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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, June 3, 2015 USDL-15-1055 Technical information: Employment: (202) 691-6559 [email protected] www.bls.gov/sae Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 [email protected] www.bls.gov/lau Media contact: (202) 691-5902 [email protected] METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT APRIL 2015 Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 344 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 36 areas, and unchanged in 7 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eleven areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 11 areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 330 metropolitan areas, decreased in 46 areas, and was unchanged in 11 areas. The national unemployment rate in April was 5.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.9 percent a year earlier. Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Lincoln, Neb., had the lowest unemployment rate in April, 2.1 percent. Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rates, 22.2 percent and 21.2 percent, respectively. A total of 201 areas had April unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.1 percent, 173 areas had rates above it, and 13 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1 and the map.) Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in April (-2.7 percentage points). Fourteen other areas had rate decreases of at least 2.0 percentage points. Lafayette, La., had the largest over-the-year jobless rate increase (+1.9 percentage points). Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, had the lowest unemployment rates in April, 3.0 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev., had the highest jobless rate among the large areas, 7.1 percent. Forty-nine of the large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which occurred in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich. (-2.7 percentage points). New Orleans- Metairie, La., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase (+1.0 percentage point). The only other unemployment rate increase among the large areas occurred in Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. (+0.1 percentage point). Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 38 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In April, Framingham, Mass.; San Francisco- Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif.; and San Rafael, Calif., had the lowest unemployment rates

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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, June 3, 2015 USDL-15-1055 Technical information:

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

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

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — APRIL 2015 Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 344 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 36 areas, and unchanged in 7 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eleven areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 11 areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 330 metropolitan areas, decreased in 46 areas, and was unchanged in 11 areas. The national unemployment rate in April was 5.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.9 percent a year earlier. Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Lincoln, Neb., had the lowest unemployment rate in April, 2.1 percent. Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rates, 22.2 percent and 21.2 percent, respectively. A total of 201 areas had April unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.1 percent, 173 areas had rates above it, and 13 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1 and the map.) Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in April (-2.7 percentage points). Fourteen other areas had rate decreases of at least 2.0 percentage points. Lafayette, La., had the largest over-the-year jobless rate increase (+1.9 percentage points). Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, had the lowest unemployment rates in April, 3.0 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev., had the highest jobless rate among the large areas, 7.1 percent. Forty-nine of the large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which occurred in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich. (-2.7 percentage points). New Orleans-Metairie, La., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase (+1.0 percentage point). The only other unemployment rate increase among the large areas occurred in Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. (+0.1 percentage point). Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 38 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In April, Framingham, Mass.; San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif.; and San Rafael, Calif., had the lowest unemployment rates

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among the divisions, 3.3 percent each. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., had the highest division rate, 7.1 percent. (See table 2.) All 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases in April. The largest of the declines occurred in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Mich. (-3.3 percentage points), and Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-2.4 points). Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In April, 330 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 46 had decreases, and 11 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. (+160,100), New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+135,900), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+125,800). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Lake Charles, La. (+7.8 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas, and Provo-Orem, Utah (+6.4 percent each). (See table 3.) The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Peoria, Ill. (-3,100), Atlantic City-Hammonton, N.J. (-2,300), and Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Miss. (-2,100). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Great Falls, Mont. (-2.8 percent), Pine Bluff, Ark. (-2.7 percent), and El Centro, Calif., and Monroe, La. (-2.0 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 50 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and was unchanged in New Orleans-Metairie, La. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (+6.0 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. (+4.3 percent), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (+4.1 percent). Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In April 2015, 36 of the 38 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year gains in nonfarm payroll employment. The largest over-the-year increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in New York-Jersey City-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (+116,300), followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+109,600), and Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+93,600). The over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Dutchess County-Putnam County, N.Y. (-600), and Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, Mass. (-100). (See table 4.) The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif. (+4.9 percent), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.1 percent), and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass., and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+3.9 percent each). The over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Dutchess County-Putnam County, N.Y. (-0.4 percent), and Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, Mass. (-0.2 percent). _____________ The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

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Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in table 3. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (State and Area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

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Technical Note This release presents labor force and unemployment data

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1 and 2) for 387 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), plus 7 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 38 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are provided for the same areas. State estimates were previously published in the news release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force.

Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national CPS totals. Model-based estimates are also produced for the following areas and their respective balances: the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division; Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. Modeling improves the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas and provides important tools for analysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate areas in this release, estimates are prepared through indirect

estimation procedures using a building-block approach. Employment estimates, which are based largely on “place of work” estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in industries covered by state unemployment insurance (UI) laws and entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-state totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the beginning of each year, usually implemented with the issuance of January estimates. The adjusted model-based estimates typically reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in other input data sources, and model re-estimation. All substate estimates then are re-estimated using updated inputs and adjusted to add to the revised model-based totals. In early 2015, a new generation of time-series models was implemented, resulting in the replacement of data back to the series beginnings. At the same time, enhancements were made to the substate estimation methodology, and more timely inputs from the American Community Survey were incorporated.

Employment—from the CES program

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria.

For some employment series, the sample of establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry

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level being estimated. For more detailed information about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted for states, metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions at the total nonfarm level. For states, data are seasonally adjusted at the supersector level as well Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Measures of sampling error are not available for metropolitan areas or metropolitan divisions. Model-based error measures for states are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error are not available for the areas contained in this release. Information on recent data revisions for states and local areas is available online at www.bls.gov/lau/launews1.htm.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are available for metropolitan areas or metropolitan divisions upon request. Measures of sampling error for states down to the supersector level are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error are not available for the areas contained in this release. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. Data reflect New England City and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, rather than county-based definitions, in the six New England States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Additional information

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news release Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the administration of various federal economic assistance programs are available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Information in this release will be made available to

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama ............................................................... 2,165.0 2,126.6 2,144.5 2,151.6 161.0 122.8 134.5 115.1 7.4 5.8 6.3 5.3Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville ........................... 47.7 46.0 47.2 46.4 4.2 3.0 3.5 2.8 8.8 6.6 7.4 6.1Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 71.1 70.8 70.6 71.7 4.5 3.3 3.6 3.1 6.3 4.7 5.1 4.4Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 537.3 529.8 533.5 536.2 35.2 27.2 29.3 25.9 6.5 5.1 5.5 4.8Daphne-Fairhope-Foley .................................... 86.1 85.3 86.1 86.8 5.8 4.5 4.6 4.0 6.7 5.3 5.4 4.7Decatur ............................................................. 70.5 68.5 69.5 68.9 5.3 4.1 4.5 3.8 7.6 5.9 6.5 5.5Dothan .............................................................. 62.6 62.1 61.9 62.6 4.6 3.6 3.9 3.4 7.4 5.9 6.3 5.4Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 67.7 65.0 67.1 65.7 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.2 7.7 7.0 6.6 6.5Gadsden ........................................................... 43.8 42.8 43.4 43.2 3.5 2.5 2.9 2.3 8.0 5.8 6.7 5.4Huntsville .......................................................... 209.0 206.4 207.7 208.9 14.2 10.9 11.9 10.0 6.8 5.3 5.7 4.8Mobile ............................................................... 186.4 182.0 185.3 184.1 15.4 11.8 13.2 11.1 8.3 6.5 7.1 6.0Montgomery ...................................................... 172.2 168.7 170.8 171.0 12.6 9.4 10.5 8.9 7.3 5.6 6.1 5.2Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 110.5 111.2 109.6 112.3 7.7 5.8 6.4 5.5 7.0 5.2 5.9 4.9

Alaska .................................................................. 363.4 363.2 362.9 362.2 27.5 27.1 25.7 25.3 7.6 7.5 7.1 7.0Anchorage ........................................................ 203.2 203.7 202.2 203.0 12.8 12.9 12.1 12.2 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.0Fairbanks .......................................................... 46.7 46.5 46.5 46.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.7

Arizona ................................................................ 3,074.6 3,133.9 3,058.9 3,153.7 216.0 170.5 195.2 180.1 7.0 5.4 6.4 5.7Flagstaff ............................................................ 70.4 72.1 70.4 73.4 5.4 4.3 4.6 4.2 7.7 5.9 6.5 5.7Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 78.1 78.8 78.1 79.1 7.2 5.9 6.6 5.9 9.2 7.5 8.4 7.5Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................. 2,098.7 2,150.0 2,086.4 2,160.2 129.5 102.6 114.0 105.1 6.2 4.8 5.5 4.9Prescott ............................................................ 94.3 97.6 94.3 98.7 6.4 5.0 5.6 5.1 6.8 5.1 5.9 5.2Sierra Vista-Douglas ......................................... 50.3 50.6 49.8 50.8 4.5 3.5 4.1 3.6 9.0 6.9 8.2 7.1Tucson .............................................................. 463.4 469.1 460.3 470.2 29.3 23.1 25.6 24.2 6.3 4.9 5.6 5.1Yuma ................................................................ 88.2 87.0 89.4 91.2 18.6 14.6 21.1 20.2 21.1 16.8 23.6 22.2

Arkansas ............................................................. 1,290.7 1,328.3 1,291.4 1,333.4 84.9 76.4 74.7 71.9 6.6 5.8 5.8 5.4Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 235.5 246.8 235.9 248.7 11.8 10.4 10.1 9.9 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.0Fort Smith ......................................................... 118.3 120.5 118.3 121.6 7.9 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.7 5.8 5.9 5.7Hot Springs ....................................................... 39.7 40.9 40.0 41.1 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 6.8 6.0 5.9 5.6Jonesboro ......................................................... 58.2 61.5 58.4 61.9 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 6.3 5.2 5.4 4.8Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 336.5 344.4 336.1 347.4 19.7 17.7 17.5 16.8 5.8 5.1 5.2 4.8Pine Bluff .......................................................... 36.7 36.6 36.6 36.1 3.4 2.8 3.1 2.7 9.2 7.6 8.4 7.4

