,075.7 30,147.6 30,208.8 30,309.9
Unemployed 1,481.8 1,477.1 1,490.3 1,503.9
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
Mountain
Civilian labor force 8,862.0 8,873.5 8,895.0 8,912.9
Employed 8,528.8 8,540.4 8,563.3 8,579.9
Unemployed 333.2 333.1 331.7 333.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7
Pacific
Civilian labor force 22,695.5 22,751.2 22,804.1 22,900.9
Employed 21,546.9 21,607.1 21,645.5 21,730.1
Unemployed 1,148.6 1,144.0 1,158.6 1,170.9
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.1
2000
Census region
and division July Aug. Sept. Oct.
NORTHEAST
Civilian labor force 26,253.0 26,293.8 26,360.7 26,412.1
Employed 25,256.8 25,283.3 25,354.8 25,411.0
Unemployed 996.2 1,010.6 1,005.9 1,001.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8
New England
Civilian labor force 7,183.7 7,192.3 7,207.6 7,227.9
Employed 6,984.8 6,998.0 7,018.6 7,046.2
Unemployed 198.9 194.3 189.0 181.8
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5
Middle Atlantic
Civilian labor force 19,069.3 19,101.6 19,153.1 19,184.2
Employed 18,272.1 18,285.3 18,336.1 18,364.8
Unemployed 797.2 816.3 817.0 819.4
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3
SOUTH
Civilian labor force 48,993.3 49,105.7 49,200.8 49,358.9
Employed 47,082.3 47,177.6 47,283.8 47,449.0
Unemployed 1,911.0 1,928.1 1,917.0 1,909.9
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
South Atlantic
Civilian labor force 25,527.2 25,597.2 25,654.0 25,735.6
Employed 24,628.1 24,684.9 24,745.2 24,831.4
Unemployed 899.1 912.4 908.8 904.2
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5
East South Central
Civilian labor force 8,260.6 8,265.0 8,277.9 8,305.8
Employed 7,898.5 7,901.4 7,912.4 7,936.9
Unemployed 362.1 363.5 365.4 368.9
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4
West South Central
Civilian labor force 15,205.4 15,243.5 15,269.0 15,317.5
Employed 14,555.7 14,591.3 14,626.2 14,680.7
Unemployed 649.7 652.2 642.8 636.8
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2
MIDWEST
Civilian labor force 33,707.9 33,763.3 33,822.4 33,907.5
Employed 32,458.1 32,506.5 32,584.2 32,686.5
Unemployed 1,249.8 1,256.8 1,238.3 1,221.0
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6
East North Central
Civilian labor force 23,415.8 23,439.4 23,464.5 23,509.2
Employed 22,498.0 22,519.6 22,565.7 22,624.5
Unemployed 917.8 919.8 898.9 884.7
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8
West North Central
Civilian labor force 10,292.1 10,323.8 10,357.9 10,398.4
Employed 9,960.2 9,986.8 10,018.5 10,062.0
Unemployed 331.9 337.0 339.4 336.3
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2
WEST
Civilian labor force 31,824.4 31,900.9 31,955.0 32,032.6
Employed 30,333.8 30,420.1 30,492.3 30,573.3
Unemployed 1,490.6 1,480.7 1,462.7 1,459.3
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6
Mountain
Civilian labor force 8,938.5 8,964.2 9,001.9 9,040.7
Employed 8,605.5 8,630.5 8,666.9 8,703.4
Unemployed 333.0 333.7 335.0 337.3
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
Pacific
Civilian labor force 22,885.9 22,936.6 22,953.2 22,991.9
Employed 21,728.3 21,789.6 21,825.4 21,869.9
Unemployed 1,157.6 1,147.0 1,127.8 1,122.0
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9
2000 2001
Census region
and division Nov. Dec. Jan.
NORTHEAST
Civilian labor force 26,481.9 26,525.7 26,588.8
Employed 25,472.6 25,526.6 25,615.8
Unemployed 1,009.3 999.1 973.0
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 3.7
New England
Civilian labor force 7,254.3 7,273.2 7,293.9
Employed 7,074.1 7,100.8 7,120.2
Unemployed 180.3 172.3 173.8
Unemployment rate 2.5 2.4 2.4
Middle Atlantic
Civilian labor force 19,227.6 19,252.5 19,294.9
Employed 18,398.5 18,425.7 18,495.6
Unemployed 829.1 826.8 799.3
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.3 4.1
SOUTH
Civilian labor force 49,526.1 49,634.9 49,867.7
Employed 47,611.7 47,752.8 47,931.3
Unemployed 1,914.3 1,882.1 1,936.4
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.8 3.9
South Atlantic
Civilian labor force 25,816.8 25,879.4 26,008.0
Employed 24,912.8 24,974.3 25,065.9
Unemployed 904.0 905.1 942.1
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.5 3.6
East South Central
Civilian labor force 8,330.6 8,344.6 8,378.7
Employed 7,957.9 7,975.1 8,005.8
Unemployed 372.7 369.6 372.9
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.5
West South Central
Civilian labor force 15,378.6 15,410.8 15,481.0
Employed 14,741.0 14,803.4 14,859.6
Unemployed 637.7 607.4 621.4
Unemployment rate 4.1 3.9 4.0
MIDWEST
Civilian labor force 34,000.7 34,058.4 34,208.1
Employed 32,763.3 32,820.6 32,877.0
Unemployed 1,237.4 1,237.9 1,331.1
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.9
East North Central
Civilian labor force 23,558.1 23,604.2 23,699.2
Employed 22,653.9 22,685.1 22,697.1
Unemployed 904.2 919.1 1,002.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.9 4.2
West North Central
Civilian labor force 10,442.6 10,454.3 10,508.8
Employed 10,109.4 10,135.5 10,179.9
Unemployed 333.2 318.8 329.0
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.0 3.1
WEST
Civilian labor force 32,121.3 32,171.9 32,205.2
Employed 30,667.8 30,747.7 30,790.9
Unemployed 1,453.5 1,424.2 1,414.3
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.4
Mountain
Civilian labor force 9,084.2 9,119.0 9,143.2
Employed 8,744.0 8,784.1 8,803.7
Unemployed 340.2 334.9 339.4
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.7
Pacific
Civilian labor force 23,037.1 23,052.9 23,062.0
Employed 21,923.8 21,963.7 21,987.2
Unemployed 1,113.3 1,089.3 1,074.8
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.7 4.7
2001
Census region
and division Feb. Mar.(p)
NORTHEAST
Civilian labor force 26,582.2 26,567.2
Employed 25,584.2 25,568.6
Unemployed 998.0 998.6
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8
New England
Civilian labor force 7,309.6 7,311.9
Employed 7,124.7 7,109.4
Unemployed 184.9 202.5
Unemployment rate 2.5 2.8
Middle Atlantic
Civilian labor force 19,272.5 19,255.3
Employed 18,459.5 18,459.2
Unemployed 813.0 796.1
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.1
SOUTH
Civilian labor force 49,914.1 49,939.8
Employed 47,966.4 47,912.8
Unemployed 1,947.7 2,027.0
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.1
South Atlantic
Civilian labor force 26,063.4 26,098.9
Employed 25,100.6 25,112.6
Unemployed 962.8 986.3
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.8
East South Central
Civilian labor force 8,371.8 8,361.5
Employed 7,998.0 7,973.1
Unemployed 373.8 388.5
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6
West South Central
Civilian labor force 15,478.8 15,479.4
Employed 14,867.7 14,827.2
Unemployed 611.1 652.2
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.2
MIDWEST
Civilian labor force 34,254.5 34,252.6
Employed 32,899.2 32,877.6
Unemployed 1,355.3 1,375.0
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.0
East North Central
Civilian labor force 23,720.5 23,723.7
Employed 22,712.0 22,699.6
Unemployed 1,008.5 1,024.1
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.3
West North Central
Civilian labor force 10,534.1 10,528.9
Employed 10,187.2 10,178.0
Unemployed 346.8 350.8
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.3
WEST
Civilian labor force 32,264.3 32,319.0
Employed 30,825.9 30,841.3
Unemployed 1,438.3 1,477.7
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6
Mountain
Civilian labor force 9,163.0 9,175.8
Employed 8,810.5 8,812.2
Unemployed 352.5 363.6
Unemployment rate 3.8 4.0
Pacific
Civilian labor force 23,101.3 23,143.2
Employed 22,015.4 22,029.1
Unemployed 1,085.8 1,114.1
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.8
(p) = preliminary.
(1) These estimates are obtained from summing official State estimates
produced and published through the Local Area Unemployment Statistics
(LAUS) program.
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose
the various census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania;
South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia;
East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee;
West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas;
East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin;
West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
C-2. Labor force status by State, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
2000
State Mar. Apr. May June
Alabama
Civilian labor force 2,142.0 2,141.7 2,147.0 2,148.8
Employed 2,044.5 2,043.5 2,049.4 2,052.1
Unemployed 97.6 98.2 97.6 96.7
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5
Alaska
Civilian labor force 319.8 320.3 320.4 321.1
Employed 297.9 298.2 298.5 299.4
Unemployed 22.0 22.1 21.8 21.7
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8
Arizona
Civilian labor force 2,327.9 2,325.0 2,329.1 2,330.9
Employed 2,234.7 2,233.3 2,237.2 2,238.4
Unemployed 93.2 91.7 91.8 92.6
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0
Arkansas
Civilian labor force 1,229.3 1,226.7 1,229.5 1,232.3
Employed 1,172.5 1,170.2 1,173.4 1,176.5
Unemployed 56.8 56.4 56.1 55.8
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5
California
Civilian labor force 16,942.4 17,002.3 17,055.2 17,139.3
Employed 16,091.9 16,155.2 16,194.0 16,262.8
Unemployed 850.5 847.1 861.2 876.5
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1
Colorado
Civilian labor force 2,252.7 2,255.2 2,257.6 2,266.8
Employed 2,189.3 2,191.5 2,195.9 2,203.0
Unemployed 63.4 63.7 61.7 63.8
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8
Connecticut
Civilian labor force 1,743.6 1,746.2 1,751.3 1,753.0
Employed 1,701.5 1,706.0 1,710.5 1,713.1
Unemployed 42.1 40.2 40.9 40.0
Unemployment rate 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3
Delaware
Civilian labor force 404.0 405.7 407.5 409.1
Employed 388.1 389.4 391.0 392.4
Unemployed 15.9 16.3 16.4 16.6
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1
District of Columbia
Civilian labor force 279.2 278.9 277.9 277.1
Employed 263.5 263.2 262.3 262.0
Unemployed 15.7 15.8 15.6 15.1
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.4
Florida
Civilian labor force 7,417.6 7,431.8 7,452.9 7,470.7
Employed 7,150.4 7,163.2 7,185.0 7,200.6
Unemployed 267.1 268.6 268.0 270.0
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
Georgia
Civilian labor force 4,156.2 4,158.2 4,172.3 4,177.6
Employed 3,993.9 3,997.9 4,011.3 4,015.1
Unemployed 162.2 160.2 160.9 162.5
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
Hawaii
Civilian labor force 594.4 594.7 595.3 595.4
Employed 567.9 568.5 569.7 571.2
Unemployed 26.6 26.2 25.6 24.1
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.1
Idaho
Civilian labor force 651.1 653.9 655.4 656.2
Employed 620.1 622.1 623.7 624.4
Unemployed 31.1 31.8 31.7 31.8
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8
Illinois
Civilian labor force 6,434.0 6,440.5 6,436.8 6,434.2
Employed 6,157.8 6,164.7 6,161.7 6,156.9
Unemployed 276.3 275.9 275.1 277.3
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3
Indiana
Civilian labor force 3,079.0 3,078.2 3,080.4 3,076.6
Employed 2,968.7 2,967.5 2,973.3 2,968.8
Unemployed 110.3 110.7 107.1 107.8
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5
Iowa
Civilian labor force 1,566.0 1,559.9 1,557.9 1,557.2
Employed 1,525.4 1,518.9 1,516.8 1,515.4
Unemployed 40.6 41.0 41.1 41.7
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
Kansas
Civilian labor force 1,396.8 1,398.3 1,399.5 1,401.3
Employed 1,346.1 1,345.3 1,345.6 1,346.8
Unemployed 50.8 53.0 53.9 54.4
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9
Kentucky
Civilian labor force 1,980.4 1,974.3 1,976.8 1,979.0
Employed 1,899.6 1,893.0 1,895.3 1,897.2
Unemployed 80.8 81.3 81.5 81.8
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Louisiana
Civilian labor force 2,029.9 2,029.4 2,030.0 2,023.7
Employed 1,919.5 1,921.7 1,917.9 1,911.6
Unemployed 110.5 107.7 112.2 112.1
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5
Maine
Civilian labor force 688.8 689.7 690.0 689.4
Employed 661.8 663.1 664.1 664.3
Unemployed 27.0 26.5 26.0 25.1
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6
Maryland
Civilian labor force 2,771.6 2,778.0 2,784.4 2,791.9
Employed 2,668.7 2,670.2 2,674.0 2,680.1
Unemployed 102.9 107.9 110.5 111.8
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0
Massachusetts
Civilian labor force 3,206.1 3,211.1 3,208.8 3,215.0
Employed 3,121.4 3,122.6 3,122.4 3,128.1
Unemployed 84.7 88.4 86.4 86.9
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7
Michigan
Civilian labor force 5,185.6 5,190.7 5,195.1 5,205.2
Employed 5,013.9 5,014.1 5,014.0 5,020.6
Unemployed 171.7 176.6 181.0 184.6
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5
Minnesota
Civilian labor force 2,711.4 2,713.0 2,717.3 2,727.5
Employed 2,621.1 2,624.0 2,628.0 2,636.6
Unemployed 90.3 89.0 89.3 90.9
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
Mississippi
Civilian labor force 1,324.5 1,329.0 1,335.1 1,339.9
Employed 1,247.3 1,250.5 1,255.3 1,257.7
Unemployed 77.2 78.5 79.8 82.2
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1
Missouri
Civilian labor force 2,906.5 2,906.0 2,915.3 2,928.6
Employed 2,805.8 2,809.2 2,815.2 2,828.3
Unemployed 100.8 96.8 100.1 100.3
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4
Montana
Civilian labor force 479.7 478.4 479.4 479.5
Employed 455.8 454.4 455.3 455.6
Unemployed 24.0 24.0 24.0 23.9
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Nebraska
Civilian labor force 913.1 914.3 917.0 921.5
Employed 885.9 885.8 888.6 892.8
Unemployed 27.3 28.4 28.4 28.7
Unemployment rate 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1
Nevada
Civilian labor force 970.4 974.2 979.9 983.3
Employed 931.7 936.3 942.7 945.8
Unemployed 38.8 37.9 37.2 37.5
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8
New Hampshire
Civilian labor force 680.3 683.4 684.8 686.6
Employed 660.3 662.3 663.7 665.5
Unemployed 20.1 21.0 21.1 21.2
Unemployment rate 2.9 31.0 3.1 3.1
New Jersey
Civilian labor force 4,162.7 4,166.2 4,168.5 4,169.1
Employed 4,011.9 4,012.7 4,013.3 4,014.7
Unemployed 150.8 153.5 155.2 154.4
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7
New Mexico
Civilian labor force 822.5 826.0 829.9 829.3
Employed 785.0 787.6 791.0 792.0
Unemployed 37.5 38.3 39.0 37.4
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.5
New York
Civilian labor force 8,898.6 8,922.1 8,935.9 8,937.1
Employed 8,490.1 8,510.6 8,526.1 8,533.0
Unemployed 408.5 411.5 409.8 404.1
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5
North Carolina
Civilian labor force 3,939.6 3,941.5 3,953.4 3,964.8
Employed 3,804.3 3,807.3 3,812.8 3,819.6
Unemployed 135.3 134.2 140.6 145.2
Unemployment rate 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.7
North Dakota
Civilian labor force 337.2 337.5 337.6 338.6
Employed 326.6 327.0 327.6 328.3
Unemployed 10.6 10.5 10.0 10.3
Unemployment rate 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
Ohio
Civilian labor force 5,740.7 5,738.4 5,746.9 5,755.6
Employed 5,504.3 5,505.0 5,509.9 5,517.1
Unemployed 236.4 233.3 237.0 238.5
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Oklahoma
Civilian labor force 1,646.7 1,646.8 1,646.6 1,646.7
Employed 1,595.1 1,595.3 1,595.2 1,595.4
Unemployed 51.5 51.5 51.4 51.4
Unemployment rate 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1
Oregon
Civilian labor force 1,804.3 1,808.5 1,807.4 1,806.9
Employed 1,712.7 1,718.3 1,716.0 1,717.8
Unemployed 91.6 90.2 91.4 89.1
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.9
Pennsylvania
Civilian labor force 5,947.9 5,952.4 5,955.7 5,967.3
Employed 5,710.2 5,709.1 5,709.7 5,714.9
Unemployed 237.8 243.3 246.0 252.4
Unemployment rate 40.0 4.1 4.1 4.2
Rhode Island
Civilian labor force 504.7 506.4 503.6 503.3
Employed 483.3 485.1 481.9 482.0
Unemployed 21.4 21.3 21.7 21.3
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2
South Carolina
Civilian labor force 1,970.8 1,972.6 1,983.1 1,984.6
Employed 1,890.1 1,894.2 1,901.4 1,905.5
Unemployed 80.7 78.4 81.7 79.1
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0
South Dakota
Civilian labor force 399.7 400.1 400.9 400.9
Employed 391.0 391.0 391.5 391.8
Unemployed 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.1
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3
Tennessee
Civilian labor force 2,772.3 2,771.5 2,775.9 2,779.9
Employed 2,670.5 2,664.5 2,666.6 2,670.8
Unemployed 101.7 107.0 109.3 109.1
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9
Texas
Civilian labor force 10,267.8 10,261.4 10,282.9 10,301.4
Employed 9,807.9 9,811.2 9,836.3 9,857.2
Unemployed 459.9 450.2 446.6 444.1
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3
Utah
Civilian labor force 1,091.6 1,093.9 1,096.3 1,099.3
Employed 1,056.1 1,058.7 1,060.6 1,063.6
Unemployed 35.5 35.3 35.6 35.7
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2
Vermont
Civilian labor force 327.8 327.3 327.6 328.7
Employed 318.5 317.7 318.0 319.1
Unemployed 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.6
Unemployment rate 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9
Virginia
Civilian labor force 3,569.3 3,576.3 3,589.4 3,601.4
Employed 3,490.8 3,498.2 3,509.6 3,521.6
Unemployed 78.6 78.1 79.8 79.8
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Washington
Civilian labor force 3,034.5 3,025.4 3,025.7 3,038.4
Employed 2,876.6 2,866.9 2,867.2 2,879.0
Unemployed 157.9 158.4 158.6 159.4
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
West Virginia
Civilian labor force 829.5 827.9 837.2 828.4
Employed 785.3 783.0 790.7 781.9
Unemployed 44.2 45.0 46.5 46.5
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.6
Wisconsin
Civilian labor force 2,891.4 2,898.9 2,907.2 2,923.9
Employed 2,788.4 2,793.7 2,799.7 2,811.7
Unemployed 103.0 105.3 107.5 112.2
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8
Wyoming
Civilian labor force 266.1 266.9 267.5 267.6
Employed 256.3 256.6 256.9 257.2
Unemployed 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.4
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9
Puerto Rico
Civilian labor force 1,316.2 1,305.9 1,335.7 1,304.5
Employed 1,178.2 1,169.6 1,197.2 1,175.1
Unemployed 138.0 136.2 138.5 129.4
Unemployment rate 10.5 10.4 10.4 9.9
2000
State July Aug. Sept. Oct.