California ............................................................. 18,806.1 18,877.6 18,658.9 18,884.1 1,560.2 1,223.7 1,345.4 1,153.1 8.3 6.5 7.2 6.1Bakersfield ................................................. 387.8 385.2 388.7 388.1 49.8 42.9 42.4 39.9 12.8 11.1 10.9 10.3Chico ................................................................ 102.4 101.4 101.8 102.0 10.2 7.5 8.7 6.9 9.9 7.4 8.5 6.8El Centro ........................................................... 80.0 78.4 80.3 77.7 16.5 16.5 17.6 16.5 20.6 21.1 21.9 21.2Fresno .............................................................. 443.4 442.0 440.1 443.8 61.5 49.1 52.7 45.3 13.9 11.1 12.0 10.2Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 57.6 56.8 57.3 56.5 8.4 6.8 7.2 6.1 14.6 11.9 12.5 10.8Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim .................. 6,592.2 6,636.5 6,544.3 6,632.7 521.8 437.5 465.7 422.8 7.9 6.6 7.1 6.4Madera ............................................................. 63.1 61.6 62.8 61.5 8.3 7.0 7.1 6.4 13.2 11.4 11.4 10.4Merced .............................................................. 115.4 115.5 114.3 114.7 18.4 14.6 15.4 13.2 15.9 12.7 13.5 11.6Modesto ............................................................ 242.8 238.8 240.1 237.3 32.0 24.5 27.9 23.3 13.2 10.3 11.6 9.8Napa ................................................................. 73.4 73.0 73.6 73.4 4.7 3.4 3.9 3.0 6.4 4.6 5.2 4.1Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 438.4 432.6 433.6 430.5 31.2 23.5 26.3 21.8 7.1 5.4 6.1 5.1Redding ............................................................ 75.7 74.3 74.6 74.0 8.9 6.3 7.4 5.7 11.7 8.4 9.9 7.7Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ................... 1,927.0 1,938.1 1,902.7 1,932.0 171.2 125.7 147.0 119.1 8.9 6.5 7.7 6.2Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade ............. 1,052.1 1,049.8 1,042.8 1,046.5 85.0 62.1 71.7 58.5 8.1 5.9 6.9 5.6Salinas .............................................................. 213.1 211.7 219.4 221.6 26.7 21.3 19.7 16.9 12.5 10.1 9.0 7.6San Diego-Carlsbad ......................................... 1,549.6 1,553.0 1,532.4 1,549.8 109.8 79.1 93.2 74.3 7.1 5.1 6.1 4.8San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward ..................... 2,449.7 2,473.5 2,431.7 2,476.6 142.7 104.8 119.6 98.7 5.8 4.2 4.9 4.0San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 1,020.8 1,048.4 1,011.9 1,052.2 60.9 44.1 51.3 41.7 6.0 4.2 5.1 4.0San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande 140.9 141.5 139.8 141.2 8.5 6.6 7.1 6.1 6.0 4.6 5.1 4.3Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 143.3 141.0 142.1 141.7 16.3 12.9 13.2 11.0 11.3 9.1 9.3 7.8Santa Maria-Santa Barbara .............................. 221.3 220.2 220.0 221.9 15.1 11.7 11.9 10.3 6.8 5.3 5.4 4.6Santa Rosa ....................................................... 256.6 256.8 255.7 257.7 16.1 11.7 13.5 10.8 6.3 4.6 5.3 4.2Stockton-Lodi .................................................... 312.1 309.4 308.7 309.8 38.6 29.2 33.1 27.2 12.4 9.4 10.7 8.8Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 203.9 203.5 201.9 203.5 17.2 12.7 14.7 11.9 8.4 6.2 7.3 5.8Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 200.1 195.8 200.2 199.2 31.7 25.8 26.5 22.9 15.8 13.2 13.3 11.5Yuba City .......................................................... 73.4 72.0 72.3 71.7 10.9 8.3 9.4 7.6 14.9 11.5 13.0 10.6

Colorado .............................................................. 2,802.5 2,818.6 2,800.0 2,810.1 172.0 127.2 150.8 123.3 6.1 4.5 5.4 4.4Boulder ............................................................. 176.7 176.7 176.7 176.3 8.7 6.4 7.5 6.2 5.0 3.6 4.2 3.5Colorado Springs .............................................. 318.6 316.7 319.6 317.1 23.4 17.2 20.8 16.5 7.3 5.4 6.5 5.2Denver-Aurora-Lakewood ................................ 1,480.4 1,494.8 1,486.6 1,495.0 87.4 64.3 76.6 62.3 5.9 4.3 5.2 4.2Fort Collins ....................................................... 175.3 177.3 176.0 177.5 9.3 6.8 8.0 6.6 5.3 3.8 4.5 3.7Grand Junction ................................................. 74.0 73.4 73.7 73.5 5.7 4.5 5.0 4.4 7.7 6.2 6.8 6.0Greeley ............................................................. 143.5 149.0 144.1 148.8 8.0 6.3 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.2 4.8 4.3Pueblo .............................................................. 73.4 72.7 73.4 72.4 6.6 4.8 5.9 4.6 9.0 6.6 8.0 6.4

Connecticut ......................................................... 1,867.3 1,906.6 1,862.5 1,901.6 135.4 124.1 120.8 110.7 7.3 6.5 6.5 5.8Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ........................... 456.8 466.8 455.3 467.0 31.9 29.4 28.5 26.1 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.6Danbury ............................................................ 104.7 107.1 104.6 107.0 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.9 5.3 5.1 4.7Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ............... 611.5 625.1 608.3 622.0 44.3 40.5 39.5 36.3 7.2 6.5 6.5 5.8New Haven ....................................................... 320.1 326.9 320.1 326.2 23.5 20.9 21.2 18.9 7.3 6.4 6.6 5.8Norwich-New London-Westerly ........................ 141.2 141.7 141.3 141.1 11.0 10.1 9.8 9.1 7.8 7.2 6.9 6.4Waterbury ......................................................... 111.0 113.6 110.6 112.9 10.0 9.3 9.1 8.2 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Delaware .............................................................. 446.8 457.8 448.1 460.1 27.8 21.4 26.1 20.8 6.2 4.7 5.8 4.5Dover ................................................................ 75.4 77.2 75.2 76.9 5.2 3.9 4.9 3.8 6.9 5.0 6.5 5.0Salisbury 1 ........................................................ 173.4 174.7 174.6 177.6 14.7 12.8 12.9 11.0 8.5 7.3 7.4 6.2

District of Columbia ........................................... 371.7 381.5 370.0 384.0 29.2 27.6 26.5 25.8 7.9 7.2 7.2 6.7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ..................... 3,262.1 3,266.5 3,242.6 3,278.9 170.0 151.8 151.0 141.4 5.2 4.6 4.7 4.3

Florida .................................................................. 9,632.3 9,550.3 9,584.5 9,543.6 633.7 526.1 572.1 498.0 6.6 5.5 6.0 5.2Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 313.9 313.9 311.3 314.4 19.3 16.0 17.1 15.1 6.1 5.1 5.5 4.8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ............... 120.2 118.1 120.0 118.5 6.5 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.3Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 284.5 281.0 280.8 279.4 20.3 16.7 18.1 15.7 7.1 5.9 6.5 5.6Gainesville ........................................................ 138.5 137.1 138.8 138.0 7.5 6.3 6.5 6.0 5.4 4.6 4.7 4.3Homosassa Springs ......................................... 49.4 47.9 48.7 47.6 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.4 8.8 7.7 7.9 7.2Jacksonville ...................................................... 715.8 704.9 712.2 704.5 46.4 38.6 42.0 36.1 6.5 5.5 5.9 5.1Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 283.4 279.3 282.0 280.9 20.3 17.1 18.3 16.1 7.2 6.1 6.5 5.7Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach ........ 2,989.7 2,975.7 2,987.3 2,982.8 202.2 166.2 185.4 161.2 6.8 5.6 6.2 5.4Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island ...................... 164.4 165.0 162.0 162.7 9.4 8.0 8.2 7.5 5.7 4.8 5.1 4.6North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton ........................ 337.7 335.5 334.0 333.5 20.2 17.2 17.9 16.2 6.0 5.1 5.4 4.9Ocala ................................................................ 132.0 131.1 132.0 131.4 10.2 8.7 9.0 8.1 7.7 6.6 6.8 6.2Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford ............................ 1,205.4 1,207.8 1,196.0 1,200.8 74.7 62.4 67.6 58.4 6.2 5.2 5.7 4.9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 260.5 256.2 258.5 255.3 19.2 15.5 17.2 14.5 7.4 6.0 6.7 5.7Panama City ..................................................... 94.6 92.9 94.3 92.4 6.0 5.2 5.3 4.7 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.1Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 213.8 211.5 213.5 212.1 13.7 11.3 12.2 10.6 6.4 5.4 5.7 5.0Port St. Lucie .................................................... 200.9 198.4 199.1 196.6 15.5 11.7 14.0 11.1 7.7 5.9 7.0 5.6Punta Gorda ..................................................... 68.0 66.5 67.6 66.1 4.7 4.0 4.2 3.8 6.8 6.0 6.2 5.7Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 63.1 61.1 61.9 60.5 5.0 3.9 4.5 3.7 8.0 6.3 7.3 6.2Sebring ............................................................. 38.0 36.9 37.7 36.6 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.4 8.0 7.0 7.2 6.7Tallahassee ...................................................... 189.7 188.6 189.1 187.5 11.2 9.7 9.9 9.1 5.9 5.1 5.2 4.9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater .................... 1,441.5 1,423.1 1,432.4 1,425.0 91.7 76.5 82.3 71.3 6.4 5.4 5.7 5.0The Villages ...................................................... 28.3 28.3 28.1 27.9 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 8.0 7.4 7.0 7.0

Georgia ................................................................ 4,763.3 4,736.9 4,728.0 4,743.9 349.5 291.1 318.0 277.4 7.3 6.1 6.7 5.8Albany ............................................................... 67.1 66.0 66.4 65.2 5.9 4.7 5.3 4.5 8.7 7.1 8.0 6.9Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 93.7 94.0 93.2 94.0 6.1 5.1 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.4 5.9 5.4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell ...................... 2,806.5 2,799.8 2,787.7 2,808.2 196.3 164.9 179.0 157.4 7.0 5.9 6.4 5.6Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 255.9 257.6 256.8 260.6 18.4 16.5 17.1 15.9 7.2 6.4 6.7 6.1Brunswick ......................................................... 50.1 50.1 50.0 50.4 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.1 8.2 6.6 7.4 6.2Columbus ......................................................... 128.6 126.4 127.8 126.8 10.3 8.8 9.2 8.5 8.0 7.0 7.2 6.7Dalton ............................................................... 60.8 61.2 60.2 60.8 5.1 4.3 4.6 4.1 8.5 7.0 7.7 6.7Gainesville ........................................................ 89.8 90.7 89.1 90.8 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.3 5.9 4.9 5.7 4.7Hinesville .......................................................... 32.6 32.3 32.4 32.1 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.0 8.0 6.5 7.3 6.2Macon ............................................................... 104.9 102.7 104.4 102.2 8.3 6.8 7.5 6.5 7.9 6.6 7.2 6.4Rome ................................................................ 43.9 42.8 43.4 42.8 3.5 3.0 3.2 2.8 8.0 7.0 7.4 6.5Savannah ......................................................... 172.6 173.2 172.1 175.1 12.8 10.0 11.2 9.6 7.4 5.8 6.5 5.5Valdosta ............................................................ 63.4 62.9 62.9 62.8 4.6 3.9 4.2 3.7 7.3 6.2 6.7 5.9Warner Robins .................................................. 82.4 79.9 81.6 79.5 6.0 5.0 5.5 4.9 7.3 6.3 6.7 6.1