Alabama
Civilian labor force 2,152.8 2,157.7 2,160.7 2,168.5
Employed 2,055.1 2,058.7 2,061.7 2,068.5
Unemployed 97.6 99.0 99.0 100.0
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6
Alaska
Civilian labor force 321.0 322.0 323.3 324.0
Employed 300.1 301.1 302.3 303.5
Unemployed 20.9 20.9 21.0 20.5
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.3
Arizona
Civilian labor force 2,335.6 2,342.5 2,353.5 2,367.1
Employed 2,245.5 2,252.7 2,265.5 2,278.3
Unemployed 90.1 89.8 88.0 88.8
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8
Arkansas
Civilian labor force 1,234.4 1,238.5 1,241.0 1,247.7
Employed 1,178.9 1,183.8 1,188.5 1,195.9
Unemployed 55.5 54.6 52.5 51.8
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1
California
Civilian labor force 17,128.4 17,168.9 17,182.7 17,213.3
Employed 16,265.3 16,316.9 16,341.9 16,378.4
Unemployed 863.1 852.0 840.8 834.9
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9
Colorado
Civilian labor force 2,271.0 2,276.2 2,287.6 2,299.7
Employed 2,207.2 2,212.8 2,225.3 2,238.6
Unemployed 63.9 63.3 62.3 61.1
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7
Connecticut
Civilian labor force 1,753.3 1,752.9 1,750.4 1,748.2
Employed 1,715.2 1,715.1 1,713.5 1,712.8
Unemployed 38.2 37.8 37.0 35.4
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0
Delaware
Civilian labor force 411.1 412.5 413.2 414.2
Employed 394.4 395.4 396.6 398.1
Unemployed 16.7 17.1 16.6 16.0
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9
District of Columbia
Civilian labor force 276.8 278.6 279.4 279.5
Employed 261.0 262.5 262.7 262.6
Unemployed 15.7 16.1 16.6 16.9
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.0
Florida
Civilian labor force 7,478.5 7,503.8 7,531.8 7,564.7
Employed 7,219.3 7,238.2 7,263.2 7,293.5
Unemployed 259.2 265.7 268.6 271.2
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6
Georgia
Civilian labor force 4,181.2 4,186.6 4,186.9 4,194.3
Employed 4,026.4 4,033.0 4,036.9 4,047.2
Unemployed 154.8 153.6 150.0 147.1
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5
Hawaii
Civilian labor force 595.0 593.9 596.2 596.8
Employed 570.9 569.3 571.6 572.4
Unemployed 24.1 24.5 24.5 24.4
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Idaho
Civilian labor force 658.0 659.6 661.5 663.3
Employed 626.1 628.0 629.5 631.4
Unemployed 32.0 31.7 32.0 31.9
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8
Illinois
Civilian labor force 6,416.4 6,418.9 6,414.2 6,404.2
Employed 6,140.6 6,139.1 6,134.6 6,129.5
Unemployed 275.8 279.8 279.6 274.7
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3
Indiana
Civilian labor force 3,090.1 3,087.6 3,079.9 3,085.3
Employed 2,982.6 2,990.0 2,995.6 3,000.4
Unemployed 107.5 97.6 84.4 85.0
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.8
Iowa
Civilian labor force 1,559.2 1,559.7 1,560.6 1,564.1
Employed 1,518.4 1,519.4 1,520.5 1,524.3
Unemployed 40.8 40.3 40.1 39.9
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5
Kansas
Civilian labor force 1,402.1 1,407.2 1,413.2 1,424.2
Employed 1,347.5 1,352.5 1,359.2 1,370.4
Unemployed 54.6 54.7 54.0 53.7
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8
Kentucky
Civilian labor force 1,983.4 1,981.5 1,983.8 1,986.6
Employed 1,901.4 1,900.2 1,902.2 1,904.5
Unemployed 82.0 81.3 81.6 82.1
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Louisiana
Civilian labor force 2,021.7 2,019.2 2,016.5 2,029.5
Employed 1,911.3 1,908.1 1,903.7 1,913.5
Unemployed 110.4 111.1 112.8 116.0
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7
Maine
Civilian labor force 688.3 688.0 689.2 688.9
Employed 665.0 665.1 666.4 667.6
Unemployed 23.2 22.9 22.8 21.3
Unemployment rate 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1
Maryland
Civilian labor force 2,794.7 2,803.6 2,824.4 2,842.1
Employed 2,684.3 2,692.2 2,712.7 2,730.6
Unemployed 110.4 111.4 111.7 111.5
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9
Massachusetts
Civilian labor force 3,222.7 3,229.5 3,243.5 3,261.8
Employed 3,136.3 3,146.0 3,161.8 3,182.0
Unemployed 86.3 83.5 81.7 79.8
Unemployment rate 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4
Michigan
Civilian labor force 5,208.0 5,207.6 5,206.3 5,219.3
Employed 5,019.0 5,012.4 5,012.5 5,025.4
Unemployed 189.0 195.2 193.8 193.9
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7
Minnesota
Civilian labor force 2,734.5 2,744.8 2,755.3 2,766.0
Employed 2,644.2 2,653.4 2,664.8 2,677.5
Unemployed 90.2 91.4 90.5 88.5
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2
Mississippi
Civilian labor force 1,338.0 1,329.6 1,324.6 1,326.3
Employed 1,261.6 1,257.2 1,254.0 1,254.7
Unemployed 76.4 72.4 70.6 71.7
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.4
Missouri
Civilian labor force 2,932.9 2,943.3 2,957.4 2,966.3
Employed 2,833.6 2,840.1 2,848.2 2,857.0
Unemployed 99.3 103.2 109.2 109.3
Unemployment rate 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7
Montana
Civilian labor force 479.5 479.6 479.6 479.5
Employed 455.6 456.0 456.2 456.7
Unemployed 23.9 23.6 23.4 22.8
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7
Nebraska
Civilian labor force 923.5 927.5 929.7 935.4
Employed 895.4 899.7 902.5 908.3
Unemployed 28.1 27.8 27.2 27.1
Unemployment rate 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9
Nevada
Civilian labor force 987.6 991.7 998.8 1,002.9
Employed 949.9 953.6 957.8 959.9
Unemployed 37.7 38.1 41.0 43.0
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.3
New Hampshire
Civilian labor force 687.2 687.0 687.6 688.6
Employed 666.7 667.5 669.6 671.7
Unemployed 20.5 19.6 18.0 16.8
Unemployment rate 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4
New Jersey
Civilian labor force 4,166.9 4,182.7 4,197.9 4,214.4
Employed 4,013.6 4,023.9 4,037.6 4,053.9
Unemployed 153.4 158.8 160.3 160.5
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8
New Mexico
Civilian labor force 835.0 839.3 842.3 844.6
Employed 795.5 798.1 800.0 800.9
Unemployed 39.5 41.2 42.3 43.7
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.2
New York
Civilian labor force 8,937.8 8,948.1 8,972.3 8,976.5
Employed 8,541.9 8,541.6 8,567.6 8,573.4
Unemployed 395.9 406.4 404.7 403.0
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5
North Carolina
Civilian labor force 3,958.0 3,972.2 3,972.3 3,981.2
Employed 3,816.5 3,822.9 3,822.9 3,827.6
Unemployed 141.5 149.3 149.4 153.6
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9
North Dakota
Civilian labor force 338.9 340.2 339.6 339.7
Employed 328.9 329.5 330.3 331.0
Unemployed 10.0 10.7 9.3 8.7
Unemployment rate 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.6
Ohio
Civilian labor force 5,769.0 5,778.5 5,804.6 5,826.1
Employed 5,532.5 5,539.4 5,568.6 5,593.4
Unemployed 236.5 239.1 236.0 232.7
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0
Oklahoma
Civilian labor force 1,646.8 1,649.3 1,649.9 1,648.7
Employed 1,596.2 1,598.4 1,599.9 1,600.0
Unemployed 50.5 50.9 50.0 48.6
Unemployment rate 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9
Oregon
Civilian labor force 1,808.2 1,814.4 1,806.3 1,800.0
Employed 1,720.2 1,725.5 1,720.9 1,715.4
Unemployed 88.0 89.0 85.4 84.6
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7
Pennsylvania
Civilian labor force 5,964.5 5,970.8 5,982.9 5,993.3
Employed 5,716.6 5,719.8 5,730.9 5,737.4
Unemployed 247.9 251.0 252.0 255.8
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3
Rhode Island
Civilian labor force 504.1 504.0 503.4 505.1
Employed 483.2 482.9 483.9 486.2
Unemployed 20.9 21.0 19.5 18.9
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7
South Carolina
Civilian labor force 1,989.2 1,992.5 1,989.1 1,989.8
Employed 1,912.6 1,915.8 1,918.1 1,926.1
Unemployed 76.6 76.7 71.1 63.7
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.2
South Dakota
Civilian labor force 401.0 401.2 402.1 402.8
Employed 392.0 392.3 393.0 393.6
Unemployed 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.2
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Tennessee
Civilian labor force 2,786.5 2,796.1 2,808.8 2,824.3
Employed 2,680.4 2,685.3 2,694.5 2,709.2
Unemployed 106.1 110.8 114.3 115.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1
Texas
Civilian labor force 10,302.6 10,336.5 10,361.6 10,391.7
Employed 9,869.2 9,901.0 9,934.2 9,971.2
Unemployed 433.4 435.5 427.4 420.4
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0
Utah
Civilian labor force 1,103.8 1,107.0 1,111.2 1,116.4
Employed 1,068.4 1,071.6 1,075.9 1,080.7
Unemployed 35.4 35.4 35.3 35.8
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
Vermont
Civilian labor force 328.1 330.9 333.4 335.4
Employed 318.3 321.3 323.5 325.9
Unemployed 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.5
Unemployment rate 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8
Virginia
Civilian labor force 3,611.6 3,624.9 3,635.6 3,650.5
Employed 3,532.7 3,546.5 3,556.0 3,571.7
Unemployed 78.9 78.4 79.6 78.8
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Washington
Civilian labor force 3,033.3 3,037.4 3,044.7 3,057.8
Employed 2,871.8 2,876.8 2,888.7 2,900.2
Unemployed 161.5 160.6 156.1 157.6
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.2
West Virginia
Civilian labor force 826.1 822.4 821.3 819.3
Employed 780.9 778.4 776.2 773.9
Unemployed 45.2 43.9 45.1 45.4
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.5
Wisconsin
Civilian labor force 2,932.4 2,946.8 2,959.4 2,974.2
Employed 2,823.3 2,838.7 2,854.3 2,875.8
Unemployed 109.1 108.1 105.1 98.4
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.3
Wyoming
Civilian labor force 268.0 268.3 267.3 267.1
Employed 257.4 257.7 256.7 256.9
Unemployed 10.5 10.6 10.6 10.3
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8
Puerto Rico
Civilian labor force 1,311.3 1,309.1 1,302.0 1,291.1
Employed 1,182.4 1,168.3 1,179.6 1,169.3
Unemployed 128.8 140.8 122.4 121.9
Unemployment rate 9.8 10.8 9.4 9.4
2000 2001
State Nov. Dec. Jan.
Alabama
Civilian labor force 2,172.0 2,175.2 2,188.5
Employed 2,072.9 2,076.4 2,080.9
Unemployed 99.1 98.8 107.6
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.5 4.9
Alaska
Civilian labor force 325.0 326.1 326.9
Employed 305.0 306.7 307.0
Unemployed 20.1 19.4 19.9
Unemployment rate 6.2 5.9 6.1
Arizona
Civilian labor force 2,380.4 2,399.5 2,410.5
Employed 2,292.4 2,311.7 2,316.8
Unemployed 88.0 87.8 93.6
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.7 3.9
Arkansas
Civilian labor force 1,256.7 1,263.1 1,264.6
Employed 1,203.8 1,211.7 1,210.3
Unemployed 52.9 51.4 54.3
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.1 4.3
California
Civilian labor force 17,245.7 17,251.0 17,263.1
Employed 16,412.7 16,435.5 16,467.3
Unemployed 833.1 815.5 795.8
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.7 4.6
Colorado
Civilian labor force 2,315.7 2,325.7 2,330.8
Employed 2,254.5 2,266.9 2,273.0
Unemployed 61.2 58.7 57.8
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.5 2.5
Connecticut
Civilian labor force 1,743.8 1,738.4 1,735.6
Employed 1,709.6 1,704.4 1,702.9
Unemployed 34.2 33.9 32.7
Unemployment rate 2.0 2.0 1.9
Delaware
Civilian labor force 415.2 416.0 417.8
Employed 399.4 400.0 400.6
Unemployed 15.8 16.0 17.2
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.9 4.1
District of Columbia
Civilian labor force 279.9 279.0 283.2
Employed 262.9 261.9 265.9
Unemployed 16.9 17.1 17.3
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.1 6.1
Florida
Civilian labor force 7,598.7 7,632.3 7,673.3
Employed 7,324.9 7,355.9 7,383.8
Unemployed 273.8 276.4 289.5
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.6 3.8
Georgia
Civilian labor force 4,195.2 4,195.3 4,219.5
Employed 4,052.9 4,056.6 4,066.3
Unemployed 142.4 138.7 153.2
Unemployment rate 3.4 3.3 3.6
Hawaii
Civilian labor force 597.3 597.7 599.1
Employed 573.0 572.5 574.5
Unemployed 24.3 25.2 24.6
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.2 4.1
Idaho
Civilian labor force 665.3 667.2 667.7
Employed 633.1 635.1 637.8
Unemployed 32.2 32.0 29.9
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.8 4.5
Illinois
Civilian labor force 6,388.7 6,366.3 6,378.5
Employed 6,098.2 6,068.5 6,074.2
Unemployed 290.5 297.7 304.2
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.7 4.8
Indiana
Civilian labor force 3,093.3 3,101.1 3,120.9
Employed 3,007.5 3,014.6 3,021.3
Unemployed 85.9 86.5 99.6
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.8 3.2
Iowa
Civilian labor force 1,570.3 1,567.7 1,579.6
Employed 1,529.8 1,528.1 1,539.1
Unemployed 40.6 39.5 40.5
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.5 2.6
Kansas
Civilian labor force 1,436.7 1,447.9 1,453.1
Employed 1,383.8 1,397.3 1,400.0
Unemployed 53.0 50.6 53.1
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.5 3.7
Kentucky
Civilian labor force 1,989.7 1,990.8 2,006.9
Employed 1,908.5 1,910.3 1,923.7
Unemployed 81.2 80.5 83.2
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.0 4.1
Louisiana
Civilian labor force 2,043.2 2,047.0 2,068.0
Employed 1,920.4 1,928.2 1,948.3
Unemployed 122.8 118.8 119.6
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.8 5.8
Maine
Civilian labor force 689.0 688.5 694.1
Employed 668.7 669.6 677.3
Unemployed 203.0 18.9 16.8
Unemployment rate 2.9 2.7 2.4
Maryland
Civilian labor force 2,857.1 2,874.3 2,872.6
Employed 2,747.6 2,767.1 2,769.6
Unemployed 109.5 107.2 103.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.7 3.6
Massachusetts
Civilian labor force 3,285.8 3,302.3 3,313.9
Employed 3,203.9 3,225.9 3,232.3
Unemployed 81.9 76.5 81.6
Unemployment rate 2.5 2.3 2.5
Michigan
Civilian labor force 5,224.5 5,223.3 5,234.8
Employed 5,027.6 5,025.2 4,999.5
Unemployed 196.9 198.1 235.3
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 4.5
Minnesota
Civilian labor force 2,783.2 2,793.7 2,798.1
Employed 2,693.7 2,708.4 2,711.9
Unemployed 89.4 85.3 86.2
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.1 3.1
Mississippi
Civilian labor force 1,324.9 1,313.7 1,310.7
Employed 1,251.3 1,246.4 1,251.3
Unemployed 73.6 67.3 59.5
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.1 4.5
Missouri
Civilian labor force 2,965.6 2,954.4 2,985.2
Employed 2,861.6 2,854.9 2,875.4
Unemployed 104.1 99.5 109.8
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.4 3.7
Montana
Civilian labor force 479.9 479.2 478.3
Employed 457.3 457.7 456.5
Unemployed 22.6 21.5 21.7
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.5 4.5
Nebraska
Civilian labor force 942.0 946.1 947.5
Employed 914.6 920.1 923.5
Unemployed 27.4 26.0 24.0
Unemployment rate 2.9 2.8 2.5
Nevada
Civilian labor force 1,007.0 1,008.0 1,013.5
Employed 962.3 963.9 970.4
Unemployed 44.7 44.1 43.0
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.4 4.2
New Hampshire
Civilian labor force 690.6 693.3 696.4
Employed 675.0 677.7 681.9
Unemployed 15.5 15.7 14.4
Unemployment rate 2.3 2.3 2.1
New Jersey
Civilian labor force 4,234.0 4,252.3 4,250.9
Employed 4,071.4 4,091.6 4,097.8
Unemployed 162.7 160.6 153.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8 3.6
New Mexico
Civilian labor force 846.2 846.2 844.1
Employed 801.7 801.4 799.8
Unemployed 44.5 44.8 44.3
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.3 5.2
New York
Civilian labor force 8,991.5 8,992.8 8,974.3
Employed 8,584.7 8,589.0 8,593.6
Unemployed 406.8 403.7 380.7
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.5 4.2
North Carolina
Civilian labor force 3,983.9 3,984.4 4,008.2
Employed 3,829.3 3,828.7 3,839.9
Unemployed 154.6 155.7 168.2
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 4.2
North Dakota
Civilian labor force 341.0 341.1 341.9
Employed 331.5 332.3 333.9
Unemployed 9.5 8.9 8.0
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.6 2.3
Ohio
Civilian labor force 5,851.6 5,888.7 5,917.1
Employed 5,620.4 5,654.1 5,669.8
Unemployed 231.2 234.5 247.3
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.0 4.2
Oklahoma
Civilian labor force 1,649.8 1,651.4 1,650.2
Employed 1,601.7 1,605.0 1,606.4
Unemployed 48.1 46.4 43.9
Unemployment rate 2.9 2.8 2.7
Oregon
Civilian labor force 1,793.5 1,788.0 1,795.4
Employed 1,714.6 1,712.4 1,715.8
Unemployed 78.9 75.6 79.6
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.2 4.4
Pennsylvania
Civilian labor force 6,002.0 6,007.5 6,069.7
Employed 5,742.4 5,745.1 5,804.2
Unemployed 259.7 262.4 265.4
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.4 4.4
Rhode Island
Civilian labor force 506.5 507.7 510.3
Employed 487.6 489.4 491.4
Unemployed 18.9 18.3 18.9
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.6 3.7
South Carolina
Civilian labor force 2,005.3 2,008.6 2,016.3
Employed 1,938.3 1,937.0 1,944.6
Unemployed 67.0 71.6 71.7
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.6 3.6
South Dakota
Civilian labor force 403.7 403.3 403.5
Employed 394.5 394.4 396.1
Unemployed 9.2 8.9 7.5
Unemployment rate 2.3 2.2 1.8
Tennessee
Civilian labor force 2,844.1 2,864.9 2,872.7
Employed 2,725.2 2,742.0 2,750.0
Unemployed 118.9 122.9 122.7
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.3 4.3
Texas
Civilian labor force 10,429.0 10,449.2 10,498.1
Employed 10,015.1 10,058.5 10,094.6
Unemployed 413.9 390.7 403.5
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.7 3.8
Utah
Civilian labor force 1,122.2 1,127.0 1,132.0
Employed 1,085.8 1,090.8 1,091.8
Unemployed 36.4 36.2 40.2
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.2 3.6
Vermont
Civilian labor force 338.7 343.0 343.7
Employed 329.2 333.8 334.4
Unemployed 9.5 9.2 9.3
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.7 2.7
Virginia
Civilian labor force 3,662.9 3,677.1 3,703.3
Employed 3,584.8 3,599.9 3,625.9
Unemployed 78.1 77.3 77.4
Unemployment rate 2.1 2.1 2.1
Washington
Civilian labor force 3,075.6 3,090.2 3,077.4
Employed 2,918.7 2,936.6 2,922.6
Unemployed 156.9 153.5 154.8
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.0 5.0
West Virginia
Civilian labor force 818.7 812.3 813.8
Employed 772.7 767.3 769.3
Unemployed 45.9 45.0 44.5
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.5 5.5
Wisconsin
Civilian labor force 2,999.9 3,024.9 3,047.8
Employed 2,900.2 2,922.6 2,932.2
Unemployed 99.7 102.3 115.7
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.4 3.8
Wyoming
Civilian labor force 267.3 266.2 266.3
Employed 256.9 256.5 257.5
Unemployed 10.4 9.8 8.8
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.7 3.3
Puerto Rico
Civilian labor force 1,292.8 1,297.4 1,275.6
Employed 1,173.2 1,166.8 1,150.4
Unemployed 119.6 130.6 125.2
Unemployment rate 9.3 10.1 9.8
2001
State Feb. Mar.(p)
Alabama
Civilian labor force 2,191.0 2,189.0
Employed 2,082.3 2,071.1
Unemployed 108.7 117.9
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.4
Alaska
Civilian labor force 327.4 327.8
Employed 308.4 308.8
Unemployed 19.0 19.0
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.8
Arizona
Civilian labor force 2,424.8 2,436.2
Employed 2,325.3 2,332.1
Unemployed 99.5 104.1
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.3
Arkansas
Civilian labor force 1,269.0 1,265.0
Employed 1,212.7 1,212.6
Unemployed 56.3 52.4
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.1
California
Civilian labor force 17,277.5 17,320.4
Employed 16,497.5 16,512.5
Unemployed 780.0 807.9
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.7
Colorado
Civilian labor force 2,334.5 2,328.0
Employed 2,271.5 2,261.5
Unemployed 63.0 66.4
Unemployment rate 2.7 2.9
Connecticut
Civilian labor force 1,730.1 1,724.5
Employed 1,697.0 1,691.7
Unemployed 33.1 32.7
Unemployment rate 1.9 1.9
Delaware
Civilian labor force 416.7 416.9
Employed 401.6 403.2
Unemployed 15.1 13.7
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.3
District of Columbia
Civilian labor force 260.9 278.3
Employed 264.7 261.5
Unemployed 16.2 16.8
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.0
Florida
Civilian labor force 7,711.2 7,743.5
Employed 7,418.2 7,449.9
Unemployed 293.0 293.6
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.8
Georgia
Civilian labor force 4,207.2 4,211.9
Employed 4,056.5 4,055.0
Unemployed 150.7 157.0
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.7
Hawaii
Civilian labor force 603.0 602.8
Employed 576.5 576.9
Unemployed 26.5 26.0
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.3
Idaho
Civilian labor force 668.2 673.3
Employed 637.8 642.4
Unemployed 30.4 30.9
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6
Illinois
Civilian labor force 6,417.5 6,424.0
Employed 6,100.9 6,081.1
Unemployed 316.6 342.9
Unemployment rate 4.9 5.3
Indiana
Civilian labor force 3,081.6 3,103.6
Employed 2,990.1 3,005.3
Unemployed 91.5 98.3
Unemployment rate 3.0 3.2
Iowa
Civilian labor force 1,580.3 1,581.2
Employed 1,538.7 1,537.0
Unemployed 41.6 44.1
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.8
Kansas
Civilian labor force 1,452.0 1,449.8
Employed 1,397.2 1,396.7
Unemployed 54.8 53.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.7
Kentucky
Civilian labor force 2,000.3 2,000.5
Employed 1,920.0 1,917.3
Unemployed 80.3 83.2
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.2
Louisiana
Civilian labor force 2,055.7 2,042.9
Employed 1,941.1 1,927.8
Unemployed 114.7 115.0
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6
Maine
Civilian labor force 696.3 694.2
Employed 677.7 677.8
Unemployed 18.6 16.4
Unemployment rate 2.7 2.4
Maryland
Civilian labor force 2,893.1 2,889.7
Employed 2,787.1 2,787.0
Unemployed 106.0 102.7
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.6
Massachusetts
Civilian labor force 3,328.0 3,339.3
Employed 3,237.5 3,234.4
Unemployed 90.6 104.9
Unemployment rate 2.7 3.1
Michigan
Civilian labor force 5,256.1 5,247.0
Employed 5,011.1 4,999.7
Unemployed 245.0 247.2
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.7
Minnesota
Civilian labor force 2,814.3 2,818.9
Employed 2,724.7 2,722.8
Unemployed 89.6 96.2
Unemployment rate 3.2 3.4
Mississippi
Civilian labor force 1,315.3 1,314.5
Employed 1,248.2 1,243.0
Unemployed 67.1 71.5
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.4
Missouri
Civilian labor force 2,990.8 2,979.9
Employed 2,874.6 2,868.5
Unemployed 116.2 111.4
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.7
Montana
Civilian labor force 474.3 473.1
Employed 453.5 451.9
Unemployed 20.8 21.2
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.5
Nebraska
Civilian labor force 949.5 950.9
Employed 922.4 921.9
Unemployed 27.1 29.0
Unemployment rate 2.9 3.0
Nevada
Civilian labor force 1,016.1 1,016.1
Employed 971.0 969.6
Unemployed 45.0 46.5
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.6
New Hampshire
Civilian labor force 697.9 699.5
Employed 683.2 681.5
Unemployed 14.7 18.0
Unemployment rate 2.1 2.6
New Jersey
Civilian labor force 4,249.2 4,243.3
Employed 4,095.3 4,080.1
Unemployed 153.8 163.2
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.8
New Mexico
Civilian labor force 844.9 849.5
Employed 798.5 803.3
Unemployed 46.5 46.2
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.4
New York
Civilian labor force 8,956.8 8,923.8
Employed 8,575.3 8,566.7
Unemployed 381.5 357.1
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.0
North Carolina
Civilian labor force 4,017.8 4,005.5
Employed 3,840.7 3,826.3
Unemployed 177.1 179.2
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.5
North Dakota
Civilian labor force 342.5 342.6
Employed 333.7 334.5
Unemployed 8.8 8.1
Unemployment rate 2.6 2.4
Ohio
Civilian labor force 5,901.6 5,891.2
Employed 5,678.4 5,682.1
Unemployed 223.2 209.1
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.5
Oklahoma
Civilian labor force 1,653.9 1,647.9
Employed 1,608.4 1,597.7
Unemployed 45.5 50.2
Unemployment rate 2.8 3.0
Oregon
Civilian labor force 1,793.2 1,785.0
Employed 1,704.9 1,701.3
Unemployed 88.2 83.7
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.7
Pennsylvania
Civilian labor force 6,066.5 6,088.2
Employed 5,788.9 5,812.5
Unemployed 277.7 275.8
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.5
Rhode Island
Civilian labor force 513.8 511.5
Employed 495.5 491.2
Unemployed 18.3 20.4
Unemployment rate 3.6 4.0
South Carolina
Civilian labor force 2,019.0 2,023.8
Employed 1,943.6 1,935.3
Unemployed 75.4 88.5
Unemployment rate 3.7 4.4
South Dakota
Civilian labor force 404.7 405.7
Employed 395.9 396.7
Unemployed 8.8 9.0
Unemployment rate 2.2 2.2
Tennessee
Civilian labor force 2,865.1 2,857.6
Employed 2,747.5 2,741.7
Unemployed 117.6 115.9
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.1
Texas
Civilian labor force 10,500.2 10,523.6
Employed 10,105.5 10,089.0
Unemployed 394.6 434.6
Unemployment rate 3.8 4.1
Utah
Civilian labor force 1,133.8 1,133.3
Employed 1,095.3 1,094.0
Unemployed 38.5 39.3
Unemployment rate 3.4 3.5
Vermont
Civilian labor force 343.5 342.9
Employed 333.9 332.8
Unemployed 9.7 10.1
Unemployment rate 2.8 2.9
Virginia
Civilian labor force 3,703.2 3,715.5
Employed 3,617.9 3,622.2
Unemployed 85.3 93.3
Unemployment rate 2.3 2.5
Washington
Civilian labor force 3,100.2 3,107.2
Employed 2,928.0 2,929.6
Unemployed 172.1 177.6
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.7
West Virginia
Civilian labor force 814.4 813.8
Employed 770.4 772.2
Unemployed 44.0 41.6
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.1
Wisconsin
Civilian labor force 3,063.7 3,058.0
Employed 2,931.4 2,931.3
Unemployed 132.2 126.7
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.1
Wyoming
Civilian labor force 266.4 266.4
Employed 257.7 257.3
Unemployed 8.7 9.1
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.4
Puerto Rico
Civilian labor force 1,293.2 1,273.4
Employed 1,145.4 1,135.0
Unemployed 147.8 138.4
Unemployment rate 11.4 10.9
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. All estimates are provisional and will be
revised when new benchmark and population information becomes
available.