Hawaii .................................................................. 665.2 674.3 667.3 673.3 29.6 26.0 29.0 25.9 4.5 3.9 4.4 3.9Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina .................................. 82.0 84.0 82.4 83.7 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.4 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.1Urban Honolulu ................................................. 462.2 470.3 462.8 470.0 19.0 16.8 18.5 16.8 4.1 3.6 4.0 3.6

Idaho .................................................................... 772.5 788.0 773.0 790.7 43.6 34.8 38.8 32.4 5.6 4.4 5.0 4.1Boise City ......................................................... 315.2 320.0 313.2 318.5 16.3 13.0 14.8 12.2 5.2 4.1 4.7 3.8Coeur d’Alene ................................................... 69.1 72.6 69.3 73.1 5.0 4.0 4.1 3.5 7.2 5.5 5.9 4.7Idaho Falls ........................................................ 62.3 64.6 62.8 64.9 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.4 4.7 3.9 4.4 3.7Lewiston ........................................................... 30.2 30.6 30.0 30.4 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 5.4 4.3 4.7 4.0Pocatello ........................................................... 41.9 43.4 41.9 42.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 5.0 4.3 4.5 4.0

Illinois .................................................................. 6,523.3 6,432.4 6,470.0 6,426.0 531.4 402.7 443.2 355.6 8.1 6.3 6.8 5.5Bloomington .................................................. 99.4 96.4 99.5 96.5 6.3 4.5 4.9 3.8 6.4 4.7 4.9 3.9Carbondale-Marion ........................................... 58.6 56.3 58.5 56.4 4.7 3.4 3.7 3.0 8.0 6.1 6.3 5.3Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 119.6 118.6 119.6 118.6 8.0 5.7 6.2 4.9 6.7 4.8 5.2 4.1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin .................................. 4,898.3 4,851.7 4,852.3 4,846.3 396.8 311.7 340.0 278.9 8.1 6.4 7.0 5.8Danville ............................................................. 35.9 35.3 35.4 34.9 3.6 2.4 2.8 2.0 10.0 6.9 8.0 5.9Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 1 ...................... 194.6 190.6 193.4 190.6 13.6 11.1 11.0 9.5 7.0 5.8 5.7 5.0Decatur ............................................................. 51.1 48.6 50.7 48.4 5.2 3.4 4.2 2.9 10.2 7.0 8.3 5.9Kankakee .......................................................... 55.7 54.4 54.5 54.1 5.4 3.7 4.3 3.1 9.7 6.9 7.9 5.8Peoria ............................................................... 187.6 181.3 187.8 180.6 15.8 11.5 12.5 9.5 8.4 6.3 6.6 5.3Rockford ........................................................... 167.9 164.4 167.3 163.8 16.2 11.2 13.6 9.6 9.7 6.8 8.2 5.8Springfield ......................................................... 109.9 108.0 109.7 107.9 7.6 5.7 5.8 4.7 6.9 5.3 5.3 4.3

Indiana ................................................................. 3,203.8 3,215.6 3,204.5 3,211.7 212.1 188.2 180.0 146.6 6.6 5.9 5.6 4.6Bloomington ...................................................... 77.7 77.2 77.8 77.0 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.4 6.4 5.9 5.2 4.4Columbus ......................................................... 42.4 42.9 42.2 42.8 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.4 4.9 4.6 4.0 3.3Elkhart-Goshen ................................................. 101.2 102.0 100.9 102.4 5.8 4.6 4.8 3.6 5.7 4.5 4.8 3.5Evansville ......................................................... 157.3 156.2 156.8 156.7 9.4 7.8 7.9 6.2 5.9 5.0 5.0 4.0Fort Wayne ....................................................... 204.5 202.2 205.4 203.1 12.7 11.4 10.6 8.6 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.2Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson ......................... 980.4 987.3 981.9 989.0 61.3 54.1 52.7 43.0 6.2 5.5 5.4 4.3Kokomo ............................................................ 36.8 36.9 36.7 36.7 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.7 6.8 6.1 5.9 4.7

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Indiana—ContinuedLafayette-West Lafayette .................................. 106.3 105.9 106.3 106.0 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.9 5.5 4.8 4.5 3.7Michigan City-La Porte ..................................... 48.9 47.7 48.8 47.6 4.4 3.8 3.6 2.8 8.9 7.9 7.4 5.9Muncie .............................................................. 53.7 53.4 53.7 53.3 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.9 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.5South Bend-Mishawaka .................................... 152.6 151.6 152.3 150.6 11.5 9.1 9.8 7.3 7.5 6.0 6.4 4.8Terre Haute ...................................................... 78.2 76.6 77.8 75.6 6.6 5.9 5.6 4.5 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.0

Iowa ...................................................................... 1,697.7 1,709.4 1,697.0 1,710.2 85.3 72.1 71.7 61.7 5.0 4.2 4.2 3.6Ames ................................................................ 57.3 59.0 57.4 58.8 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.3 3.1 2.3 2.6 2.2Cedar Rapids .................................................... 146.4 143.7 145.7 143.6 7.8 6.4 6.5 5.3 5.3 4.4 4.5 3.7Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 339.4 341.5 337.6 341.0 16.2 13.7 13.8 11.8 4.8 4.0 4.1 3.5Dubuque ........................................................... 55.8 56.7 55.7 56.1 3.0 2.4 2.4 1.9 5.3 4.3 4.3 3.4Iowa City ........................................................... 97.4 97.5 96.8 97.7 3.4 2.6 2.9 2.4 3.5 2.7 3.0 2.5Sioux City ......................................................... 93.3 94.6 93.4 94.6 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.2 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.4Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 94.3 93.7 93.9 93.5 4.8 4.4 4.2 4.2 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4

Kansas ................................................................. 1,495.9 1,497.5 1,491.4 1,491.9 74.9 65.1 62.8 64.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.3Lawrence .......................................................... 66.0 65.8 65.8 66.0 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.6Manhattan ......................................................... 49.7 50.2 49.7 50.2 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.5Topeka .............................................................. 121.9 121.1 121.7 120.6 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.3Wichita .............................................................. 311.6 307.4 310.5 307.5 17.5 15.1 15.2 14.9 5.6 4.9 4.9 4.8

Kentucky ............................................................. 2,030.9 1,983.5 2,013.7 1,987.2 158.5 108.0 130.3 95.9 7.8 5.4 6.5 4.8Bowling Green .................................................. 79.2 78.3 78.7 78.6 5.5 3.8 4.5 3.4 7.0 4.9 5.7 4.3Elizabethtown-Fort Knox .................................. 65.3 64.0 64.6 64.2 5.1 3.5 4.1 3.1 7.8 5.5 6.4 4.8Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 259.9 256.8 259.3 257.7 15.7 10.6 12.8 9.7 6.0 4.1 4.9 3.8Louisville/Jefferson County ............................... 629.3 628.7 628.7 629.4 44.1 30.9 36.6 27.4 7.0 4.9 5.8 4.4Owensboro ....................................................... 55.2 53.5 54.4 53.2 3.8 2.6 3.2 2.2 6.9 4.8 5.8 4.2

Louisiana ............................................................. 2,111.2 2,191.0 2,117.4 2,201.9 117.5 139.8 107.3 138.3 5.6 6.4 5.1 6.3Alexandria ......................................................... 65.5 68.5 65.6 68.2 3.8 4.5 3.4 4.5 5.8 6.6 5.2 6.5Baton Rouge ..................................................... 405.5 424.6 407.2 427.1 20.6 23.6 18.9 23.3 5.1 5.5 4.7 5.5Hammond ......................................................... 52.7 55.0 52.9 55.4 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.9 6.5 7.2 6.0 7.1Houma-Thibodaux ............................................ 101.0 104.3 101.5 105.0 4.2 5.7 3.8 5.9 4.2 5.5 3.8 5.6Lafayette ........................................................... 228.4 236.8 229.9 238.5 10.7 14.3 9.7 14.5 4.7 6.0 4.2 6.1Lake Charles .................................................... 94.6 103.7 94.9 104.8 4.9 5.7 4.6 5.6 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.3Monroe ............................................................. 80.4 81.7 80.6 81.8 4.9 5.7 4.5 5.5 6.1 6.9 5.6 6.7New Orleans-Metairie ....................................... 588.5 604.6 588.5 607.4 32.4 37.5 29.5 36.7 5.5 6.2 5.0 6.0Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 193.3 197.9 194.0 198.7 12.0 13.9 11.1 13.7 6.2 7.0 5.7 6.9

Maine ................................................................... 694.1 679.2 694.0 681.2 46.7 38.2 42.7 33.7 6.7 5.6 6.2 4.9Bangor .............................................................. 72.5 70.8 72.5 71.0 4.5 3.6 4.2 3.3 6.2 5.2 5.8 4.6Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 56.7 55.4 56.7 55.4 3.6 2.9 3.3 2.5 6.3 5.3 5.9 4.6Portland-South Portland ................................... 199.4 195.8 199.3 197.5 10.9 8.6 9.7 7.6 5.4 4.4 4.9 3.8

Maryland .............................................................. 3,101.3 3,110.1 3,086.6 3,117.4 188.5 167.7 169.0 153.1 6.1 5.4 5.5 4.9Baltimore-Columbia-Towson ............................ 1,449.3 1,451.4 1,447.6 1,459.8 92.1 82.3 83.1 75.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.2California-Lexington Park ................................. 54.1 53.9 53.5 53.6 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.5 5.5 5.1 5.0 4.6Cumberland ...................................................... 44.8 44.8 44.9 44.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.9 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.4Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 129.1 126.4 127.9 127.1 8.5 7.8 7.6 7.0 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5

Massachusetts .................................................... 3,523.8 3,612.9 3,510.9 3,602.7 220.8 181.0 194.4 148.6 6.3 5.0 5.5 4.1Barnstable Town ............................................... 115.3 119.2 117.2 119.9 10.2 8.8 7.9 6.1 8.8 7.4 6.7 5.1Boston-Cambridge-Nashua .............................. 2,589.8 2,653.2 2,579.4 2,648.1 142.7 117.7 128.9 99.7 5.5 4.4 5.0 3.8Leominster-Gardner ......................................... 75.8 77.4 74.9 77.0 6.0 4.7 5.3 3.9 8.0 6.1 7.0 5.1New Bedford ..................................................... 84.3 86.1 83.4 84.6 8.5 6.9 6.9 5.3 10.1 8.0 8.2 6.2Pittsfield ............................................................ 43.2 43.9 42.6 42.9 3.3 2.7 2.9 2.2 7.7 6.1 6.9 5.0Springfield ......................................................... 363.8 371.4 364.0 371.1 26.9 22.3 23.6 18.4 7.4 6.0 6.5 5.0Worcester ......................................................... 343.9 354.2 341.8 351.8 23.2 19.3 20.5 16.1 6.8 5.4 6.0 4.6