C-3. Labor force status by State and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
February
State and area 2000 2001
Alabama 2,130.6 2,179.4
Anniston 53.8 53.2
Auburn-Opelika 49.4 50.1
Birmingham 467.6 480.8
Decatur 73.3 75.3
Dothan 66.1 66.6
Florence 66.4 68.2
Gadsden 48.5 50.1
Huntsville 172.7 180.5
Mobile 267.4 275.5
Montgomery 162.2 165.9
Tuscaloosa 83.8 84.9
Alaska 316.0 322.1
Anchorage 142.5 145.9
Arizona 2,307.8 2,400.5
Flagstaff 60.2 64.3
Phoenix-Mesa 1,538.7 1,603.7
Tucson 384.6 392.9
Yuma 58.2 61.4
Arkansas 1,210.7 1,251.1
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 143.5 150.9
Fort Smith 95.4 99.1
Jonesboro 42.1 43.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock 295.2 302.8
Pine Bluff 35.9 36.5
California 16,825.1 17,198.5
Bakersfield 281.6 285.0
Chico-Paradise 86.1 87.8
Fresno 437.1 440.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach 4,702.7 4,861.6
Merced 83.6 84.1
Modesto 201.5 203.5
Oakland 1,226.0 1,253.3
Orange County 1,496.5 1,524.0
Redding 73.0 74.1
Riverside-San Bernardino 1,497.0 1,531.8
Sacramento 800.5 820.0
Salinas 192.5 190.5
San Diego 1,389.3 1,411.2
San Francisco 968.9 994.7
San Jose 985.6 1,006.3
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 112.6 114.7
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 200.7 201.3
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 140.9 139.8
Santa Rosa 253.9 258.1
Stockton-Lodi 253.0 257.9
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 255.2 260.2
Ventura 405.2 411.1
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 167.4 169.2
Yolo 92.9 90.7
Yuba City 55.9 56.7
Colorado 2,210.7 2,297.0
Boulder-Longmont 176.1 190.2
Colorado Springs 250.0 256.8
Denver 1,119.7 1,162.1
Fort Collins-Loveland 137.2 144.3
Grand Junction 56.8 58.0
Greeley 82.7 86.6
Pueblo 57.4 57.6
Connecticut 1,719.1 1,708.2
Bridgeport 214.9 211.1
Danbury 109.0 108.5
Hartford 591.6 583.5
New Haven-Meriden 278.0 278.9
New London-Norwich 151.4 151.2
Stamford-Norwalk 191.7 193.0
Waterbury 114.5 115.7
Delaware 400.0 415.3
Dover 69.9 73.3
Wilmington-Newark 301.7 312.5
District of Columbia 276.9 278.2
Washington 2,627.8 2,749.4
Florida 7,311.8 7,620.6
Daytona Beach 188.4 196.1
Fort Lauderdale 758.6 791.9
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 178.6 186.5
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 125.2 131.7
Fort Walton Beach 78.9 79.6
Gainesville 103.9 106.4
Jacksonville 539.9 569.0
Lakeland-Winter Haven 198.6 209.0
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 202.5 210.4
Miami 1,029.2 1,067.8
Naples 98.0 105.2
Ocala 96.8 100.2
Orlando 876.8 908.3
Panama City 63.4 64.0
Pensacola 170.2 175.7
Punta Gorda 49.6 52.1
Sarasota-Bradenton 271.2 284.4
Tallahassee 147.7 152.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 1,202.0 1,264.9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 507.2 531.1
Georgia 4,123.9 4,186.0
Albany 55.7 55.8
Athens 72.2 73.9
Atlanta 2,232.7 2,275.3
Augusta-Aiken 205.9 207.8
Columbus 125.9 125.6
Macon 151.8 150.9
Savannah 134.4 134.4
Hawaii 592.0 600.4
Honolulu 422.2 428.6
Idaho 642.2 659.2
Boise City 229.2 240.3
Pocatello 39.8 40.9
Illinois 6,373.1 6,349.3
Bloomington-Normal 94.0 93.0
Champaign-Urbana 99.5 99.4
Chicago 4,236.2 4,227.9
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 188.5 187.5
Decatur 61.1 60.1
Kankakee 52.4 52.8
Peoria-Pekin 185.0 182.6
Rockford 200.5 201.1
Springfield 106.3 105.7
Indiana 3,039.2 3,041.5
Bloomington 61.3 60.5
Elkhart-Goshen 95.8 96.1
Evansville-Henderson 154.7 154.7
Fort Wayne 259.3 260.2
Gary 291.6 287.3
Indianapolis 835.9 849.9
Kokomo 48.8 48.6
Lafayette 89.9 88.3
Muncie 58.8 60.3
South Bend 132.6 132.4
Terre Haute 69.3 68.2
Iowa 1,555.6 1,568.9
Cedar Rapids 114.7 113.9
Des Moines 255.0 257.0
Dubuque 48.2 48.3
Iowa City 69.1 70.2
Sioux City 62.6 63.5
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 67.4 66.5
Kansas 1,386.5 1,439.0
Lawrence 54.9 55.5
Topeka 88.4 92.1
Wichita 281.2 290.5
Kentucky 1,949.0 1,969.5
Lexington 260.6 264.3
Louisville 558.2 567.8
Owensboro 49.9 49.8
Louisiana 2,000.9 2,026.7
Alexandria 59.6 60.7
Baton Rouge 302.3 311.4
Houma 88.5 91.9
Lafayette 169.4 173.4
Lake Charles 90.0 89.6
Monroe 70.2 73.6
New Orleans 604.1 604.5
Shreveport-Bossier City 180.3 185.1
Maine 676.3 684.5
Bangor 52.6 54.0
Lewiston-Auburn 55.5 56.2
Portland 135.0 139.7
Maryland 2,733.2 2,859.6
Baltimore 1,280.0 1,342.2
Cumberland 45.2 46.1
Hagerstown 67.7 69.4
Massachusetts 3,191.6 3,297.0
Barnstable-Yarmouth 68.0 70.6
Boston 1,779.0 1,840.7
Brockton 128.4 131.6
Fitchburg-Leominster 66.7 68.5
Lawrence 202.9 211.3
Lowell 168.0 177.5
New Bedford 78.5 81.4
Pittsfield 37.6 38.6
Springfield 274.2 281.1
Worcester 244.7 250.2
Michigan 5,123.0 5,202.3
Ann Arbor 309.4 312.6
Benton Harbor 83.4 85.0
Detroit 2,315.3 2,342.8
Flint 190.5 193.1
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 615.9 631.9
Jackson 78.0 79.7
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 234.7 239.4
Lansing-East Lansing 246.7 249.9
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 199.0 202.0
Minnesota 2,668.8 2,773.0
Duluth-Superior 122.9 128.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,673.7 1,751.2
Rochester 73.1 75.8
St. Cloud 98.0 102.9
Mississippi 1,314.1 1,310.1
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 178.8 178.5
Hattiesburg 53.1 53.6
Jackson 230.8 230.4
Missouri 2,863.6 2,961.5
Columbia 83.5 86.1
Joplin 81.9 81.8
Kansas City 978.0 1,034.2
St. Joseph 50.7 51.8
St. Louis LMA 1,330.4 1,369.0
Springfield 170.0 177.7
Montana 474.1 470.5
Billings 73.0 73.9
Great Falls 37.4 36.5
Missoula 55.3 54.4
Nebraska 902.4 940.4
Lincoln 141.2 148.3
Omaha 386.4 402.4
Nevada 960.3 1,010.0
Las Vegas 746.3 791.6
Reno 173.2 179.9
New Hampshire 672.6 691.7
Manchester 108.0 111.3
Nashua 106.2 110.6
Portsmouth-Rochester 126.8 131.6
New Jersey 4,138.3 4,219.2
Atlantic-Cape May 161.6 164.7
Bergen-Passaic 661.8 666.8
Jersey City 277.9 285.3
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 649.3 662.2
Monmouth-Ocean 504.3 520.3
Newark 1,013.6 1,038.7
Trenton 171.8 179.6
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 63.7 64.3
New Mexico 812.7 838.9
Albuquerque 359.1 372.3
Las Cruces 69.6 73.1
Santa Fe 73.7 74.7
New York 8,854.6 8,922.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 443.3 450.4
Binghamton 122.7 125.8
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 555.0 558.4
Dutchess County 118.2 121.9
Elmira 42.6 43.1
Glens Falls 57.1 57.7
Jamestown 64.9 65.6
Nassau-Suffolk 1,372.3 1,397.6
New York 4,173.5 4,173.7
New York City 3,545.5 3,533.8
Newburgh 171.9 177.1
Rochester 559.5 564.3
Syracuse 356.1 361.0
Utica-Rome 141.1 142.7
North Carolina 3,879.7 3,968.5
Asheville 109.3 111.5
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 781.7 823.6
Fayetteville 119.8 118.7
Goldsboro 48.0 48.6
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 638.2 652.5
Greenville 66.3 66.8
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 173.1 177.7
Jacksonville 47.0 47.1
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 635.5 654.2
Rocky Mount 65.7 65.8
Wilmington 115.6 115.9
North Dakota 328.1 333.8
Bismarck 51.8 53.6
Fargo-Moorhead 100.6 102.6
Grand Forks 51.7 53.7
Ohio 5,654.4 5,806.7
Akron 358.9 368.7
Canton-Massillon 199.4 207.0
Cincinnati 835.3 853.4
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 1,099.2 1,125.5
Columbus 830.3 857.1
Dayton-Springfield 461.8 473.3
Hamilton-Middletown 186.3 190.6
Lima 75.0 78.1
Mansfield 81.0 82.7
Steubenville-Weirton 54.4 53.8
Toledo 315.1 322.8
Youngstown-Warren 273.1 275.8
Oklahoma 1,629.8 1,638.0
Enid 26.7 25.3
Lawton 40.9 39.8
Oklahoma City 544.7 555.1
Tulsa 413.7 414.0
Oregon 1,783.4 1,775.8
Corvallis 39.9 39.8
Eugene-Springfield 166.9 165.2
Medford-Ashland 90.4 90.5
Portland-Vancouver 1,060.5 1,065.8
Salem 171.1 170.1
Pennsylvania 5,894.1 6,003.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 311.8 319.1
Altoona 62.2 64.3
Erie 138.7 142.6
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 340.6 346.3
Johnstown 102.3 103.4
Lancaster 240.2 246.5
Philadelphia 2,477.9 2,504.0
Pittsburgh 1,139.7 1,159.8
Reading 181.2 183.2
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 303.9 310.3
Sharon 57.7 58.0
State College 65.8 67.0
Williamsport 56.0 57.7
York 193.6 196.8
Rhode Island 499.5 509.6
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 571.3 581.8
South Carolina 1,947.7 1,997.1
Charleston-North Charleston 271.4 286.0
Columbia 280.6 283.3
Florence 63.1 62.9
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 487.0 506.8
Myrtle Beach 100.6 102.8
Sumter 47.2 47.6
South Dakota 388.9 394.7
Rapid City 46.0 47.2
Sioux Falls 102.0 104.2
Tennessee 2,739.9 2,830.2
Chattanooga 226.6 231.8
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 86.5 89.2
Jackson 58.2 60.5
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 218.2 224.1
Knoxville 343.4 355.5
Memphis 547.9 567.9
Nashville 646.3 674.0
Texas 10,162.2 10,403.9
Abilene 58.0 57.0
Amarillo 111.9 112.2
Austin-San Marcos 719.6 756.9
Beaumont-Port Arthur 178.8 178.2
Brazoria 106.2 105.6
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 128.7 130.9
Bryan-College Station 76.9 78.7
Corpus Christi 172.5 171.1
Dallas 1,916.6 2,001.7
El Paso 283.7 282.3
Fort Worth-Arlington 895.6 928.2
Galveston-Texas City 117.3 115.4
Houston 2,131.0 2,168.7
Killeen-Temple 114.1 116.5
Laredo 73.4 76.2
Longview-Marshall 102.0 100.8
Lubbock 121.2 123.9
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 205.6 213.3
Odessa-Midland 116.6 116.9
San Angelo 49.4 49.4
San Antonio 765.0 784.8
Sherman-Denison 49.9 49.6
Texarkana 55.0 55.6
Tyler 89.4 91.7
Victoria 42.4 43.5
Waco 100.6 101.1
Wichita Falls 62.5 62.4
Utah 1,078.1 1,121.0
Provo-Orem 166.3 174.6
Salt Lake City-Ogden 690.3 718.4
Vermont 327.3 342.7
Burlington 99.1 105.3
Virginia 3,524.4 3,667.2
Charlottesville 75.8 80.0
Danville 55.2 57.4
Lynchburg 104.6 106.8
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 728.6 744.0
Richmond-Petersburg 510.3 531.6
Roanoke 125.4 129.7
Washington 3,028.7 3,089.2
Bellingham 82.0 82.6
Bremerton 94.5 94.1
Olympia 100.5 100.6
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 90.3 94.3
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1,397.7 1,432.4
Spokane 209.6 213.8
Tacoma 332.2 336.1
Yakima 103.6 107.0
West Virginia 815.3 803.5
Charleston 135.6 134.8
Huntington-Ashland 136.3 137.7
Parkersburg-Marietta 76.3 78.1
Wheeling 72.5 72.6
Wisconsin 2,847.5 3,027.6
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 216.5 231.2
Eau Claire 81.0 85.2
Green Bay 131.2 142.5
Janesville-Beloit 76.8 81.6
Kenosha 80.5 86.3
La Crosse 70.2 74.8
Madison 255.1 273.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha 782.6 829.7
Racine 88.6 93.8
Sheboygan 60.2 65.4
Wausau 71.8 76.4
Wyoming 262.4 262.9
Casper 34.4 35.0
Cheyenne 40.8 41.7
Puerto Rico 1,308.6 1,296.2
Aguadilla 45.8 45.7
Arecibo 52.8 51.4
Caguas 122.9 119.4
Mayaguez 90.7 88.6
Ponce 110.1 111.3
San Juan-Bayamon 724.4 718.2
Civilian labor force
March
State and area 2000 2001(p)
Alabama 2,129.2 2,176.1
Anniston 53.6 53.0
Auburn-Opelika 49.8 50.2
Birmingham 468.2 480.0
Decatur 72.7 74.8
Dothan 65.9 66.9
Florence 66.1 67.4
Gadsden 49.0 49.9
Huntsville 173.2 179.1
Mobile 268.3 277.7
Montgomery 162.5 166.0
Tuscaloosa 84.2 84.6
Alaska 314.8 322.1
Anchorage 141.9 146.1
Arizona 2,304.3 2,412.4
Flagstaff 61.1 63.9
Phoenix-Mesa 1,536.3 1,612.0
Tucson 382.9 395.7
Yuma 58.1 60.9
Arkansas 1,224.1 1,259.7
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 145.6 152.5
Fort Smith 96.6 100.4
Jonesboro 42.3 43.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock 297.5 304.7
Pine Bluff 36.0 36.5
California 16,889.3 17,267.7
Bakersfield 283.4 285.3
Chico-Paradise 86.4 88.8
Fresno 434.4 437.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach 4,689.4 4,868.5
Merced 85.0 84.9
Modesto 202.6 204.5
Oakland 1,232.4 1,259.6
Orange County 1,506.1 1,532.5
Redding 73.5 74.4
Riverside-San Bernardino 1,508.6 1,539.5
Sacramento 806.0 824.7
Salinas 194.5 192.5
San Diego 1,399.5 1,416.3
San Francisco 971.8 1,000.4
San Jose 996.2 1,012.4
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 113.6 115.2
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 201.5 203.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 141.7 141.0
Santa Rosa 254.2 260.0
Stockton-Lodi 255.3 260.6
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 258.5 264.4
Ventura 407.3 412.3
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 169.2 168.9
Yolo 93.5 91.4
Yuba City 57.1 57.2
Colorado 2,222.8 2,297.7
Boulder-Longmont 178.7 188.4
Colorado Springs 251.8 257.2
Denver 1,118.9 1,160.1
Fort Collins-Loveland 138.2 144.7
Grand Junction 56.9 58.2
Greeley 83.5 86.3
Pueblo 57.8 57.9
Connecticut 1,736.7 1,717.2
Bridgeport 216.5 212.2
Danbury 110.3 109.4
Hartford 596.7 587.4
New Haven-Meriden 281.1 279.7
New London-Norwich 153.5 151.8
Stamford-Norwalk 194.9 194.0
Waterbury 115.1 116.1
Delaware 404.4 417.3
Dover 70.8 74.3
Wilmington-Newark 303.5 311.4
District of Columbia 277.1 276.1
Washington 2,639.4 2,758.6
Florida 7,372.6 7,694.3
Daytona Beach 189.0 196.2
Fort Lauderdale 766.4 798.0
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 180.5 187.8
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 125.9 132.4
Fort Walton Beach 80.8 81.5
Gainesville 104.7 107.2
Jacksonville 543.4 574.2
Lakeland-Winter Haven 199.9 210.7
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 204.3 211.7
Miami 1,036.7 1,076.6
Naples 98.8 106.4
Ocala 97.5 100.7
Orlando 882.7 917.0
Panama City 64.5 65.9
Pensacola 172.2 177.3
Punta Gorda 50.1 52.8
Sarasota-Bradenton 273.4 288.2
Tallahassee 148.5 154.1
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 1,213.7 1,281.8
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 511.6 535.4
Georgia 4,148.0 4,201.9
Albany 55.6 56.0
Athens 72.3 74.2
Atlanta 2,244.5 2,273.6
Augusta-Aiken 206.5 209.1
Columbus 125.0 125.3
Macon 157.4 151.9
Savannah 135.3 134.3
Hawaii 592.1 600.4
Honolulu 421.4 428.8
Idaho 644.2 666.2
Boise City 231.3 243.6
Pocatello 39.8 41.1
Illinois 6,381.9 6,372.1
Bloomington-Normal 93.1 92.6
Champaign-Urbana 99.8 99.9
Chicago 4,244.9 4,248.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 187.6 187.4
Decatur 61.4 60.5
Kankakee 52.4 52.8
Peoria-Pekin 185.4 183.2
Rockford 201.2 200.9
Springfield 106.5 105.9
Indiana 3,055.0 3,079.4
Bloomington 60.6 60.4
Elkhart-Goshen 96.9 97.4
Evansville-Henderson 155.5 155.3
Fort Wayne 261.3 263.0
Gary 293.1 290.1
Indianapolis 842.6 862.3
Kokomo 49.3 48.8
Lafayette 89.6 88.7
Muncie 58.7 60.7
South Bend 133.1 133.4
Terre Haute 69.6 69.0
Iowa 1,558.1 1,574.1
Cedar Rapids 114.9 114.8
Des Moines 256.1 259.5
Dubuque 48.5 48.1
Iowa City 69.5 70.8
Sioux City 62.5 63.8
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 67.2 66.9
Kansas 1,389.2 1,442.2
Lawrence 55.8 56.6
Topeka 89.0 92.2
Wichita 280.8 290.3
Kentucky 1,957.3 1,977.4
Lexington 262.6 265.9
Louisville 559.9 570.2
Owensboro 49.8 49.9
Louisiana 2,019.1 2,031.9
Alexandria 60.4 60.6
Baton Rouge 305.1 311.9
Houma 89.8 92.2
Lafayette 170.8 174.1
Lake Charles 90.8 89.2
Monroe 71.0 73.7
New Orleans 608.3 601.6
Shreveport-Bossier City 182.7 186.2
Maine 683.0 688.2
Bangor 54.0 54.5
Lewiston-Auburn 55.4 56.2
Portland 135.7 140.8
Maryland 2,743.0 2,860.9
Baltimore 1,286.4 1,344.2
Cumberland 45.1 45.8
Hagerstown 67.7 69.1
Massachusetts 3,186.3 3,317.7
Barnstable-Yarmouth 69.1 71.6
Boston 1,775.5 1,848.7
Brockton 129.2 133.1
Fitchburg-Leominster 66.3 68.8
Lawrence 202.2 213.1
Lowell 168.5 179.1
New Bedford 78.6 81.9
Pittsfield 37.5 38.7
Springfield 272.0 283.5
Worcester 243.8 251.9
Michigan 5,154.0 5,215.2
Ann Arbor 310.7 313.3
Benton Harbor 83.7 85.2
Detroit 2,326.1 2,344.3
Flint 191.1 193.2
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 618.7 632.5
Jackson 78.4 80.0
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 236.6 240.3
Lansing-East Lansing 247.7 251.0
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 200.1 203.0
Minnesota 2,683.6 2,791.0
Duluth-Superior 123.2 128.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,679.7 1,755.6
Rochester 73.7 76.4
St. Cloud 98.7 103.6
Mississippi 1,324.6 1,314.6
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 180.3 178.2
Hattiesburg 53.4 53.3
Jackson 232.3 230.2
Missouri 2,882.1 2,955.1
Columbia 84.5 84.5
Joplin 82.4 80.5
Kansas City 981.8 1,039.6
St. Joseph 50.9 50.7
St. Louis LMA 1,335.3 1,375.2
Springfield 171.2 179.3
Montana 477.2 470.5
Billings 73.2 73.2
Great Falls 37.3 36.0
Missoula 55.4 54.2
Nebraska 905.2 942.9
Lincoln 142.4 149.5
Omaha 387.5 403.2
Nevada 958.8 1,004.3
Las Vegas 744.6 787.5
Reno 172.8 179.4
New Hampshire 676.1 695.3
Manchester 108.3 111.8
Nashua 107.2 111.6
Portsmouth-Rochester 127.2 132.4
New Jersey 4,145.1 4,225.4
Atlantic-Cape May 161.8 165.3
Bergen-Passaic 663.1 667.4
Jersey City 277.3 286.8
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 652.3 662.0
Monmouth-Ocean 509.2 523.5
Newark 1,014.0 1,040.0
Trenton 172.5 180.2
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 63.7 64.3
New Mexico 821.3 848.3
Albuquerque 363.1 376.8
Las Cruces 70.5 74.3
Santa Fe 74.4 75.8
New York 8,877.9 8,902.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 441.5 448.3
Binghamton 122.1 124.5
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 551.0 554.0
Dutchess County 118.3 121.0
Elmira 42.4 42.8
Glens Falls 56.6 56.7
Jamestown 64.5 64.2
Nassau-Suffolk 1,373.8 1,408.3
New York 4,205.5 4,174.7
New York City 3,575.9 3,532.6
Newburgh 172.1 177.1
Rochester 557.6 559.3
Syracuse 354.7 357.2
Utica-Rome 141.1 141.2
North Carolina 3,912.0 3,977.2
Asheville 110.4 111.5
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 790.4 823.7
Fayetteville 119.9 118.0
Goldsboro 48.5 49.0
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 642.3 655.6
Greenville 66.0 67.2
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 174.6 177.4
Jacksonville 47.5 47.3
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 643.0 657.1
Rocky Mount 65.6 65.2
Wilmington 116.2 115.9
North Dakota 330.5 335.4
Bismarck 51.8 53.8
Fargo-Moorhead 100.9 102.4
Grand Forks 51.5 53.4
Ohio 5,672.8 5,818.8
Akron 359.8 368.8
Canton-Massillon 200.0 206.6
Cincinnati 840.4 858.3
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 1,104.6 1,127.5
Columbus 833.5 861.3
Dayton-Springfield 462.5 473.1
Hamilton-Middletown 186.9 191.5
Lima 75.8 78.7
Mansfield 81.1 82.6
Steubenville-Weirton 54.8 54.4
Toledo 316.2 323.9
Youngstown-Warren 273.5 276.2
Oklahoma 1,641.0 1,642.5
Enid 26.6 25.3
Lawton 40.9 39.7
Oklahoma City 548.7 554.8
Tulsa 415.6 414.6
Oregon 1,796.8 1,777.9
Corvallis 40.2 39.8
Eugene-Springfield 168.4 166.0
Medford-Ashland 91.1 90.3
Portland-Vancouver 1,063.9 1,068.1
Salem 173.1 170.8
Pennsylvania 5,903.6 6,044.0
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 313.2 322.7
Altoona 62.0 64.1
Erie 138.6 143.0
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 341.8 350.5
Johnstown 101.6 102.9
Lancaster 242.4 248.6
Philadelphia 2,476.7 2,515.6
Pittsburgh 1,140.4 1,167.8
Reading 181.7 185.4
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 304.6 311.9
Sharon 57.9 58.1
State College 64.7 66.4
Williamsport 56.3 57.9
York 193.7 198.1
Rhode Island 500.4 507.3
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 571.3 580.9
South Carolina 1,955.8 2,008.5
Charleston-North Charleston 273.5 289.1
Columbia 283.3 286.5
Florence 63.3 63.1
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 489.2 509.4
Myrtle Beach 102.9 104.8
Sumter 47.1 47.9
South Dakota 393.6 399.6
Rapid City 46.4 47.6
Sioux Falls 103.5 105.4
Tennessee 2,755.4 2,840.8
Chattanooga 227.4 233.5
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 86.0 89.0
Jackson 58.5 60.7
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 219.6 224.8
Knoxville 344.2 355.6
Memphis 550.7 569.3
Nashville 649.6 679.5
Texas 10,196.5 10,454.0
Abilene 57.8 57.2
Amarillo 111.4 112.5
Austin-San Marcos 725.7 760.0
Beaumont-Port Arthur 180.1 178.8
Brazoria 106.1 106.2
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 129.6 131.9
Bryan-College Station 77.4 79.1
Corpus Christi 173.1 171.4
Dallas 1,928.2 2,015.3
El Paso 282.3 282.7
Fort Worth-Arlington 902.4 935.9
Galveston-Texas City 117.9 116.1
Houston 2,129.3 2,174.3
Killeen-Temple 114.4 117.3
Laredo 73.8 76.3
Longview-Marshall 102.1 101.1
Lubbock 122.7 125.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 206.4 214.1
Odessa-Midland 116.1 117.1
San Angelo 49.5 49.4
San Antonio 761.9 785.7
Sherman-Denison 50.2 49.9
Texarkana 54.9 55.7
Tyler 90.1 91.8
Victoria 42.3 43.4
Waco 100.9 101.5
Wichita Falls 62.8 62.6
Utah 1,074.4 1,115.6
Provo-Orem 165.7 174.0
Salt Lake City-Ogden 686.5 713.7
Vermont 328.3 343.5
Burlington 99.3 106.0
Virginia 3,547.7 3,691.9
Charlottesville 77.5 80.7
Danville 55.5 57.2
Lynchburg 105.2 107.4
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 731.6 749.5
Richmond-Petersburg 512.0 534.9
Roanoke 126.4 130.3
Washington 3,019.1 3,092.2
Bellingham 81.9 81.8
Bremerton 93.9 93.6
Olympia 100.4 100.8
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 89.5 94.0
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1,390.0 1,433.1
Spokane 207.8 212.9
Tacoma 332.6 336.7
Yakima 104.3 108.0
West Virginia 820.6 804.9
Charleston 136.4 134.8
Huntington-Ashland 138.4 138.5
Parkersburg-Marietta 76.2 77.6
Wheeling 72.9 73.0
Wisconsin 2,861.8 3,027.4
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 217.4 231.1
Eau Claire 82.1 84.5
Green Bay 131.4 141.8
Janesville-Beloit 77.3 81.8
Kenosha 79.8 85.8
La Crosse 70.4 74.8
Madison 255.9 274.0
Milwaukee-Waukesha 783.6 827.6
Racine 89.4 94.1
Sheboygan 60.5 65.5
Wausau 73.4 76.2
Wyoming 265.1 265.4
Casper 34.3 35.3
Cheyenne 41.2 41.7
Puerto Rico 1,325.4 1,283.8
Aguadilla 46.3 45.3
Arecibo 53.9 50.5
Caguas 124.8 117.6
Mayaguez 92.3 88.0
Ponce 110.9 109.6
San Juan-Bayamon 733.2 715.5
Unemployed
Number
February
State and area 2000 2001
Alabama 104.5 111.4
Anniston 3.5 2.9
Auburn-Opelika 1.6 1.6
Birmingham 14.9 15.1
Decatur 3.8 3.9
Dothan 3.3 3.1
Florence 4.3 5.2
Gadsden 2.5 4.8
Huntsville 5.2 6.2
Mobile 14.2 13.4
Montgomery 6.0 5.8
Tuscaloosa 2.3 2.4
Alaska 28.1 24.1
Anchorage 8.6 7.2
Arizona 85.1 89.2
Flagstaff 4.0 4.3
Phoenix-Mesa 42.9 45.7
Tucson 12.2 11.9
Yuma 8.8 9.6
Arkansas 64.8 63.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 3.7 3.2
Fort Smith 4.0 4.4
Jonesboro 1.6 1.8
Little Rock-North Little Rock 11.4 10.3
Pine Bluff 2.9 2.9
California 900.6 844.4
Bakersfield 35.3 35.1
Chico-Paradise 7.1 6.9
Fresno 68.0 69.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach 264.7 232.1
Merced 15.2 14.9
Modesto 24.2 23.8
Oakland 37.0 34.3
Orange County 38.1 36.7
Redding 6.5 6.1
Riverside-San Bernardino 73.0 71.5
Sacramento 35.0 32.2
Salinas 30.1 28.1
San Diego 40.6 37.8
San Francisco 20.3 23.9
San Jose 23.8 18.2
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 3.7 3.6
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 9.2 8.2
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 12.1 11.3
Santa Rosa 7.5 6.5
Stockton-Lodi 26.3 25.4
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 11.3 9.8
Ventura 17.0 16.2
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 29.0 30.2
Yolo 5.4 4.9
Yuba City 9.2 8.7
Colorado 62.0 61.5
Boulder-Longmont 4.3 4.2
Colorado Springs 8.0 7.9
Denver 25.9 26.4
Fort Collins-Loveland 4.3 4.0
Grand Junction 2.4 2.2
Greeley 2.9 3.0
Pueblo 2.5 2.5
Connecticut 56.4 43.5
Bridgeport 8.5 6.6
Danbury 2.5 2.1
Hartford 20.5 15.3
New Haven-Meriden 8.7 7.0
New London-Norwich 5.3 3.8
Stamford-Norwalk 4.1 3.4
Waterbury 4.9 3.9
Delaware 18.6 17.8
Dover 3.5 3.0
Wilmington-Newark 13.1 15.1
District of Columbia 16.6 17.1
Washington 67.2 67.3
Florida 252.7 276.6
Daytona Beach 5.2 6.5
Fort Lauderdale 28.1 29.7
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 4.4 4.7
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 6.7 6.7
Fort Walton Beach 3.3 2.7
Gainesville 2.0 2.3
Jacksonville 16.3 18.9
Lakeland-Winter Haven 7.4 9.1
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 7.1 6.7