Michigan .............................................................. 4,752.7 4,694.3 4,681.2 4,678.2 402.7 266.8 324.3 224.4 8.5 5.7 6.9 4.8Ann Arbor ......................................................... 187.3 187.4 187.7 188.3 9.8 6.5 8.4 6.0 5.2 3.5 4.5 3.2Battle Creek ...................................................... 63.8 64.7 63.4 64.4 4.6 3.4 3.6 2.9 7.3 5.2 5.7 4.5Bay City ............................................................ 53.7 53.1 53.1 52.8 4.8 3.4 3.7 2.8 8.9 6.3 7.0 5.4Detroit-Warren-Dearborn .................................. 2,022.6 1,961.2 1,979.4 1,952.9 189.5 118.0 154.5 99.2 9.4 6.0 7.8 5.1Flint ................................................................... 185.5 185.3 183.0 184.3 16.9 11.8 13.4 10.0 9.1 6.3 7.3 5.4Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 541.1 550.4 536.5 552.1 31.7 21.6 24.7 18.5 5.9 3.9 4.6 3.3Jackson ............................................................ 73.0 72.8 72.9 72.3 5.7 4.0 4.6 3.5 7.8 5.5 6.3 4.8Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 163.8 164.1 161.8 163.8 11.7 8.1 9.2 6.9 7.2 4.9 5.7 4.2Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 242.7 242.0 240.7 242.7 15.3 10.9 13.6 9.5 6.3 4.5 5.7 3.9Midland ............................................................. 41.5 41.3 41.4 41.6 3.1 2.2 2.4 1.8 7.5 5.4 5.7 4.4Monroe ............................................................. 75.9 76.4 76.1 76.1 5.2 3.6 4.9 3.1 6.8 4.7 6.5 4.1Muskegon ......................................................... 76.7 76.7 75.4 77.0 6.7 4.5 5.3 3.9 8.7 5.9 7.1 5.1Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 73.0 72.8 72.7 73.0 6.0 3.9 4.6 3.4 8.2 5.4 6.3 4.6Saginaw ............................................................ 89.5 88.6 88.7 88.4 8.0 5.4 6.2 4.6 8.9 6.1 7.0 5.2

Minnesota ............................................................ 2,967.5 3,014.9 2,962.0 3,014.8 156.7 136.1 126.6 113.8 5.3 4.5 4.3 3.8Duluth ............................................................... 144.1 143.1 143.1 143.2 9.4 8.0 8.1 7.2 6.6 5.6 5.6 5.0Mankato-North Mankato ................................... 58.8 60.2 58.5 59.4 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.9

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Minnesota—ContinuedMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ................... 1,912.1 1,929.6 1,913.6 1,938.9 92.2 78.2 75.4 67.2 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.5Rochester ......................................................... 117.0 118.8 116.3 117.7 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.4St. Cloud ........................................................... 109.7 111.6 109.9 110.5 6.6 5.3 4.8 4.2 6.0 4.8 4.3 3.8

Mississippi .......................................................... 1,243.3 1,237.7 1,228.3 1,241.7 101.8 77.1 84.5 70.4 8.2 6.2 6.9 5.7Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula ............................... 162.3 159.2 160.9 160.2 12.7 9.8 10.7 9.2 7.8 6.2 6.7 5.7Hattiesburg ....................................................... 64.0 64.7 63.5 64.8 4.3 3.4 3.7 3.2 6.7 5.3 5.8 5.0Jackson ............................................................ 257.8 260.1 255.5 261.3 17.6 12.9 14.4 11.9 6.8 5.0 5.7 4.5

Missouri ............................................................... 3,047.7 3,085.1 3,036.7 3,090.6 218.1 187.5 173.0 171.3 7.2 6.1 5.7 5.5Cape Girardeau ................................................ 49.2 49.4 49.0 49.4 3.4 2.8 2.7 2.5 6.9 5.6 5.5 5.0Columbia .......................................................... 98.6 100.7 98.3 100.4 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.8 4.2 3.8 3.7Jefferson City .................................................... 76.5 76.4 75.7 76.5 4.7 4.0 3.7 3.5 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6Joplin ................................................................ 86.6 88.3 85.9 88.4 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 6.1 5.1 5.0 4.9Kansas City ...................................................... 1,092.4 1,110.6 1,089.2 1,108.9 69.0 59.2 56.0 57.3 6.3 5.3 5.1 5.2St. Joseph ......................................................... 66.3 66.2 65.6 65.5 4.3 3.6 3.3 3.2 6.5 5.5 5.1 5.0St. Louis 2 ......................................................... 1,452.9 1,454.3 1,451.3 1,455.8 106.2 86.1 86.0 77.1 7.3 5.9 5.9 5.3Springfield ......................................................... 226.8 231.7 225.9 231.4 13.7 12.2 10.7 11.2 6.0 5.2 4.7 4.8

Montana ............................................................... 513.3 520.2 515.3 520.3 29.2 24.6 24.5 20.1 5.7 4.7 4.8 3.9Billings .............................................................. 85.9 87.2 86.1 88.4 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.6 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.0Great Falls ........................................................ 39.0 38.2 39.0 38.3 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 5.2 4.5 4.2 3.6Missoula ........................................................... 60.7 62.0 60.8 62.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.3 5.5 4.5 4.4 3.6

Nebraska ............................................................. 1,021.9 1,014.7 1,021.6 1,014.6 39.8 28.2 32.2 25.4 3.9 2.8 3.2 2.5Grand Island ..................................................... 45.9 44.7 44.7 44.3 2.9 1.3 1.4 1.2 6.4 2.9 3.1 2.6Lincoln .............................................................. 179.6 180.0 179.6 179.7 5.9 4.2 5.1 3.9 3.3 2.3 2.8 2.1Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 479.3 478.3 479.4 479.0 20.1 14.8 16.8 13.4 4.2 3.1 3.5 2.8

Nevada ................................................................. 1,393.6 1,407.7 1,390.3 1,415.0 117.8 100.9 110.7 100.2 8.5 7.2 8.0 7.1Carson City ....................................................... 25.2 25.0 25.1 24.9 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.9 9.6 7.8 9.0 7.7Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise ...................... 1,019.2 1,030.5 1,017.4 1,039.1 85.8 73.8 81.0 73.6 8.4 7.2 8.0 7.1Reno ................................................................. 224.1 227.3 223.6 228.3 18.7 15.8 17.4 15.4 8.4 6.9 7.8 6.7

New Hampshire ................................................... 740.7 746.0 735.1 738.8 36.6 31.2 32.4 27.2 4.9 4.2 4.4 3.7Dover-Durham .................................................. 81.9 83.2 82.0 82.7 3.8 3.2 3.3 2.7 4.7 3.8 4.0 3.3Manchester ....................................................... 114.9 116.8 114.4 116.3 5.5 4.7 4.9 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.3 3.5Portsmouth ....................................................... 70.6 71.1 71.2 71.5 3.3 2.7 2.8 2.3 4.6 3.8 4.0 3.3

New Jersey .......................................................... 4,502.6 4,529.4 4,479.3 4,533.0 330.7 306.4 280.5 280.7 7.3 6.8 6.3 6.2Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 132.5 131.8 131.2 130.9 15.2 15.6 12.7 13.9 11.4 11.8 9.7 10.6Ocean City ........................................................ 43.4 45.7 45.1 46.6 7.6 7.7 6.0 6.3 17.4 16.8 13.2 13.5Trenton ............................................................. 194.2 195.3 193.1 195.7 11.9 11.0 10.2 10.3 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.3Vineland-Bridgeton ........................................... 67.8 67.8 67.5 68.8 7.7 7.4 6.4 6.6 11.4 10.9 9.4 9.6

New Mexico ......................................................... 913.2 927.4 911.3 927.0 62.4 56.1 57.1 53.7 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.8Albuquerque ..................................................... 410.3 416.4 409.6 418.4 27.3 23.5 24.9 22.4 6.6 5.6 6.1 5.3Farmington ....................................................... 54.0 57.1 54.2 57.1 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.4 6.6 6.0 5.9 5.9Las Cruces ....................................................... 93.2 93.8 93.2 93.4 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.3 7.6 7.0 7.1 6.8Santa Fe ........................................................... 71.8 72.4 71.2 71.0 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.4 5.6 4.9 5.0 4.7

New York ............................................................. 9,609.8 9,561.9 9,521.3 9,616.5 679.0 555.3 580.6 524.9 7.1 5.8 6.1 5.5Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 447.8 443.2 444.9 445.9 25.2 20.5 21.2 19.6 5.6 4.6 4.8 4.4Binghamton ...................................................... 113.4 111.1 112.3 111.7 8.4 7.0 6.9 6.6 7.4 6.3 6.2 5.9Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls ................. 553.0 545.7 547.0 549.3 39.0 32.0 32.8 30.1 7.0 5.9 6.0 5.5Elmira ............................................................... 38.7 38.0 38.2 38.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 7.1 6.1 6.1 5.8Glens Falls ........................................................ 60.1 59.0 59.8 59.6 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.3 7.9 6.5 6.7 5.6Ithaca ................................................................ 56.9 55.1 56.4 55.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.8Kingston ............................................................ 88.2 86.8 87.9 88.1 5.7 4.5 4.7 4.3 6.5 5.2 5.4 4.8New York-Newark-Jersey City .......................... 9,952.4 9,974.1 9,871.9 10,004.9 706.8 599.5 605.8 562.1 7.1 6.0 6.1 5.6Rochester ......................................................... 529.4 520.4 523.8 526.0 34.1 28.5 29.2 27.3 6.4 5.5 5.6 5.2Syracuse ........................................................... 316.3 310.4 313.5 313.1 21.5 17.7 18.2 16.9 6.8 5.7 5.8 5.4Utica-Rome ....................................................... 132.9 131.3 131.7 132.4 9.6 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.1 6.1 5.7Watertown-Fort Drum ....................................... 46.5 45.4 45.9 45.8 4.4 3.7 3.8 3.3 9.5 8.1 8.2 7.2

North Carolina ..................................................... 4,666.1 4,705.3 4,651.2 4,740.3 307.5 255.5 271.8 247.4 6.6 5.4 5.8 5.2Asheville ........................................................... 212.2 216.6 211.8 218.4 11.3 9.6 9.6 9.0 5.3 4.4 4.5 4.1Burlington ......................................................... 76.2 78.1 76.4 78.4 4.6 3.8 4.0 3.7 6.0 4.9 5.2 4.7Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia ............................. 1,194.1 1,213.6 1,188.5 1,224.9 75.6 63.7 67.7 62.4 6.3 5.3 5.7 5.1Durham-Chapel Hill .......................................... 275.1 278.2 274.6 280.2 14.4 12.7 12.4 12.3 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.4Fayetteville ....................................................... 148.3 146.0 146.5 146.6 12.1 10.1 10.9 9.9 8.2 6.9 7.4 6.8Goldsboro ......................................................... 53.2 54.2 53.5 54.3 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.1 6.6 5.7 5.9 5.6Greensboro-High Point ..................................... 360.5 365.2 358.8 367.8 24.9 20.1 22.2 19.5 6.9 5.5 6.2 5.3Greenville ......................................................... 87.2 86.7 86.7 87.1 5.6 4.7 5.1 4.8 6.4 5.5 5.9 5.5Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................ 167.7 166.1 166.0 166.6 11.4 9.1 10.1 8.8 6.8 5.5 6.1 5.3Jacksonville ...................................................... 63.9 64.4 63.7 65.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.2New Bern .......................................................... 50.8 51.0 50.6 50.9 3.7 3.0 3.3 2.9 7.3 5.9 6.5 5.7Raleigh ............................................................. 628.7 640.4 626.5 645.5 32.9 28.5 28.9 27.7 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.3

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

North Carolina—ContinuedRocky Mount ..................................................... 67.2 67.0 66.4 66.4 6.1 5.1 5.7 5.2 9.1 7.6 8.5 7.9Wilmington ........................................................ 133.9 135.4 133.7 137.1 8.7 7.0 7.6 6.7 6.5 5.2 5.7 4.9Winston-Salem ................................................. 314.0 313.3 311.8 316.8 19.8 16.0 17.5 15.5 6.3 5.1 5.6 4.9

North Dakota ....................................................... 408.4 418.0 411.6 417.7 13.9 16.0 11.7 12.9 3.4 3.8 2.8 3.1Bismarck ........................................................... 65.0 66.5 65.4 66.7 2.2 2.6 1.9 2.0 3.4 3.9 2.8 3.0Fargo ................................................................ 127.1 130.6 128.1 130.0 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.6Grand Forks ...................................................... 54.5 55.7 54.2 55.5 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.8 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.3

Ohio ..................................................................... 5,678.2 5,691.6 5,655.0 5,688.9 366.7 306.6 296.0 264.0 6.5 5.4 5.2 4.6Akron ................................................................ 358.4 357.3 355.7 356.0 23.7 19.8 18.9 16.4 6.6 5.5 5.3 4.6Canton-Massillon .............................................. 201.2 202.0 200.1 200.7 13.3 11.6 10.5 9.9 6.6 5.7 5.3 4.9Cincinnati .......................................................... 1,073.8 1,070.9 1,071.3 1,076.1 65.1 51.2 53.2 44.0 6.1 4.8 5.0 4.1Cleveland-Elyria ............................................... 1,039.0 1,042.0 1,036.4 1,047.6 70.0 59.7 58.5 55.3 6.7 5.7 5.6 5.3Columbus ......................................................... 1,015.2 1,024.0 1,014.6 1,021.2 54.2 44.7 44.2 38.8 5.3 4.4 4.4 3.8Dayton .............................................................. 379.7 380.3 377.0 378.1 24.2 19.7 19.8 16.9 6.4 5.2 5.2 4.5Lima .................................................................. 48.1 49.0 47.7 48.5 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.2 6.5 5.1 5.4 4.5Mansfield .......................................................... 54.9 54.6 54.1 54.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.8 7.2 6.0 5.9 5.1Springfield ......................................................... 64.8 65.5 64.3 65.1 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.9 6.2 5.2 5.1 4.4Toledo ............................................................... 300.2 298.3 299.2 298.3 20.4 17.0 16.4 14.1 6.8 5.7 5.5 4.7Weirton-Steubenville 1 ..................................... 54.2 52.3 53.6 52.9 4.9 4.3 4.1 3.9 9.1 8.1 7.6 7.4Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 253.1 251.5 251.5 250.9 19.2 16.6 15.3 13.9 7.6 6.6 6.1 5.6

Oklahoma ............................................................ 1,780.0 1,837.4 1,772.7 1,846.6 85.8 67.9 72.4 70.6 4.8 3.7 4.1 3.8Lawton .............................................................. 51.6 51.8 51.7 52.1 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.0 5.0 3.8 4.3 3.8Oklahoma City .................................................. 642.5 664.8 639.9 667.5 27.7 21.6 23.2 22.4 4.3 3.3 3.6 3.4Tulsa ................................................................. 460.2 471.4 457.9 474.2 22.2 17.2 18.8 17.8 4.8 3.6 4.1 3.8

Oregon ................................................................. 1,917.8 1,932.9 1,919.5 1,920.3 149.1 112.6 132.3 100.2 7.8 5.8 6.9 5.2Albany ............................................................... 53.6 53.9 53.5 53.2 5.0 3.7 4.5 3.4 9.3 6.9 8.5 6.4Bend-Redmond ................................................ 78.7 80.7 79.6 80.0 7.5 5.2 6.4 4.4 9.5 6.4 8.1 5.6Corvallis ............................................................ 43.9 44.8 43.6 44.1 2.6 2.0 2.1 1.6 5.9 4.4 4.8 3.7Eugene ............................................................. 169.3 170.4 168.7 168.2 13.1 10.0 11.6 9.0 7.7 5.9 6.9 5.4Grants Pass ...................................................... 32.3 33.1 32.4 32.7 3.5 2.6 3.2 2.3 10.8 7.9 9.7 7.2Medford ............................................................ 95.7 96.2 95.8 95.0 9.5 7.1 8.6 6.3 9.9 7.4 8.9 6.6Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro ........................... 1,192.9 1,206.7 1,188.8 1,198.0 82.9 64.5 74.4 58.5 6.9 5.3 6.3 4.9Salem ............................................................... 181.8 183.5 181.7 182.8 15.0 11.4 13.3 10.1 8.3 6.2 7.3 5.5

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,376.2 6,323.4 6,334.3 6,361.8 419.3 347.0 340.3 299.9 6.6 5.5 5.4 4.7Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 424.5 422.1 423.6 423.7 29.5 24.6 24.2 21.2 6.9 5.8 5.7 5.0Altoona ............................................................. 60.6 60.1 60.0 59.6 4.1 3.3 3.2 2.7 6.7 5.5 5.4 4.5Bloomsburg-Berwick ......................................... 43.8 43.5 43.3 43.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.0 6.5 5.5 5.1 4.6Chambersburg-Waynesboro ............................ 76.1 76.4 75.0 75.5 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 6.0 5.2 4.9 4.2East Stroudsburg .............................................. 80.3 78.1 78.3 77.4 6.9 5.3 5.6 4.6 8.5 6.8 7.2 6.0Erie ................................................................... 134.5 134.0 133.2 134.9 9.8 7.6 7.9 6.6 7.3 5.7 5.9 4.9Gettysburg ........................................................ 55.3 55.2 54.3 55.0 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.1 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.8Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 286.8 286.3 285.9 288.7 16.0 12.8 12.9 11.2 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.9Johnstown ........................................................ 63.3 62.6 62.9 62.8 5.0 4.3 4.0 3.7 7.9 6.8 6.4 5.9Lancaster .......................................................... 268.7 266.6 266.9 268.9 13.7 11.3 10.8 9.7 5.1 4.2 4.1 3.6Lebanon ............................................................ 70.1 69.2 69.3 69.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.7 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.0Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 3,022.0 3,015.3 3,008.4 3,030.0 203.5 170.2 173.1 155.1 6.7 5.6 5.8 5.1Pittsburgh ......................................................... 1,206.8 1,192.1 1,201.2 1,207.5 76.7 65.7 61.3 55.3 6.4 5.5 5.1 4.6Reading ............................................................ 210.2 209.5 208.9 210.5 13.1 10.8 10.7 9.3 6.2 5.2 5.1 4.4Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton .................... 280.8 280.8 278.2 280.9 22.6 18.2 18.5 16.0 8.0 6.5 6.6 5.7State College .................................................... 77.6 78.3 78.0 79.4 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.1Williamsport ...................................................... 60.9 60.9 60.9 61.6 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.4 7.3 6.2 5.7 5.5York-Hanover ................................................... 229.9 228.3 228.6 229.0 13.6 11.4 11.0 9.8 5.9 5.0 4.8 4.3

Rhode Island ....................................................... 550.4 550.5 550.4 549.8 48.8 38.1 43.9 31.1 8.9 6.9 8.0 5.6Providence-Warwick ......................................... 676.9 680.1 675.6 677.8 59.2 46.5 52.3 37.4 8.7 6.8 7.7 5.5

South Carolina .................................................... 2,172.5 2,230.4 2,177.0 2,252.9 129.4 138.5 117.0 137.3 6.0 6.2 5.4 6.1Charleston-North Charleston ............................ 343.8 353.6 346.2 358.9 17.2 18.9 15.5 18.8 5.0 5.3 4.5 5.2Columbia .......................................................... 381.7 389.3 380.6 390.2 20.1 21.9 18.4 21.9 5.3 5.6 4.8 5.6Florence ............................................................ 93.2 94.5 92.7 94.2 6.4 6.8 5.9 6.7 6.9 7.1 6.3 7.1Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin ........................... 399.3 409.0 398.8 414.4 20.6 22.5 18.7 22.7 5.2 5.5 4.7 5.5Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort ................ 77.7 81.2 78.6 81.6 4.0 4.5 3.6 4.7 5.1 5.6 4.6 5.7Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach ...... 174.6 179.4 180.6 185.2 13.0 13.4 11.2 12.4 7.5 7.4 6.2 6.7Spartanburg ...................................................... 145.9 149.0 144.7 149.7 8.7 9.2 8.0 9.2 6.0 6.2 5.6 6.2Sumter .............................................................. 43.6 44.1 43.8 44.2 3.0 3.1 2.7 3.1 6.9 7.0 6.2 7.0

South Dakota ...................................................... 445.7 451.6 446.1 452.1 18.1 19.4 15.5 16.8 4.1 4.3 3.5 3.7Rapid City ......................................................... 70.0 71.3 70.5 71.6 2.9 3.2 2.5 2.8 4.1 4.5 3.6 3.9Sioux Falls ........................................................ 141.4 143.7 141.0 142.7 4.9 5.3 4.1 4.4 3.5 3.7 2.9 3.1

Tennessee ........................................................... 3,026.0 3,041.6 3,001.0 3,079.9 207.9 177.6 178.8 162.4 6.9 5.8 6.0 5.3Chattanooga ..................................................... 250.7 251.5 249.0 254.7 16.4 14.0 14.4 13.1 6.6 5.5 5.8 5.2Clarksville ......................................................... 108.7 109.3 107.5 110.7 7.9 6.4 6.9 5.9 7.3 5.8 6.4 5.4