Miami 52.7 58.1
Naples 2.4 2.6
Ocala 3.5 4.5
Orlando 21.4 24.3
Panama City 4.7 4.2
Pensacola 6.8 8.2
Punta Gorda 1.4 1.3
Sarasota-Bradenton 5.5 6.7
Tallahassee 3.6 3.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 32.3 35.7
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 20.0 20.9
Georgia 158.3 149.8
Albany 3.6 3.1
Athens 1.8 2.1
Atlanta 70.2 69.8
Augusta-Aiken 10.6 8.0
Columbus 6.8 5.2
Macon 6.4 5.2
Savannah 5.0 4.0
Hawaii 27.0 25.7
Honolulu 17.2 15.7
Idaho 41.0 39.0
Boise City 9.4 8.7
Pocatello 2.5 2.0
Illinois 306.4 346.0
Bloomington-Normal 2.9 2.8
Champaign-Urbana 2.7 3.1
Chicago 191.2 216.1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 10.5 9.9
Decatur 3.2 3.8
Kankakee 3.2 3.6
Peoria-Pekin 8.5 9.6
Rockford 10.6 13.0
Springfield 4.5 4.8
Indiana 126.6 105.9
Bloomington 1.8 1.5
Elkhart-Goshen 2.5 3.6
Evansville-Henderson 6.4 5.1
Fort Wayne 9.6 10.1
Gary 16.3 11.7
Indianapolis 26.6 20.7
Kokomo 1.7 2.0
Lafayette 2.9 2.1
Muncie 2.9 3.0
South Bend 5.7 4.6
Terre Haute 4.2 3.6
Iowa 53.0 51.3
Cedar Rapids 2.8 2.5
Des Moines 6.6 6.5
Dubuque 1.7 2.2
Iowa City 1.6 1.4
Sioux City 2.0 1.9
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 2.6 2.3
Kansas 53.5 58.5
Lawrence 2.3 2.3
Topeka 3.6 3.9
Wichita 12.2 10.7
Kentucky 95.5 91.2
Lexington 6.0 6.2
Louisville 21.1 18.3
Owensboro 2.7 2.5
Louisiana 107.4 114.1
Alexandria 3.0 3.5
Baton Rouge 12.8 15.1
Houma 4.3 3.8
Lafayette 9.6 8.9
Lake Charles 4.5 4.7
Monroe 2.8 3.9
New Orleans 27.8 28.2
Shreveport-Bossier City 9.2 10.2
Maine 35.0 25.8
Bangor 1.9 1.4
Lewiston-Auburn 2.5 1.9
Portland 3.6 2.5
Maryland 116.3 116.9
Baltimore 58.8 58.4
Cumberland 4.3 4.5
Hagerstown 3.0 3.6
Massachusetts 106.3 101.6
Barnstable-Yarmouth 3.7 3.6
Boston 47.3 44.9
Brockton 4.7 4.7
Fitchburg-Leominster 2.7 2.8
Lawrence 8.8 7.6
Lowell 5.4 4.7
New Bedford 5.6 5.2
Pittsfield 1.7 1.7
Springfield 10.3 10.4
Worcester 8.1 7.7
Michigan 197.0 271.4
Ann Arbor 6.8 8.9
Benton Harbor 3.4 5.0
Detroit 74.7 107.3
Flint 10.3 13.9
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 19.8 28.5
Jackson 2.8 3.8
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 8.8 11.6
Lansing-East Lansing 6.9 8.6
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 9.0 11.6
Minnesota 103.9 103.1
Duluth-Superior 6.5 7.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul 46.0 47.5
Rochester 2.3 1.8
St. Cloud 4.2 5.0
Mississippi 77.6 66.8
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 9.9 6.7
Hattiesburg 1.8 1.4
Jackson 8.4 8.1
Missouri 107.4 123.7
Columbia 1.0 1.2
Joplin 2.5 2.9
Kansas City 32.7 36.2
St. Joseph 2.0 2.3
St. Louis LMA 49.2 57.2
Springfield 4.4 5.2
Montana 29.8 26.4
Billings 3.4 2.8
Great Falls 2.4 2.1
Missoula 2.5 2.3
Nebraska 31.1 30.7
Lincoln 4.3 4.0
Omaha 12.1 12.7
Nevada 39.1 45.1
Las Vegas 29.7 34.3
Reno 6.1 7.2
New Hampshire 23.2 17.5
Manchester 3.4 2.4
Nashua 3.6 2.8
Portsmouth-Rochester 3.6 2.9
New Jersey 172.9 165.9
Atlantic-Cape May 14.3 12.7
Bergen-Passaic 26.7 25.9
Jersey City 16.2 15.6
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 18.2 18.0
Monmouth-Ocean 21.8 20.4
Newark 39.6 38.9
Trenton 5.6 5.5
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 5.3 5.3
New Mexico 36.7 44.6
Albuquerque 10.3 12.3
Las Cruces 4.6 6.0
Santa Fe 1.6 2.0
New York 466.6 432.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 18.8 16.8
Binghamton 5.6 5.2
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 31.8 32.4
Dutchess County 4.5 4.0
Elmira 2.2 2.1
Glens Falls 3.6 3.1
Jamestown 3.8 4.0
Nassau-Suffolk 46.1 43.0
New York 242.2 221.2
New York City 220.8 200.8
Newburgh 6.3 6.5
Rochester 27.1 25.6
Syracuse 18.4 18.1
Utica-Rome 7.2 7.5
North Carolina 152.2 193.0
Asheville 3.5 4.3
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 24.2 33.0
Fayetteville 5.5 6.3
Goldsboro 2.0 2.4
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 20.1 25.7
Greenville 3.1 3.7
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 3.9 9.5
Jacksonville 1.8 2.3
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 12.2 15.0
Rocky Mount 4.6 4.4
Wilmington 4.9 5.1
North Dakota 11.9 9.8
Bismarck 1.7 1.4
Fargo-Moorhead 2.5 2.3
Grand Forks 2.1 1.8
Ohio 274.7 253.2
Akron 17.8 15.7
Canton-Massillon 10.5 9.3
Cincinnati 31.9 29.9
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 56.6 49.1
Columbus 24.2 22.6
Dayton-Springfield 19.5 19.6
Hamilton-Middletown 6.3 6.1
Lima 3.5 3.8
Mansfield 5.5 4.4
Steubenville-Weirton 2.8 2.8
Toledo 15.3 16.2
Youngstown-Warren 17.0 17.7
Oklahoma 57.4 52.1
Enid 1.0 0.7
Lawton 1.6 1.1
Oklahoma City 14.2 18.7
Tulsa 14.0 10.4
Oregon 109.3 104.6
Corvallis 1.2 1.1
Eugene-Springfield 9.9 10.3
Medford-Ashland 6.8 6.1
Portland-Vancouver 48.0 47.8
Salem 11.7 10.1
Pennsylvania 281.0 310.5
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 13.8 14.1
Altoona 3.3 4.5
Erie 7.9 9.0
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 11.1 12.4
Johnstown 7.6 8.7
Lancaster 6.8 8.9
Philadelphia 104.7 108.9
Pittsburgh 53.9 57.5
Reading 7.8 9.2
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 18.3 19.1
Sharon 3.3 3.5
State College 2.0 2.3
Williamsport 3.4 3.9
York 7.4 8.4
Rhode Island 27.8 24.0
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 31.7 27.9
South Carolina 90.0 80.9
Charleston-North Charleston 9.6 7.5
Columbia 7.4 6.4
Florence 3.4 3.0
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 16.3 17.9
Myrtle Beach 6.2 4.8
Sumter 2.5 2.4
South Dakota 11.4 10.8
Rapid City 1.3 1.2
Sioux Falls 1.9 2.0
Tennessee 110.9 125.1
Chattanooga 6.8 6.6
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 3.0 4.0
Jackson 2.0 2.5
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 9.4 9.5
Knoxville 13.3 13.9
Memphis 19.8 20.7
Nashville 17.1 21.3
Texas 467.3 399.4
Abilene 2.2 2.0
Amarillo 4.3 3.0
Austin-San Marcos 15.2 16.8
Beaumont-Port Arthur 14.2 11.6
Brazoria 7.1 5.2
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 13.4 10.5
Bryan-College Station 1.2 1.1
Corpus Christi 11.5 8.5
Dallas 60.8 59.7
El Paso 25.1 20.6
Fort Worth-Arlington 28.9 28.1
Galveston-Texas City 7.0 5.4
Houston 95.3 72.0
Killeen-Temple 4.0 4.1
Laredo 6.0 5.3
Longview-Marshall 6.5 4.7
Lubbock 3.2 2.8
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 32.1 29.5
Odessa-Midland 7.7 4.7
San Angelo 1.7 1.2
San Antonio 27.0 24.3
Sherman-Denison 2.0 1.7
Texarkana 3.1 2.2
Tyler 3.2 2.9
Victoria 1.5 1.5
Waco 3.2 3.3
Wichita Falls 3.0 1.9
Utah 40.0 42.1
Provo-Orem 5.0 5.3
Salt Lake City-Ogden 23.7 25.7
Vermont 13.4 13.1
Burlington 2.5 2.6
Virginia 86.5 89.1
Charlottesville 0.9 1.1
Danville 2.4 3.0
Lynchburg 1.9 2.9
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 20.1 20.2
Richmond-Petersburg 9.6 10.4
Roanoke 2.0 2.5
Washington 183.0 196.5
Bellingham 5.0 5.8
Bremerton 5.9 5.7
Olympia 5.5 5.9
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 8.0 8.0
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 56.7 62.2
Spokane 15.1 16.0
Tacoma 18.8 20.6
Yakima 15.1 16.1
West Virginia 54.7 51.2
Charleston 6.5 6.4
Huntington-Ashland 9.0 8.2
Parkersburg-Marietta 4.6 3.9
Wheeling 4.6 4.1
Wisconsin 122.3 154.8
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 6.7 8.9
Eau Claire 3.9 5.1
Green Bay 4.2 5.6
Janesville-Beloit 4.2 6.0
Kenosha 3.4 4.2
La Crosse 3.3 3.4
Madison 5.3 6.3
Milwaukee-Waukesha 30.4 36.1
Racine 4.8 5.9
Sheboygan 1.5 2.4
Wausau 3.2 4.5
Wyoming 13.8 12.0
Casper 1.9 1.6
Cheyenne 1.5 1.7
Puerto Rico 136.9 148.3
Aguadilla 7.2 8.3
Arecibo 6.9 6.5
Caguas 12.1 12.4
Mayaguez 12.2 11.8
Ponce 15.1 16.4
San Juan-Bayamon 59.4 66.3
Unemployed
Number
March
State and area 2000 2001(p)
Alabama 85.2 105.5
Anniston 2.3 2.8
Auburn-Opelika 1.4 1.5
Birmingham 12.5 14.7
Decatur 3.0 3.3
Dothan 2.6 2.9
Florence 3.3 4.4
Gadsden 2.0 4.3
Huntsville 4.3 5.2
Mobile 11.7 14.1
Montgomery 5.2 5.8
Tuscaloosa 2.1 2.2
Alaska 25.0 21.6
Anchorage 7.8 6.5
Arizona 78.9 89.7
Flagstaff 3.3 4.0
Phoenix-Mesa 40.1 47.4
Tucson 10.4 11.9
Yuma 9.4 9.3
Arkansas 60.5 55.9
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 3.5 2.8
Fort Smith 3.8 4.5
Jonesboro 1.6 1.6
Little Rock-North Little Rock 10.9 9.4
Pine Bluff 2.8 2.8
California 876.7 834.8
Bakersfield 38.6 36.8
Chico-Paradise 6.9 6.8
Fresno 72.5 70.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach 247.2 227.6
Merced 15.1 14.5
Modesto 24.3 23.9
Oakland 35.5 35.0
Orange County 37.1 36.3
Redding 6.2 5.8
Riverside-San Bernardino 71.1 69.2
Sacramento 33.9 30.9
Salinas 26.6 25.1
San Diego 40.0 36.9
San Francisco 19.5 24.7
San Jose 22.0 21.9
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 3.7 3.4
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 9.0 8.4
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 11.3 10.7
Santa Rosa 7.2 6.4
Stockton-Lodi 25.2 24.5
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 11.2 9.5
Ventura 15.9 14.7
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 32.2 31.2
Yolo 5.0 4.6
Yuba City 9.3 8.7
Colorado 62.4 65.2
Boulder-Longmont 4.4 4.5
Colorado Springs 8.4 8.7
Denver 26.1 28.6
Fort Collins-Loveland 4.3 4.1
Grand Junction 2.2 2.1
Greeley 2.8 3.1
Pueblo 2.5 2.6
Connecticut 45.1 35.6
Bridgeport 7.1 5.3
Danbury 2.0 1.7
Hartford 16.1 12.6
New Haven-Meriden 7.1 5.8
New London-Norwich 4.1 3.0
Stamford-Norwalk 3.3 2.7
Waterbury 3.8 3.3
Delaware 16.6 14.4
Dover 3.0 2.9
Wilmington-Newark 11.4 10.2
District of Columbia 15.3 16.3
Washington 60.3 63.3
Florida 249.5 274.2
Daytona Beach 5.1 6.4
Fort Lauderdale 28.2 29.5
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 4.4 4.4
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 6.2 6.2
Fort Walton Beach 3.1 2.4
Gainesville 2.0 2.4
Jacksonville 16.4 19.1
Lakeland-Winter Haven 7.3 9.2
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 6.9 6.6
Miami 53.5 58.7
Naples 2.3 2.4
Ocala 3.4 4.2
Orlando 21.7 24.0
Panama City 3.7 3.5
Pensacola 6.8 7.7
Punta Gorda 1.3 1.4
Sarasota-Bradenton 4.9 6.5
Tallahassee 3.6 3.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 31.6 36.7
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 20.2 20.3
Georgia 160.2 155.0
Albany 3.2 3.1
Athens 1.7 2.4
Atlanta 68.5 69.6
Augusta-Aiken 9.4 8.2
Columbus 6.0 5.2
Macon 11.0 5.6
Savannah 4.8 4.2
Hawaii 24.7 24.1
Honolulu 15.5 15.0
Idaho 37.5 37.4
Boise City 8.5 8.2
Pocatello 2.3 1.9
Illinois 283.9 351.8
Bloomington-Normal 2.4 2.7
Champaign-Urbana 2.5 3.0
Chicago 182.2 225.0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 8.2 10.1
Decatur 3.0 3.9
Kankakee 2.7 3.5
Peoria-Pekin 7.3 10.0
Rockford 9.6 13.2
Springfield 3.9 4.7
Indiana 120.1 108.1
Bloomington 1.5 1.2
Elkhart-Goshen 2.6 3.9
Evansville-Henderson 6.1 5.0
Fort Wayne 9.5 9.9
Gary 15.5 12.2
Indianapolis 26.1 21.9
Kokomo 1.6 2.9
Lafayette 2.7 2.3
Muncie 2.5 2.6
South Bend 5.5 4.8
Terre Haute 3.9 3.4
Iowa 49.4 53.7
Cedar Rapids 2.5 2.7
Des Moines 6.0 7.0
Dubuque 1.6 2.2
Iowa City 1.5 1.5
Sioux City 2.0 2.0
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 2.7 2.5
Kansas 51.6 53.9
Lawrence 2.2 2.2
Topeka 3.3 3.4
Wichita 11.8 9.8
Kentucky 82.6 84.9
Lexington 5.3 6.5
Louisville 18.7 17.8
Owensboro 2.4 2.2
Louisiana 105.4 110.0
Alexandria 3.0 3.3
Baton Rouge 12.4 14.3
Houma 4.3 3.5
Lafayette 9.4 8.4
Lake Charles 4.4 4.2
Monroe 2.7 3.9
New Orleans 27.7 26.8
Shreveport-Bossier City 9.2 10.6
Maine 33.4 22.6
Bangor 1.8 1.3
Lewiston-Auburn 2.3 1.7
Portland 3.3 2.2
Maryland 101.3 101.1
Baltimore 53.1 52.0
Cumberland 3.2 3.6
Hagerstown 2.2 2.8
Massachusetts 95.9 115.7
Barnstable-Yarmouth 3.2 3.7
Boston 43.2 51.7
Brockton 4.2 5.3
Fitchburg-Leominster 2.5 3.2
Lawrence 8.3 8.9
Lowell 4.9 5.6
New Bedford 4.6 5.9
Pittsfield 1.6 1.9
Springfield 9.4 11.8
Worcester 7.3 9.0
Michigan 195.1 270.5
Ann Arbor 6.5 8.9
Benton Harbor 3.3 4.6
Detroit 74.5 107.6
Flint 10.3 13.7
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 19.2 28.6
Jackson 2.6 3.9
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 8.4 11.3
Lansing-East Lansing 6.5 8.6
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 9.0 12.1
Minnesota 99.6 105.5
Duluth-Superior 6.8 7.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul 44.3 49.7