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Tennessee—ContinuedCleveland .......................................................... 55.3 55.3 54.8 55.4 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.8 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.1Jackson ............................................................ 61.6 61.3 60.9 61.9 4.4 3.8 3.9 3.5 7.2 6.1 6.3 5.6Johnson City ..................................................... 89.5 89.3 88.3 90.7 6.3 5.4 5.4 4.9 7.1 6.0 6.1 5.4Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 141.6 139.8 138.9 141.5 9.4 8.1 8.2 7.4 6.7 5.8 5.9 5.2Knoxville ........................................................... 398.8 403.6 396.3 411.7 25.1 21.5 21.7 20.1 6.3 5.3 5.5 4.9Memphis ........................................................... 608.5 607.4 603.8 612.0 48.0 39.5 41.2 36.3 7.9 6.5 6.8 5.9Morristown ........................................................ 49.6 49.9 48.9 50.6 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.9 7.9 6.6 6.6 5.8Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin .... 904.0 918.1 899.0 931.9 47.5 42.0 41.6 39.5 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.2

Texas ................................................................... 13,073.4 13,088.6 13,049.1 13,094.8 705.5 554.4 622.6 522.0 5.4 4.2 4.8 4.0Abilene .............................................................. 77.0 76.9 77.3 76.6 3.6 2.8 3.1 2.7 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.5Amarillo ............................................................. 132.0 129.8 132.4 129.9 5.1 3.8 4.4 3.5 3.9 3.0 3.3 2.7Austin-Round Rock ........................................... 1,050.4 1,050.0 1,047.4 1,056.5 46.3 34.2 40.1 31.6 4.4 3.3 3.8 3.0Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 179.9 180.3 179.7 179.9 15.5 11.2 13.8 10.7 8.6 6.2 7.7 6.0Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 169.0 165.8 168.2 165.1 14.9 11.7 13.4 11.1 8.8 7.1 8.0 6.7College Station-Bryan ....................................... 120.9 118.4 120.7 117.7 5.0 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.1 3.3 3.6 3.2Corpus Christi ................................................... 212.3 213.0 210.8 214.6 11.5 9.8 10.3 9.6 5.4 4.6 4.9 4.5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................. 3,536.5 3,559.8 3,532.3 3,573.7 189.0 143.3 167.4 131.7 5.3 4.0 4.7 3.7El Paso ............................................................. 351.9 341.4 350.9 342.1 24.1 17.9 21.8 16.6 6.8 5.2 6.2 4.9Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land .............. 3,244.0 3,254.6 3,234.6 3,246.0 167.6 137.0 148.4 130.5 5.2 4.2 4.6 4.0Killeen-Temple .................................................. 170.1 168.3 170.4 167.6 10.4 7.8 9.3 7.2 6.1 4.6 5.5 4.3Laredo .............................................................. 111.5 112.0 111.3 112.0 6.0 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.4 4.5 4.8 4.4Longview .......................................................... 104.3 105.6 104.3 105.5 5.6 4.4 4.9 4.5 5.3 4.2 4.7 4.3Lubbock ............................................................ 154.4 153.2 154.3 153.6 6.3 5.0 5.4 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.5 3.0McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 335.9 333.4 334.3 331.3 31.2 25.2 28.0 24.1 9.3 7.6 8.4 7.3Midland ............................................................. 91.9 97.3 92.8 97.2 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.9Odessa ............................................................. 81.3 85.7 81.5 85.6 3.0 3.2 2.6 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.8San Angelo ....................................................... 55.7 55.9 55.3 55.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.8San Antonio-New Braunfels ............................. 1,091.0 1,097.7 1,090.0 1,097.9 53.5 40.1 46.7 37.2 4.9 3.7 4.3 3.4Sherman-Denison ............................................. 61.2 60.4 60.7 60.2 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.2 5.2 3.9 4.5 3.6Texarkana ......................................................... 64.6 63.9 64.4 63.7 4.3 3.3 3.8 3.1 6.7 5.2 5.9 4.8Tyler .................................................................. 102.2 102.1 102.3 102.0 5.7 4.4 5.0 4.2 5.6 4.3 4.9 4.1Victoria .............................................................. 50.0 50.4 49.8 50.4 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.8 4.4 3.7 3.9 3.6Waco ................................................................ 119.0 117.8 119.0 117.5 6.4 4.8 5.5 4.3 5.4 4.0 4.6 3.7Wichita Falls ..................................................... 66.7 65.0 66.2 64.7 3.3 2.7 2.9 2.5 5.0 4.1 4.4 3.9

Utah ...................................................................... 1,419.7 1,457.3 1,413.0 1,458.0 59.6 52.7 48.4 47.4 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.3Logan ................................................................ 65.7 67.0 65.2 67.0 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.7Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 295.6 304.0 295.0 305.2 12.5 11.1 10.1 9.9 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.2Provo-Orem ...................................................... 257.6 269.3 256.8 269.8 9.9 8.6 8.2 8.0 3.9 3.2 3.2 3.0St. George ........................................................ 60.9 61.6 60.8 62.3 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.2 4.8 4.2 3.8 3.6Salt Lake City ................................................... 601.4 614.4 597.1 614.6 25.1 21.5 20.5 19.2 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.1

Vermont ............................................................... 347.2 346.7 344.2 343.9 15.4 13.6 14.9 12.7 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.7Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 122.3 123.9 122.8 124.4 4.1 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.2 2.6

Virginia ................................................................ 4,286.5 4,235.2 4,268.2 4,259.3 235.0 208.7 205.4 193.9 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.6Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 94.4 94.4 93.9 95.7 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.4Charlottesville ................................................... 115.8 116.6 116.4 117.7 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.9Harrisonburg ..................................................... 66.1 65.0 65.8 65.7 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.9 5.6 5.0 4.4 4.4Lynchburg ......................................................... 125.4 124.5 124.5 124.5 7.5 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.1 4.9Richmond ......................................................... 657.7 650.4 655.5 653.4 38.0 33.4 33.8 31.4 5.8 5.1 5.2 4.8Roanoke ........................................................... 162.5 159.8 161.8 159.9 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.3 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.6Staunton-Waynesboro ...................................... 59.8 58.5 59.5 58.6 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 5.3 5.0 4.5 4.5Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 846.5 834.7 844.1 838.9 50.3 45.4 44.5 42.4 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1Winchester ........................................................ 68.9 68.7 69.0 69.5 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.0 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.4

Washington ......................................................... 3,476.1 3,543.9 3,453.0 3,527.2 235.7 201.0 201.6 175.7 6.8 5.7 5.8 5.0Bellingham ........................................................ 102.6 105.4 100.6 103.1 7.4 6.2 6.4 5.5 7.2 5.9 6.3 5.4Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 113.4 115.0 110.8 113.2 7.6 6.5 6.6 6.1 6.7 5.7 6.0 5.3Kennewick-Richland ......................................... 125.2 127.0 124.9 127.3 11.3 9.5 9.5 8.3 9.0 7.5 7.6 6.5Longview .......................................................... 43.9 45.3 43.3 44.6 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.3 9.0 7.7 7.9 7.3Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 56.6 56.7 55.7 56.2 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.5 7.9 7.0 7.0 6.2Olympia-Tumwater ........................................... 123.9 126.8 121.1 124.4 8.8 7.7 7.6 7.0 7.1 6.0 6.3 5.6Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................. 1,936.6 1,979.1 1,932.9 1,980.4 107.8 91.1 92.1 78.0 5.6 4.6 4.8 3.9Spokane-Spokane Valley ................................. 249.0 252.5 245.3 248.0 20.4 17.8 16.9 15.5 8.2 7.1 6.9 6.2Walla Walla ....................................................... 30.1 30.3 29.7 29.9 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.6 7.5 6.2 6.2 5.5Wenatchee ....................................................... 56.0 58.0 55.8 57.9 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.4 8.0 6.8 7.0 5.9Yakima .............................................................. 114.9 116.7 115.0 116.9 11.9 10.4 10.2 9.0 10.3 9.0 8.9 7.7

West Virginia ....................................................... 793.7 768.2 795.7 784.7 59.2 58.8 52.3 56.5 7.5 7.7 6.6 7.2Beckley ............................................................. 48.1 46.3 48.1 47.4 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.9 8.4 8.8 7.6 8.2Charleston ........................................................ 100.9 96.7 101.1 99.0 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.3 7.0Huntington-Ashland .......................................... 151.3 146.7 150.9 148.6 11.1 10.0 9.6 9.3 7.3 6.8 6.3 6.3Morgantown ...................................................... 65.4 63.5 65.9 65.0 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.5 5.2 5.5 4.5 5.4Parkersburg-Vienna .......................................... 40.3 39.2 40.4 40.4 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.7 7.0 7.2 5.8 6.6Wheeling ........................................................... 68.4 66.2 67.5 67.4 5.3 4.6 4.3 4.4 7.7 6.9 6.4 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Wisconsin ............................................................ 3,073.0 3,073.8 3,062.6 3,056.1 204.1 167.1 172.5 133.1 6.6 5.4 5.6 4.4Appleton ........................................................... 127.3 128.9 127.4 128.5 7.3 6.0 6.2 4.8 5.7 4.6 4.9 3.7Eau Claire ......................................................... 91.2 92.0 91.4 91.0 5.5 4.6 4.6 3.6 6.0 5.0 5.1 3.9Fond du Lac ...................................................... 56.8 58.1 57.1 57.5 3.5 2.8 2.9 2.2 6.1 4.8 5.1 3.8Green Bay ........................................................ 168.5 170.3 168.0 168.4 10.5 8.5 8.9 6.7 6.2 5.0 5.3 4.0Janesville-Beloit ................................................ 82.0 84.2 82.0 83.2 6.2 5.2 5.3 4.2 7.5 6.2 6.4 5.0La Crosse-Onalaska ......................................... 77.5 77.4 77.3 76.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 2.6 5.5 4.5 4.4 3.4Madison ............................................................ 369.6 374.4 368.7 372.2 17.7 14.7 14.6 11.6 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.1Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 821.9 814.0 816.6 812.3 55.7 45.5 47.9 37.9 6.8 5.6 5.9 4.7Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 91.4 91.9 91.2 91.2 5.6 4.5 4.9 3.7 6.1 4.9 5.3 4.0Racine .............................................................. 99.4 98.0 99.4 97.2 8.0 6.5 6.8 5.3 8.0 6.6 6.8 5.5Sheboygan ....................................................... 60.8 61.4 60.7 60.7 3.5 2.7 2.8 2.1 5.7 4.4 4.6 3.5Wausau ............................................................ 72.9 73.6 72.3 72.6 4.6 3.5 3.9 2.8 6.3 4.8 5.5 3.9

Wyoming ............................................................. 305.0 306.8 305.0 306.8 14.4 14.8 13.4 12.9 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.2Casper .............................................................. 43.4 44.2 43.4 43.9 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.1 4.6 5.0 4.0 4.7Cheyenne ......................................................... 49.1 49.9 49.0 49.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.8 4.8 4.5 4.3 3.6

Puerto Rico ......................................................... 1,157.2 1,147.6 1,140.6 1,134.0 163.3 145.0 152.5 143.0 14.1 12.6 13.4 12.6Aguadilla-Isabela .............................................. 91.4 91.0 90.1 89.4 17.5 15.2 16.3 14.7 19.2 16.7 18.1 16.4Arecibo ............................................................. 54.8 54.6 54.1 53.7 8.8 8.6 8.2 8.3 16.1 15.7 15.2 15.4Guayama .......................................................... 23.0 22.5 22.4 22.3 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.5 22.1 19.9 20.9 20.1Mayaguez ......................................................... 30.2 30.1 29.8 29.7 5.4 4.2 4.9 4.0 17.8 13.9 16.6 13.6Ponce ............................................................... 102.3 101.6 100.7 100.4 18.7 16.6 17.3 16.7 18.3 16.4 17.2 16.7San German ..................................................... 38.0 36.9 37.6 36.8 7.7 5.7 7.1 5.4 20.2 15.3 18.9 14.7San Juan-Carolina-Caguas .............................. 768.4 764.1 758.4 756.1 90.5 81.6 84.9 80.5 11.8 10.7 11.2 10.6

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state thataccounts for the larger share of the population, different from the one that containsthe first principal city.

2 The area boundary does not reflect the Office of Management and Budgetdelineation.

p = preliminary. NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from amonthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01,dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states areMetropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in otherstates are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. Theyare listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwisefootnoted. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the followingmonth.

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division

Civilian labor forceUnemployed

Number Percent of labor force

March April March AprilMarch April

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

California .............................................................. 18,806.1 18,877.6 18,658.9 18,884.1 1,560.2 1,223.7 1,345.4 1,153.1 8.3 6.5 7.2 6.1Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ...................... 6,592.2 6,636.5 6,544.3 6,632.7 521.8 437.5 465.7 422.8 7.9 6.6 7.1 6.4 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine ................................ 1,575.0 1,589.9 1,560.0 1,585.9 94.5 69.6 79.3 65.3 6.0 4.4 5.1 4.1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 5,017.2 5,046.5 4,984.4 5,046.8 427.3 367.9 386.4 357.5 8.5 7.3 7.8 7.1San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward ......................... 2,449.7 2,473.5 2,431.7 2,476.6 142.7 104.8 119.6 98.7 5.8 4.2 4.9 4.0 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley ............................... 1,352.7 1,354.4 1,342.5 1,353.9 89.9 65.6 75.9 61.8 6.6 4.8 5.7 4.6 San Francisco-Redwood City-

South San Francisco ...................................... 957.5 978.2 950.5 981.4 46.2 34.3 38.3 32.3 4.8 3.5 4.0 3.3 San Rafael ......................................................... 139.6 140.8 138.6 141.3 6.6 4.9 5.4 4.6 4.7 3.4 3.9 3.3

District of Columbia .......................................... 371.7 381.5 370.0 384.0 29.2 27.6 26.5 25.8 7.9 7.2 7.2 6.7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 3,262.1 3,266.5 3,242.6 3,278.9 170.0 151.8 151.0 141.4 5.2 4.6 4.7 4.3 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville 3 .................... 666.1 671.1 661.5 672.2 31.0 27.6 27.5 25.6 4.7 4.1 4.2 3.8 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,596.0 2,595.4 2,581.2 2,606.8 139.0 124.2 123.4 115.8 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.4

Florida .................................................................... 9,632.3 9,550.3 9,584.5 9,543.6 633.7 526.1 572.1 498.0 6.6 5.5 6.0 5.2Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach ............ 2,989.7 2,975.7 2,987.3 2,982.8 202.2 166.2 185.4 161.2 6.8 5.6 6.2 5.4 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano

Beach-Deerfield Beach .................................. 990.2 985.2 982.9 980.8 60.8 51.0 55.4 47.5 6.1 5.2 5.6 4.8 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,308.3 1,307.5 1,317.8 1,317.6 98.2 81.2 91.5 81.7 7.5 6.2 6.9 6.2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach ... 691.3 683.0 686.6 684.4 43.3 34.0 38.4 32.0 6.3 5.0 5.6 4.7

Illinois .................................................................... 6,523.3 6,432.4 6,470.0 6,426.0 531.4 402.7 443.2 355.6 8.1 6.3 6.8 5.5Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 2 ................................... 4,898.3 4,851.7 4,852.3 4,846.3 396.8 311.7 340.0 278.9 8.1 6.4 7.0 5.8 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights ................ 3,794.8 3,764.2 3,752.7 3,760.4 306.7 241.4 267.5 223.0 8.1 6.4 7.1 5.9 Elgin .................................................................. 318.1 311.3 315.1 312.2 26.7 18.7 20.6 14.9 8.4 6.0 6.5 4.8 Gary 3 ................................................................ 334.8 334.2 336.0 333.6 27.8 25.8 24.4 20.8 8.3 7.7 7.3 6.2 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 450.7 442.1 448.4 440.1 35.7 25.8 27.4 20.1 7.9 5.8 6.1 4.6

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,523.8 3,612.9 3,510.9 3,602.7 220.8 181.0 194.4 148.6 6.3 5.0 5.5 4.1Boston-Cambridge-Nashua 2 ............................... 2,589.8 2,653.2 2,579.4 2,648.1 142.7 117.7 128.9 99.7 5.5 4.4 5.0 3.8 Boston-Cambridge-Newton ............................... 1,527.2 1,567.7 1,522.4 1,566.4 76.9 63.8 70.6 54.5 5.0 4.1 4.6 3.5 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 104.8 107.1 103.6 107.0 7.3 5.9 6.4 4.9 7.0 5.5 6.2 4.5 Framingham ...................................................... 152.4 156.7 152.0 156.6 7.5 6.2 6.6 5.1 4.9 4.0 4.4 3.3 Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town 2 ......... 110.0 112.2 110.4 112.6 6.7 5.7 5.9 4.7 6.1 5.0 5.4 4.2 Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem 2 .................... 93.6 95.5 93.0 94.7 7.9 6.4 7.1 5.4 8.5 6.7 7.6 5.8 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 180.4 185.4 179.6 184.5 11.5 9.2 10.3 7.8 6.4 5.0 5.7 4.2 Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead ................................ 81.9 84.4 81.6 84.3 5.0 4.0 4.5 3.4 6.1 4.8 5.5 4.0 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 167.7 168.8 166.9 167.8 8.9 7.6 8.0 6.7 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.0 Peabody-Salem-Beverly .................................... 89.8 92.2 89.0 91.4 5.0 4.1 4.5 3.5 5.6 4.4 5.1 3.8 Taunton-Middleborough-Norton ........................ 81.8 83.3 80.9 82.6 5.8 4.7 4.9 3.7 7.1 5.7 6.1 4.5

Michigan ............................................................... 4,752.7 4,694.3 4,681.2 4,678.2 402.7 266.8 324.3 224.4 8.5 5.7 6.9 4.8Detroit-Warren-Dearborn ...................................... 2,022.6 1,961.2 1,979.4 1,952.9 189.5 118.0 154.5 99.2 9.4 6.0 7.8 5.1 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia ................................... 769.8 740.3 751.6 735.1 82.9 51.0 70.0 43.7 10.8 6.9 9.3 6.0 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ........................... 1,252.8 1,221.0 1,227.8 1,217.9 106.6 67.0 84.4 55.4 8.5 5.5 6.9 4.5

New York .............................................................. 9,609.8 9,561.9 9,521.3 9,616.5 679.0 555.3 580.6 524.9 7.1 5.8 6.1 5.5New York-Newark-Jersey City 2 ........................... 9,952.4 9,974.1 9,871.9 10,004.9 706.8 599.5 605.8 562.1 7.1 6.0 6.1 5.6 Dutchess County-Putnam County .................... 193.2 189.1 191.8 190.6 11.0 8.7 9.3 8.4 5.7 4.6 4.8 4.4 Nassau County-Suffolk County ......................... 1,450.4 1,435.3 1,441.6 1,448.6 80.9 67.8 66.6 63.7 5.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 Newark 3 ............................................................ 1,261.4 1,269.6 1,254.1 1,269.0 88.5 81.5 75.0 75.0 7.0 6.4 6.0 5.9 New York-Jersey City-White Plains 2 ................ 7,047.4 7,080.1 6,984.4 7,096.8 526.4 441.6 454.8 415.0 7.5 6.2 6.5 5.8

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,376.2 6,323.4 6,334.3 6,361.8 419.3 347.0 340.3 299.9 6.6 5.5 5.4 4.7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 3,022.0 3,015.3 3,008.4 3,030.0 203.5 170.2 173.1 155.1 6.7 5.6 5.8 5.1 Camden 3 .......................................................... 635.5 639.4 633.2 639.6 48.3 44.2 41.2 40.6 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.4 Montgomery County-Bucks

County-Chester County ................................ 1,040.1 1,030.2 1,034.9 1,040.2 54.1 44.8 44.1 39.2 5.2 4.3 4.3 3.8 Philadelphia ....................................................... 981.9 973.3 976.4 977.9 78.2 62.6 66.5 57.5 8.0 6.4 6.8 5.9 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 364.5 372.4 363.9 372.3 23.1 18.7 21.4 17.8 6.3 5.0 5.9 4.8

Texas ...................................................................... 13,073.4 13,088.6 13,049.1 13,094.8 705.5 554.4 622.6 522.0 5.4 4.2 4.8 4.0Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,536.5 3,559.8 3,532.3 3,573.7 189.0 143.3 167.4 131.7 5.3 4.0 4.7 3.7 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 2,350.2 2,372.2 2,348.8 2,379.5 126.2 94.7 112.0 86.8 5.4 4.0 4.8 3.6 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,186.3 1,187.7 1,183.5 1,194.2 62.8 48.6 55.5 44.9 5.3 4.1 4.7 3.8

Washington ......................................................... 3,476.1 3,543.9 3,453.0 3,527.2 235.7 201.0 201.6 175.7 6.8 5.7 5.8 5.0Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,936.6 1,979.1 1,932.9 1,980.4 107.8 91.1 92.1 78.0 5.6 4.6 4.8 3.9 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,551.5 1,586.1 1,554.9 1,594.2 78.4 65.4 66.1 54.0 5.1 4.1 4.3 3.4 Tacoma-Lakewood ............................................ 385.2 393.0 377.9 386.2 29.4 25.7 26.0 24.0 7.6 6.5 6.9 6.2

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 metropolitan divisions. 2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area delineations are based on Office of Managementand Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England

City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitanareas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city.Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more thanone state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which theirmetropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., themetropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject torevision the following month.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.2 1,937.5 1,922.4 1,950.2 27.8 1.4

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1 46.3 46.4 46.6 0.2 0.4

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.4 60.5 59.1 60.9 1.8 3.0

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4 516.2 510.3 518.1 7.8 1.5

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 68.5 68.3 69.4 1.1 1.6

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 53.8 54.0 53.5 -0.5 -0.9

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 57.5 56.6 57.7 1.1 1.9

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 55.2 56.5 55.5 -1.0 -1.8

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 37.2 36.9 37.4 0.5 1.4

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.0 217.4 214.7 218.7 4.0 1.9