Rochester 2.3 1.9
St. Cloud 4.0 5.0
Mississippi 79.3 73.5
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 10.4 7.1
Hattiesburg 2.0 1.6
Jackson 9.1 8.6
Missouri 103.4 114.0
Columbia 1.0 1.2
Joplin 2.6 3.1
Kansas City 33.7 35.6
St. Joseph 2.0 2.3
St. Louis LMA 47.8 52.6
Springfield 4.2 5.1
Montana 28.1 25.2
Billings 3.3 2.7
Great Falls 2.2 1.9
Missoula 2.2 2.3
Nebraska 27.2 28.9
Lincoln 3.7 3.9
Omaha 10.8 12.3
Nevada 36.3 43.9
Las Vegas 28.2 34.0
Reno 5.4 6.8
New Hampshire 22.6 20.6
Manchester 3.3 2.9
Nashua 3.6 3.3
Portsmouth-Rochester 3.3 3.4
New Jersey 156.6 168.6
Atlantic-Cape May 12.4 12.3
Bergen-Passaic 24.8 27.2
Jersey City 15.4 16.3
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 16.5 18.7
Monmouth-Ocean 18.5 19.9
Newark 37.0 40.5
Trenton 5.2 5.6
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 4.8 5.2
New Mexico 37.0 45.6
Albuquerque 10.5 13.0
Las Cruces 4.7 6.3
Santa Fe 1.8 2.1
New York 441.0 388.8
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 17.0 14.5
Binghamton 5.0 4.4
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28.6 27.3
Dutchess County 4.0 3.5
Elmira 2.3 2.0
Glens Falls 3.2 2.6
Jamestown 3.4 3.1
Nassau-Suffolk 39.1 36.3
New York 241.4 208.7
New York City 222.5 191.2
Newburgh 5.7 5.5
Rochester 24.7 22.5
Syracuse 15.9 14.9
Utica-Rome 6.6 6.5
North Carolina 133.8 177.7
Asheville 3.1 3.5
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 22.3 31.3
Fayetteville 4.7 5.4
Goldsboro 1.8 2.3
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 16.7 27.2
Greenville 3.1 3.6
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 3.9 7.9
Jacksonville 1.6 1.9
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 10.8 14.1
Rocky Mount 3.8 4.0
Wilmington 4.2 4.0
North Dakota 12.8 9.7
Bismarck 1.7 1.4
Fargo-Moorhead 2.6 2.3
Grand Forks 2.1 1.9
Ohio 249.6 221.9
Akron 16.6 14.0
Canton-Massillon 9.7 8.2
Cincinnati 28.8 27.3
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 53.4 43.4
Columbus 22.3 20.2
Dayton-Springfield 17.3 17.2
Hamilton-Middletown 5.7 5.6
Lima 3.1 3.4
Mansfield 5.0 3.8
Steubenville-Weirton 2.5 2.6
Toledo 13.8 13.1
Youngstown-Warren 16.1 15.9
Oklahoma 52.5 51.2
Enid 0.9 0.6
Lawton 1.4 1.1
Oklahoma City 14.0 19.0
Tulsa 12.5 10.2
Oregon 104.2 96.2
Corvallis 1.1 1.0
Eugene-Springfield 9.6 9.8
Medford-Ashland 6.2 5.3
Portland-Vancouver 46.1 46.3
Salem 11.6 9.3
Pennsylvania 256.6 294.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 12.3 13.2
Altoona 3.1 3.6
Erie 7.4 8.7
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 9.9 12.0
Johnstown 6.6 7.9
Lancaster 6.0 7.8
Philadelphia 97.6 103.0
Pittsburgh 49.4 56.0
Reading 7.1 9.6
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 16.3 18.1
Sharon 3.1 3.4
State College 1.7 2.1
Williamsport 2.9 3.5
York 6.2 8.2
Rhode Island 22.7 21.6
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 26.2 26.5
South Carolina 66.7 74.2
Charleston-North Charleston 7.6 7.2
Columbia 6.1 6.5
Florence 2.7 2.7
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 11.8 15.2
Myrtle Beach 3.4 4.0
Sumter 2.0 2.3
South Dakota 10.6 11.0
Rapid City 1.1 1.1
Sioux Falls 1.7 1.9
Tennessee 103.6 117.6
Chattanooga 6.4 7.4
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 2.6 3.1
Jackson 2.0 2.5
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 8.6 9.3
Knoxville 11.6 12.6
Memphis 19.5 20.2
Nashville 16.4 21.1
Texas 440.4 415.5
Abilene 2.1 2.1
Amarillo 4.1 3.4
Austin-San Marcos 14.5 19.2
Beaumont-Port Arthur 14.0 12.3
Brazoria 6.6 5.4
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 12.4 10.2
Bryan-College Station 1.1 1.1
Corpus Christi 10.9 8.6
Dallas 58.1 65.5
El Paso 23.2 20.9
Fort Worth-Arlington 27.5 30.1
Galveston-Texas City 6.8 5.6
Houston 90.1 75.2
Killeen-Temple 3.7 4.7
Laredo 5.5 5.3
Longview-Marshall 5.9 4.8
Lubbock 3.7 3.5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 29.1 27.3
Odessa-Midland 7.2 4.8
San Angelo 1.6 1.3
San Antonio 25.2 25.2
Sherman-Denison 1.8 1.9
Texarkana 2.8 2.3
Tyler 3.0 2.9
Victoria 1.4 1.5
Waco 3.1 3.5
Wichita Falls 2.8 1.9
Utah 35.3 39.1
Provo-Orem 4.5 5.0
Salt Lake City-Ogden 21.2 24.1
Vermont 10.2 11.1
Burlington 2.0 2.2
Virginia 74.1 87.8
Charlottesville 0.9 1.1
Danville 2.7 3.5
Lynchburg 1.6 2.9
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 17.4 19.3
Richmond-Petersburg 8.7 11.0
Roanoke 1.8 2.5
Washington 167.1 186.7
Bellingham 5.0 5.4
Bremerton 5.5 5.4
Olympia 5.3 5.6
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 6.8 6.9
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 53.0 62.1
Spokane 13.0 14.8
Tacoma 17.9 20.2
Yakima 13.2 14.1
West Virginia 48.7 46.1
Charleston 6.0 5.7
Huntington-Ashland 8.9 7.9
Parkersburg-Marietta 4.0 3.6
Wheeling 4.1 3.5
Wisconsin 122.2 145.9
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 6.6 8.5
Eau Claire 4.2 4.4
Green Bay 4.1 5.2
Janesville-Beloit 3.9 4.8
Kenosha 3.2 4.0
La Crosse 3.0 3.3
Madison 5.1 6.0
Milwaukee-Waukesha 30.5 34.7
Racine 4.5 6.0
Sheboygan 1.5 2.2
Wausau 4.2 4.0
Wyoming 12.0 11.2
Casper 1.7 1.5
Cheyenne 1.2 1.4
Puerto Rico 137.3 137.8
Aguadilla 7.3 7.8
Arecibo 6.7 6.1
Caguas 11.9 11.2
Mayaguez 13.6 11.5
Ponce 14.8 14.9
San Juan-Bayamon 58.3 62.0
Unemployed
Percent of
labor force
February
State and area 2000 2001
Alabama 4.9 5.1
Anniston 6.5 5.4
Auburn-Opelika 3.2 3.2
Birmingham 3.2 3.1
Decatur 5.2 5.1
Dothan 5.0 4.6
Florence 6.5 7.6
Gadsden 5.2 9.6
Huntsville 3.0 3.4
Mobile 5.3 4.9
Montgomery 3.7 3.5
Tuscaloosa 2.8 2.8
Alaska 8.9 7.5
Anchorage 6.0 4.9
Arizona 3.7 3.7
Flagstaff 6.7 6.6
Phoenix-Mesa 2.8 2.8
Tucson 3.2 3.0
Yuma 15.1 15.7
Arkansas 5.4 5.1
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 2.6 2.1
Fort Smith 4.2 4.5
Jonesboro 3.9 4.1
Little Rock-North Little Rock 3.9 3.4
Pine Bluff 8.0 8.0
California 5.4 4.9
Bakersfield 12.5 12.3
Chico-Paradise 8.2 7.8
Fresno 15.6 15.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach 5.6 4.8
Merced 18.2 17.8
Modesto 12.0 11.7
Oakland 3.0 2.7
Orange County 2.5 2.4
Redding 8.9 8.2
Riverside-San Bernardino 4.9 4.7
Sacramento 4.4 3.9
Salinas 15.6 14.8
San Diego 2.9 2.7
San Francisco 2.1 2.4
San Jose 2.4 1.8
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 3.3 3.1
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 4.6 4.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 8.6 8.1
Santa Rosa 3.0 2.5
Stockton-Lodi 10.4 9.9
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 4.4 3.8
Ventura 4.2 3.9
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 17.3 17.8
Yolo 5.8 5.4
Yuba City 16.4 15.4
Colorado 2.8 2.7
Boulder-Longmont 2.4 2.2
Colorado Springs 3.2 3.1
Denver 2.3 2.3
Fort Collins-Loveland 3.1 2.8
Grand Junction 4.2 3.8
Greeley 3.5 3.4
Pueblo 4.4 4.3
Connecticut 3.3 2.5
Bridgeport 4.0 3.1
Danbury 2.3 1.9
Hartford 3.5 2.6
New Haven-Meriden 3.1 2.5
New London-Norwich 3.5 2.5
Stamford-Norwalk 2.1 1.7
Waterbury 4.3 3.4
Delaware 4.6 4.3
Dover 5.0 4.1
Wilmington-Newark 4.3 4.8
District of Columbia 6.0 6.2
Washington 2.6 2.4
Florida 3.5 3.6
Daytona Beach 2.8 3.3
Fort Lauderdale 3.7 3.7
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 2.4 2.5
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 5.3 5.1
Fort Walton Beach 4.1 3.4
Gainesville 2.0 2.1
Jacksonville 3.0 3.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven 3.7 4.4
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 3.5 3.2
Miami 5.1 5.4
Naples 2.4 2.5
Ocala 3.7 4.5
Orlando 2.4 2.7
Panama City 7.4 6.6
Pensacola 4.0 4.7
Punta Gorda 2.7 2.6
Sarasota-Bradenton 2.0 2.4
Tallahassee 2.4 2.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 2.7 2.8
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 3.9 3.9
Georgia 3.8 3.6
Albany 6.5 5.5
Athens 2.5 2.9
Atlanta 3.1 3.1
Augusta-Aiken 5.2 3.8
Columbus 5.4 4.1
Macon 4.2 3.4
Savannah 3.8 3.0
Hawaii 4.6 4.3
Honolulu 4.1 3.7
Idaho 6.4 5.9
Boise City 4.1 3.6
Pocatello 6.4 5.0
Illinois 4.8 5.5
Bloomington-Normal 3.1 3.1
Champaign-Urbana 2.7 3.1
Chicago 4.5 5.1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 5.6 5.3
Decatur 5.3 6.4
Kankakee 6.0 6.8
Peoria-Pekin 4.6 5.2
Rockford 5.3 6.4
Springfield 4.2 4.6
Indiana 4.2 3.5
Bloomington 2.9 2.4
Elkhart-Goshen 2.6 3.7
Evansville-Henderson 4.1 3.3
Fort Wayne 3.7 3.9
Gary 5.6 4.1
Indianapolis 3.2 2.4
Kokomo 3.6 4.2
Lafayette 3.3 2.4
Muncie 4.9 5.0
South Bend 4.3 3.5
Terre Haute 6.1 5.3
Iowa 3.4 3.3
Cedar Rapids 2.5 2.2
Des Moines 2.6 2.5
Dubuque 3.5 4.6
Iowa City 2.3 2.1
Sioux City 3.2 3.1
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 3.9 3.4
Kansas 3.9 4.1
Lawrence 4.1 4.1
Topeka 4.0 4.2
Wichita 4.4 3.7
Kentucky 4.9 4.6
Lexington 2.3 2.3
Louisville 3.8 3.2
Owensboro 5.4 5.0
Louisiana 5.4 5.6
Alexandria 5.1 5.8
Baton Rouge 4.2 4.9
Houma 4.8 4.1
Lafayette 5.7 5.2
Lake Charles 5.0 5.2
Monroe 4.0 5.3
New Orleans 4.6 4.7
Shreveport-Bossier City 5.1 5.5
Maine 5.2 3.8
Bangor 3.6 2.7
Lewiston-Auburn 4.5 3.4
Portland 2.7 1.8
Maryland 4.3 4.1
Baltimore 4.6 4.3
Cumberland 9.4 9.8
Hagerstown 4.5 5.2
Massachusetts 3.3 3.1
Barnstable-Yarmouth 5.5 5.0
Boston 2.7 2.4
Brockton 3.6 3.5
Fitchburg-Leominster 4.1 4.1
Lawrence 4.3 3.6
Lowell 3.2 2.6
New Bedford 7.1 6.4
Pittsfield 4.6 4.4
Springfield 3.8 3.7
Worcester 3.3 3.1
Michigan 3.8 5.2
Ann Arbor 2.2 2.8
Benton Harbor 4.0 5.8
Detroit 3.2 4.6
Flint 5.4 7.2
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 3.2 4.5
Jackson 3.6 4.8
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 3.8 4.9
Lansing-East Lansing 2.8 3.5
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 4.5 5.7
Minnesota 3.9 3.7
Duluth-Superior 5.3 5.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul 2.8 2.7
Rochester 3.2 2.4
St. Cloud 4.3 4.9
Mississippi 5.9 5.1
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 5.5 3.7
Hattiesburg 3.4 2.7
Jackson 3.6 3.5
Missouri 3.7 4.2
Columbia 1.2 1.4
Joplin 3.1 3.5
Kansas City 3.3 3.5
St. Joseph 4.0 4.5
St. Louis LMA 3.7 4.2
Springfield 2.6 2.9
Montana 6.3 5.6
Billings 4.7 3.9
Great Falls 6.3 5.7
Missoula 4.5 4.3
Nebraska 3.5 3.3
Lincoln 3.0 2.7
Omaha 3.1 3.2
Nevada 4.1 4.5
Las Vegas 4.0 4.3
Reno 3.5 4.0
New Hampshire 3.4 2.5
Manchester 3.2 2.1
Nashua 3.4 2.5
Portsmouth-Rochester 2.8 2.2
New Jersey 4.2 3.9
Atlantic-Cape May 8.9 7.7
Bergen-Passaic 4.0 3.9
Jersey City 5.8 5.5
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 2.8 2.7
Monmouth-Ocean 4.3 3.9
Newark 3.9 3.7
Trenton 3.2 3.1
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 8.2 8.3
New Mexico 4.5 5.3
Albuquerque 2.9 3.3
Las Cruces 6.6 8.2
Santa Fe 2.1 2.7
New York 5.3 4.8
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 4.3 3.7
Binghamton 4.6 4.1
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 5.7 5.8
Dutchess County 3.8 3.3
Elmira 5.2 4.9
Glens Falls 6.3 5.3
Jamestown 5.9 6.1
Nassau-Suffolk 3.4 3.1
New York 5.8 5.3
New York City 6.2 5.7
Newburgh 3.7 3.7
Rochester 4.8 4.5
Syracuse 5.2 5.0
Utica-Rome 5.1 5.2
North Carolina 3.9 4.9
Asheville 3.2 3.8
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 3.1 4.0
Fayetteville 4.5 5.3
Goldsboro 4.1 4.9
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 3.1 3.9
Greenville 4.7 5.6
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 2.2 5.3
Jacksonville 3.8 4.9
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 1.9 2.3
Rocky Mount 6.9 6.7
Wilmington 4.3 4.4
North Dakota 3.6 2.9
Bismarck 3.2 2.7
Fargo-Moorhead 2.5 2.3
Grand Forks 4.0 3.4
Ohio 4.9 4.4
Akron 4.9 4.3
Canton-Massillon 5.3 4.5
Cincinnati 3.8 3.5
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 5.1 4.4
Columbus 2.9 2.6
Dayton-Springfield 4.2 4.1
Hamilton-Middletown 3.4 3.2
Lima 4.7 4.8
Mansfield 6.8 5.4
Steubenville-Weirton 5.1 5.2
Toledo 4.9 5.0
Youngstown-Warren 6.2 6.4
Oklahoma 3.5 3.2
Enid 3.6 2.7
Lawton 4.0 2.9
Oklahoma City 2.6 3.4
Tulsa 3.4 2.5
Oregon 6.1 5.9
Corvallis 2.9 2.8
Eugene-Springfield 5.9 6.3
Medford-Ashland 7.5 6.8
Portland-Vancouver 4.5 4.5
Salem 6.8 6.0
Pennsylvania 4.8 5.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 4.4 4.4
Altoona 5.4 6.9
Erie 5.7 6.3
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 3.3 3.6
Johnstown 7.4 8.4
Lancaster 2.8 3.6
Philadelphia 4.2 4.3
Pittsburgh 4.7 5.0
Reading 4.3 5.0
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 6.0 6.1
Sharon 5.7 6.0
State College 3.0 3.4
Williamsport 6.1 6.8
York 3.8 4.3
Rhode Island 5.6 4.7
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 5.5 4.8
South Carolina 4.6 4.0
Charleston-North Charleston 3.5 2.6
Columbia 2.6 2.3
Florence 5.4 4.7
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 3.4 3.5
Myrtle Beach 6.2 4.7
Sumter 5.4 5.0
South Dakota 2.9 2.7
Rapid City 2.7 2.5
Sioux Falls 1.9 1.9
Tennessee 4.0 4.4
Chattanooga 3.0 2.8
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 3.4 4.4
Jackson 3.4 4.2
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 4.3 4.3
Knoxville 3.9 3.9
Memphis 3.6 3.6
Nashville 2.6 3.2
Texas 4.6 3.8
Abilene 3.8 3.5
Amarillo 3.8 2.7
Austin-San Marcos 2.1 2.2
Beaumont-Port Arthur 8.0 6.5
Brazoria 6.7 4.9
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 10.4 8.0
Bryan-College Station 1.6 1.4
Corpus Christi 6.7 5.0
Dallas 3.2 3.0
El Paso 8.8 7.3
Fort Worth-Arlington 3.2 3.0
Galveston-Texas City 5.9 4.7
Houston 4.5 3.3
Killeen-Temple 3.5 3.5
Laredo 8.2 7.0
Longview-Marshall 6.3 4.6
Lubbock 2.7 2.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 15.6 13.8
Odessa-Midland 6.6 4.0
San Angelo 3.4 2.5
San Antonio 3.5 3.1
Sherman-Denison 3.9 3.5
Texarkana 5.6 4.0
Tyler 3.6 3.2
Victoria 3.6 3.3
Waco 3.2 3.3
Wichita Falls 4.9 3.0
Utah 3.7 3.8
Provo-Orem 3.0 3.0
Salt Lake City-Ogden 3.4 3.6
Vermont 4.1 3.8
Burlington 2.5 2.5
Virginia 2.5 2.4
Charlottesville 1.2 1.3
Danville 4.4 5.3
Lynchburg 1.8 2.8
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 2.8 2.7
Richmond-Petersburg 1.9 2.0
Roanoke 1.6 2.0
Washington 6.0 6.4
Bellingham 6.2 7.1
Bremerton 6.3 6.1
Olympia 5.5 5.9
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 8.9 8.5
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 4.1 4.3
Spokane 7.2 7.5
Tacoma 5.7 6.1
Yakima 14.5 15.0
West Virginia 6.7 6.4
Charleston 4.8 4.7
Huntington-Ashland 6.6 6.0
Parkersburg-Marietta 6.0 5.0
Wheeling 6.3 5.7
Wisconsin 4.3 5.1
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 3.1 3.8
Eau Claire 4.8 5.9
Green Bay 3.2 3.9
Janesville-Beloit 5.4 7.4
Kenosha 4.2 4.9
La Crosse 4.7 4.5
Madison 2.1 2.3
Milwaukee-Waukesha 3.9 4.4
Racine 5.4 6.3
Sheboygan 2.5 3.6
Wausau 4.5 5.9
Wyoming 5.3 4.6
Casper 5.6 4.5
Cheyenne 3.8 4.0
Puerto Rico 10.5 11.4
Aguadilla 15.8 18.2
Arecibo 13.0 12.6
Caguas 9.8 10.4
Mayaguez 13.5 13.3
Ponce 13.7 14.7
San Juan-Bayamon 8.2 9.2
Unemployed
Percent of
labor force
March
State and area 2000 2001(p)
Alabama 4.0 4.8
Anniston 4.4 5.3
Auburn-Opelika 2.8 3.1
Birmingham 2.7 3.1
Decatur 4.1 4.4
Dothan 4.0 4.4
Florence 5.1 6.6
Gadsden 4.1 8.5
Huntsville 2.5 2.9
Mobile 4.4 5.1
Montgomery 3.2 3.5
Tuscaloosa 2.5 2.6
Alaska 8.0 6.7
Anchorage 5.5 4.5
Arizona 3.4 3.7
Flagstaff 5.4 6.3
Phoenix-Mesa 2.6 2.9
Tucson 2.7 3.0
Yuma 16.3 15.3
Arkansas 4.9 4.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 2.4 1.8
Fort Smith 3.9 4.5
Jonesboro 3.8 3.6
Little Rock-North Little Rock 3.7 3.1
Pine Bluff 7.8 7.6
California 5.2 4.8
Bakersfield 13.6 12.9
Chico-Paradise 8.0 7.6
Fresno 16.7 16.2
Los Angeles-Long Beach 5.3 4.7
Merced 17.8 17.1
Modesto 12.0 11.7
Oakland 2.9 2.8
Orange County 2.5 2.4
Redding 8.4 7.7
Riverside-San Bernardino 4.7 4.5
Sacramento 4.2 3.7
Salinas 13.7 13.0
San Diego 2.9 2.6
San Francisco 2.0 2.5
San Jose 2.2 2.2
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles 3.3 3.0
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 4.5 4.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 8.0 7.6
Santa Rosa 2.8 2.5
Stockton-Lodi 9.9 9.4
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa 4.3 3.6
Ventura 3.9 3.6
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville 19.1 18.5
Yolo 5.3 5.0
Yuba City 16.3 15.2
Colorado 2.8 2.8
Boulder-Longmont 2.5 2.4
Colorado Springs 3.3 3.4
Denver 2.3 2.5
Fort Collins-Loveland 3.1 2.9
Grand Junction 3.9 3.7
Greeley 3.4 3.5
Pueblo 4.2 4.5
Connecticut 2.6 2.1
Bridgeport 3.3 2.5
Danbury 1.8 1.5
Hartford 2.7 2.1
New Haven-Meriden 2.5 2.1
New London-Norwich 2.6 2.0
Stamford-Norwalk 1.7 1.4
Waterbury 3.3 2.8
Delaware 4.1 3.5
Dover 4.3 3.9
Wilmington-Newark 3.7 3.3
District of Columbia 5.5 5.9
Washington 2.3 2.3
Florida 3.4 3.6
Daytona Beach 2.7 3.3
Fort Lauderdale 3.7 3.7
Fort Myers-Cape Coral 2.5 2.4
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 4.9 4.7
Fort Walton Beach 3.8 2.9
Gainesville 1.9 2.3
Jacksonville 3.0 3.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven 3.6 4.3
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 3.4 3.1
Miami 5.2 5.4
Naples 2.3 2.3
Ocala 3.5 4.2
Orlando 2.5 2.6
Panama City 5.8 5.4
Pensacola 4.0 4.3
Punta Gorda 2.5 2.6
Sarasota-Bradenton 1.8 2.3
Tallahassee 2.4 2.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 2.6 2.9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 3.9 3.8
Georgia 3.9 3.7
Albany 5.7 5.5
Athens 2.3 3.2
Atlanta 3.1 3.1
Augusta-Aiken 4.6 3.9
Columbus 4.8 4.1
Macon 7.0 3.7
Savannah 3.6 3.1
Hawaii 4.2 4.0
Honolulu 3.7 3.5
Idaho 5.8 5.6
Boise City 3.7 3.4
Pocatello 5.7 4.5
Illinois 4.4 5.5
Bloomington-Normal 2.6 2.9
Champaign-Urbana 2.5 3.0
Chicago 4.3 5.3
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 4.4 5.4
Decatur 4.9 6.5
Kankakee 5.2 6.6
Peoria-Pekin 3.9 5.5
Rockford 4.8 6.6
Springfield 3.7 4.4
Indiana 3.9 3.5
Bloomington 2.5 2.1
Elkhart-Goshen 2.7 4.0
Evansville-Henderson 3.9 3.2
Fort Wayne 3.6 3.8
Gary 5.3 4.2
Indianapolis 3.1 2.5
Kokomo 3.3 6.0
Lafayette 3.0 2.6
Muncie 4.2 4.2
South Bend 4.1 3.6
Terre Haute 5.6 5.0
Iowa 3.2 3.4
Cedar Rapids 2.2 2.4
Des Moines 2.4 2.7
Dubuque 3.2 4.5
Iowa City 2.1 2.1
Sioux City 3.2 3.1
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 4.0 3.7
Kansas 3.7 3.7
Lawrence 3.9 3.9
Topeka 3.7 3.7
Wichita 4.2 3.4
Kentucky 4.2 4.3
Lexington 2.0 2.4
Louisville 3.3 3.1
Owensboro 4.8 4.4
Louisiana 5.2 5.4
Alexandria 5.0 5.5
Baton Rouge 4.1 4.6
Houma 4.8 3.8
Lafayette 5.5 4.8
Lake Charles 4.9 4.8
Monroe 3.8 5.3
New Orleans 4.6 4.5
Shreveport-Bossier City 5.0 5.7
Maine 4.9 3.3
Bangor 3.3 2.4
Lewiston-Auburn 4.2 3.1
Portland 2.4 1.6
Maryland 3.7 3.5
Baltimore 4.1 3.9
Cumberland 7.0 7.9
Hagerstown 3.2 4.1
Massachusetts 3.0 3.5
Barnstable-Yarmouth 4.7 5.1
Boston 2.4 2.8
Brockton 3.3 4.0
Fitchburg-Leominster 3.8 4.7
Lawrence 4.1 4.2
Lowell 2.9 3.1
New Bedford 5.8 7.1
Pittsfield 4.4 4.9
Springfield 3.5 4.1
Worcester 3.0 3.6
Michigan 3.8 5.2
Ann Arbor 2.1 2.8
Benton Harbor 3.9 5.4
Detroit 3.2 4.6
Flint 5.4 7.1
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 3.1 4.5
Jackson 3.4 4.9
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 3.5 4.7
Lansing-East Lansing 2.6 3.4
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland 4.5 6.0
Minnesota 3.7 3.8
Duluth-Superior 5.5 6.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul 2.6 2.8
Rochester 3.1 2.5
St. Cloud 4.1 4.8
Mississippi 6.0 5.6
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 5.7 4.0
Hattiesburg 3.7 3.0
Jackson 3.9 3.8
Missouri 3.6 3.9
Columbia 1.2 1.4
Joplin 3.1 3.8
Kansas City 3.4 3.4
St. Joseph 3.9 4.5
St. Louis LMA 3.6 3.8
Springfield 2.5 2.8
Montana 5.9 5.4
Billings 4.5 3.7
Great Falls 6.0 5.2
Missoula 4.0 4.2
Nebraska 3.0 3.1
Lincoln 2.6 2.6
Omaha 2.8 3.0
Nevada 3.8 4.4
Las Vegas 3.8 4.3
Reno 3.1 3.8
New Hampshire 3.3 3.0
Manchester 3.0 2.6
Nashua 3.4 2.9
Portsmouth-Rochester 2.6 2.6
New Jersey 3.8 4.0
Atlantic-Cape May 7.7 7.4
Bergen-Passaic 3.7 4.1
Jersey City 5.6 5.7
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 2.5 2.8
Monmouth-Ocean 3.6 3.8
Newark 3.7 3.9
Trenton 3.0 3.1
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 7.5 8.2
New Mexico 4.5 5.4
Albuquerque 2.9 3.4
Las Cruces 6.7 8.5
Santa Fe 2.2 2.7
New York 5.0 4.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 3.8 3.2
Binghamton 4.1 3.6
Buffalo-Niagara Falls 5.2 4.9
Dutchess County 3.3 2.9
Elmira 5.4 4.6
Glens Falls 5.7 4.7
Jamestown 5.3 4.8
Nassau-Suffolk 2.8 2.6
New York 5.7 5.0
New York City 6.2 5.4
Newburgh 3.3 3.1
Rochester 4.4 4.0
Syracuse 4.5 4.2
Utica-Rome 4.7 4.6
North Carolina 3.4 4.5
Asheville 2.8 3.1
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 2.8 3.8
Fayetteville 4.0 4.6
Goldsboro 3.7 4.8
Greensboro--Winston--Salem--High Point 2.6 4.1
Greenville 4.8 5.3
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 2.3 4.5
Jacksonville 3.4 3.9
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 1.7 2.1
Rocky Mount 5.8 6.1
Wilmington 3.6 3.5
North Dakota 3.9 2.9
Bismarck 3.3 2.6
Fargo-Moorhead 2.6 2.2
Grand Forks 4.1 3.5
Ohio 4.4 3.8
Akron 4.6 3.8
Canton-Massillon 4.9 4.0
Cincinnati 3.4 3.2
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria 4.8 3.8
Columbus 2.7 2.3
Dayton-Springfield 3.7 3.6
Hamilton-Middletown 3.0 2.9
Lima 4.1 4.3
Mansfield 6.2 4.7
Steubenville-Weirton 4.5 4.8
Toledo 4.4 4.0
Youngstown-Warren 5.9 5.8
Oklahoma 3.2 3.1
Enid 3.2 2.5
Lawton 3.5 2.8
Oklahoma City 2.5 3.4
Tulsa 3.0 2.5
Oregon 5.8 5.4
Corvallis 2.7 2.4
Eugene-Springfield 5.7 5.9
Medford-Ashland 6.8 5.9
Portland-Vancouver 4.3 4.3
Salem 6.7 5.4
Pennsylvania 4.3 4.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 3.9 4.1
Altoona 5.0 5.7
Erie 5.3 6.1
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle 2.9 3.4
Johnstown 6.5 7.7
Lancaster 2.5 3.2
Philadelphia 3.9 4.1
Pittsburgh 4.3 4.8
Reading 3.9 5.2
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton 5.3 5.8
Sharon 5.3 5.9
State College 2.6 3.1
Williamsport 5.2 6.1
York 3.2 4.1
Rhode Island 4.5 4.3
Providence-Fall River-Warwick 4.6 4.6
South Carolina 3.4 3.7
Charleston-North Charleston 2.8 2.5
Columbia 2.2 2.3
Florence 4.2 4.3
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson 2.4 3.0
Myrtle Beach 3.3 3.8
Sumter 4.2 4.8
South Dakota 2.7 2.7
Rapid City 2.5 2.3
Sioux Falls 1.7 1.8
Tennessee 3.8 4.1
Chattanooga 2.8 3.2
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 3.1 3.5
Jackson 3.4 4.1
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol 3.9 4.1
Knoxville 3.4 3.5
Memphis 3.5 3.5
Nashville 2.5 3.1
Texas 4.3 4.0
Abilene 3.6 3.7
Amarillo 3.7 3.0
Austin-San Marcos 2.0 2.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur 7.8 6.9
Brazoria 6.2 5.1
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 9.6 7.7
Bryan-College Station 1.5 1.4
Corpus Christi 6.3 5.0
Dallas 3.0 3.2
El Paso 8.2 7.4
Fort Worth-Arlington 3.1 3.2
Galveston-Texas City 5.8 4.9
Houston 4.2 3.5
Killeen-Temple 3.2 4.0
Laredo 7.5 7.0
Longview-Marshall 5.8 4.7
Lubbock 3.0 2.8
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 14.1 12.8
Odessa-Midland 6.2 4.1
San Angelo 3.2 2.6
San Antonio 3.3 3.2
Sherman-Denison 3.5 3.8
Texarkana 5.1 4.1
Tyler 3.4 3.2
Victoria 3.3 3.5
Waco 3.0 3.4
Wichita Falls 4.5 3.0
Utah 3.3 3.5
Provo-Orem 2.7 2.9
Salt Lake City-Ogden 3.1 3.4
Vermont 3.1 3.2
Burlington 2.0 2.1
Virginia 2.1 2.4
Charlottesville 1.1 1.4
Danville 4.8 6.2
Lynchburg 1.5 2.7
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 2.4 2.6
Richmond-Petersburg 1.7 2.1
Roanoke 1.4 1.9
Washington 5.5 6.0
Bellingham 6.2 6.6
Bremerton 5.8 5.8
Olympia 5.2 5.6
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco 7.6 7.3
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 3.8 4.3
Spokane 6.3 6.9
Tacoma 5.4 6.0
Yakima 12.7 13.0
West Virginia 5.9 5.7
Charleston 4.4 4.3
Huntington-Ashland 6.4 5.7
Parkersburg-Marietta 5.3 4.7
Wheeling 5.7 4.9
Wisconsin 4.3 4.8
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah 3.0 3.7
Eau Claire 5.1 5.2
Green Bay 3.1 3.7
Janesville-Beloit 5.0 5.9
Kenosha 4.0 4.7
La Crosse 4.2 4.4
Madison 2.0 2.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha 3.9 4.2
Racine 5.1 6.3
Sheboygan 2.5 3.3
Wausau 5.8 5.3
Wyoming 4.5 4.2
Casper 4.9 4.1
Cheyenne 3.0 3.4
Puerto Rico 10.4 10.7
Aguadilla 15.7 17.3
Arecibo 12.4 12.1
Caguas 9.6 9.5
Mayaguez 14.7 13.1
Ponce 13.3 13.6
San Juan-Bayamon 7.9 8.7
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. All estimates are provisional and will be
revised when new benchmark and population information becomes
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