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.4 176.4 176.4 177.8 1.4 0.8

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.0 170.3 169.1 171.2 2.1 1.2

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.1 104.4 101.1 105.1 4.0 4.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.9 327.5 330.6 333.5 2.9 0.9

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.1 176.9 178.0 179.7 1.7 1.0

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 37.5 38.0 38.3 0.3 0.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,566.9 2,633.7 2,575.3 2,635.9 60.6 2.4

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 65.1 64.0 66.3 2.3 3.6

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 47.0 46.9 46.9 0.0 0.0

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849.1 1,905.2 1,855.3 1,906.6 51.3 2.8

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 61.3 59.2 61.8 2.6 4.4

Sierra Vista-Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.5 34.2 34.4 0.2 0.6

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.1 373.1 368.1 372.1 4.0 1.1

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 52.7 52.4 51.4 -1.0 -1.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180.5 1,201.8 1,189.9 1,215.5 25.6 2.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.2 229.1 223.1 231.0 7.9 3.5

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3 112.0 113.0 113.3 0.3 0.3

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 38.5 38.6 38.6 0.0 0.0

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 54.6 52.8 55.3 2.5 4.7

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.8 347.7 346.4 349.9 3.5 1.0

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.4 33.9 33.0 -0.9 -2.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,461.1 15,964.0 15,551.5 16,026.4 474.9 3.1

Bakersfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 260.5 255.4 259.7 4.3 1.7

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 77.2 76.2 78.6 2.4 3.1

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 54.3 55.2 54.1 -1.1 -2.0

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.0 323.5 310.5 323.4 12.9 4.2

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 37.5 36.9 37.5 0.6 1.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,674.0 5,841.3 5,694.6 5,854.7 160.1 2.8

Madera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.6 0.0 0.0

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 64.2 61.9 64.2 2.3 3.7

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 162.8 160.7 163.0 2.3 1.4

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 69.4 68.3 69.5 1.2 1.8

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 297.2 292.6 296.2 3.6 1.2

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 62.6 61.4 62.7 1.3 2.1

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272.0 1,326.7 1,278.7 1,330.9 52.2 4.1

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880.1 906.3 886.9 907.8 20.9 2.4

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 133.0 129.4 134.6 5.2 4.0

San Diego-Carlsbad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334.5 1,376.0 1,340.0 1,380.9 40.9 3.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,152.7 2,226.3 2,167.8 2,241.4 73.6 3.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.2 1,044.7 993.7 1,053.2 59.5 6.0

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 113.1 110.8 113.5 2.7 2.4

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 96.4 95.4 97.2 1.8 1.9

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.6 182.0 177.3 182.4 5.1 2.9

Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.3 194.4 191.4 195.9 4.5 2.4

Stockton-Lodi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.3 212.5 206.3 213.4 7.1 3.4

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.2 130.3 127.0 131.1 4.1 3.2

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.0 115.9 113.5 116.6 3.1 2.7

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 40.5 39.5 40.6 1.1 2.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423.1 2,492.8 2,439.1 2,499.6 60.5 2.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Colorado - Continued

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.8 177.9 175.7 178.3 2.6 1.5

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.6 263.9 260.6 266.0 5.4 2.1

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.0 1,362.8 1,329.0 1,370.6 41.6 3.1

Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.3 150.2 147.6 151.3 3.7 2.5

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 61.6 61.2 62.2 1.0 1.6

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 101.4 96.6 101.8 5.2 5.4

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 60.1 59.4 60.4 1.0 1.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638.0 1,664.4 1,663.0 1,684.8 21.8 1.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.2 403.7 404.4 409.8 5.4 1.3

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 78.0 77.9 78.7 0.8 1.0

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.2 568.0 564.4 573.0 8.6 1.5

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3 279.5 279.6 283.1 3.5 1.3

Norwich-New London-Westerly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.5 124.5 128.0 126.0 -2.0 -1.6

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.8 67.2 67.0 67.9 0.9 1.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.8 437.2 434.2 442.2 8.0 1.8

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 67.9 67.6 68.2 0.6 0.9

Salisbury1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 142.8 146.7 148.8 2.1 1.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.6 759.1 752.8 762.9 10.1 1.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075.5 3,127.1 3,101.4 3,167.0 65.6 2.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,791.4 8,082.1 7,821.7 8,108.4 286.7 3.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.6 241.6 232.5 242.6 10.1 4.3

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 106.6 105.5 107.6 2.1 2.0

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.2 188.8 183.0 188.8 5.8 3.2

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.8 136.2 132.0 136.0 4.0 3.0

Homosassa Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 33.0 32.6 33.0 0.4 1.2

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.7 633.6 621.2 637.7 16.5 2.7

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.6 208.1 202.4 209.4 7.0 3.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413.3 2,502.4 2,421.0 2,503.8 82.8 3.4

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.1 139.0 132.0 137.7 5.7 4.3

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.9 278.7 269.1 278.3 9.2 3.4

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 97.9 95.2 98.2 3.0 3.2

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.7 1,150.1 1,103.4 1,150.6 47.2 4.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.9 202.4 197.9 203.3 5.4 2.7

Panama City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 82.0 81.2 81.9 0.7 0.9

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 167.5 164.4 169.3 4.9 3.0

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 136.7 131.4 135.9 4.5 3.4

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 45.1 45.0 45.2 0.2 0.4

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 48.6 47.5 48.6 1.1 2.3

Sebring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 25.9 25.2 25.9 0.7 2.8

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.1 177.0 172.9 177.4 4.5 2.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.2 1,235.1 1,208.5 1,247.6 39.1 3.2

The Villages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 26.2 25.6 25.9 0.3 1.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,093.6 4,223.4 4,138.7 4,257.2 118.5 2.9

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 61.6 61.4 61.4 0.0 0.0

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.0 92.1 90.2 92.7 2.5 2.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,461.7 2,545.3 2,483.1 2,566.3 83.2 3.4

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.1 229.9 227.2 234.0 6.8 3.0

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 41.8 40.9 42.4 1.5 3.7

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 123.6 123.1 124.4 1.3 1.1

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 68.4 66.1 68.4 2.3 3.5

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 82.3 79.0 82.9 3.9 4.9

Hinesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5 20.0 19.7 20.0 0.3 1.5

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.9 101.3 101.4 101.4 0.0 0.0

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 40.1 39.9 40.4 0.5 1.3

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.2 168.9 164.2 171.7 7.5 4.6

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 55.3 54.8 55.8 1.0 1.8

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 69.8 70.8 69.9 -0.9 -1.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.3 632.4 624.5 631.0 6.5 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Hawaii - Continued

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 72.7 71.0 72.5 1.5 2.1

Urban Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.4 468.3 461.0 466.8 5.8 1.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.5 662.9 650.4 668.1 17.7 2.7

Boise City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.3 284.0 282.2 285.7 3.5 1.2

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 58.5 56.6 60.1 3.5 6.2

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 60.6 59.5 61.3 1.8 3.0

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 27.4 27.4 27.2 -0.2 -0.7

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 35.7 35.2 35.5 0.3 0.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,775.0 5,839.9 5,846.0 5,900.9 54.9 0.9

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 93.6 95.8 94.5 -1.3 -1.4

Carbondale-Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.3 53.6 55.2 54.3 -0.9 -1.6

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.6 109.4 109.3 110.5 1.2 1.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,417.8 4,481.9 4,469.8 4,530.0 60.2 1.3

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 29.5 28.9 29.2 0.3 1.0

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.7 180.3 183.1 183.0 -0.1 -0.1

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.3 49.7 50.9 50.1 -0.8 -1.6

Kankakee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 44.9 43.7 44.9 1.2 2.7

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 175.4 179.8 176.7 -3.1 -1.7

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.6 149.7 148.9 150.9 2.0 1.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 110.4 111.2 111.8 0.6 0.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,942.4 2,997.8 2,978.9 3,038.2 59.3 2.0

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2 76.9 77.1 77.7 0.6 0.8

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 51.3 50.2 51.7 1.5 3.0

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 126.1 122.8 127.7 4.9 4.0

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.0 156.6 155.2 158.5 3.3 2.1

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.3 210.7 213.1 214.5 1.4 0.7

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976.7 1,005.9 988.0 1,016.6 28.6 2.9

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 40.6 40.1 40.9 0.8 2.0

Lafayette-West Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.8 100.9 101.1 102.1 1.0 1.0

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 40.9 41.9 41.8 -0.1 -0.2

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.0 50.4 50.5 51.0 0.5 1.0

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 136.3 135.1 136.5 1.4 1.0

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 70.0 70.8 70.1 -0.7 -1.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,522.7 1,549.6 1,547.3 1,572.0 24.7 1.6

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 53.9 52.4 54.0 1.6 3.1

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.8 139.2 141.8 141.7 -0.1 -0.1

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.0 344.5 341.4 349.2 7.8 2.3

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 59.6 58.8 60.1 1.3 2.2

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 98.7 98.2 100.0 1.8 1.8

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 88.0 87.5 89.4 1.9 2.2

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 92.2 93.2 92.9 -0.3 -0.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382.4 1,396.4 1,396.7 1,406.0 9.3 0.7

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 53.8 53.6 54.6 1.0 1.9

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 44.5 44.1 44.9 0.8 1.8

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.0 111.4 111.8 112.2 0.4 0.4

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.5 291.4 293.7 294.6 0.9 0.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828.3 1,864.0 1,854.0 1,889.4 35.4 1.9

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.5 72.5 71.5 73.5 2.0 2.8

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 54.2 53.7 55.1 1.4 2.6

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.0 264.0 263.9 268.3 4.4 1.7

Louisville/Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.0 638.6 623.0 642.0 19.0 3.0

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 52.2 52.2 52.5 0.3 0.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.0 1,982.0 1,976.8 1,986.5 9.7 0.5

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 64.1 63.4 63.5 0.1 0.2

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.4 399.4 392.7 400.4 7.7 2.0

Hammond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 44.2 43.7 44.4 0.7 1.6

Houma-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.7 100.1 101.3 100.5 -0.8 -0.8

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.1 220.2 221.8 220.8 -1.0 -0.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Louisiana - Continued

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 101.9 95.3 102.7 7.4 7.8

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 77.0 78.6 77.0 -1.6 -2.0

New Orleans-Metairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.7 563.1 564.1 564.1 0.0 0.0

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.5 182.3 184.2 182.4 -1.8 -1.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.7 586.1 591.5 595.5 4.0 0.7

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 65.3 65.5 66.0 0.5 0.8

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 49.3 49.3 50.0 0.7 1.4

Portland-South Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.7 190.2 190.3 193.7 3.4 1.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,580.1 2,617.5 2,613.5 2,657.7 44.2 1.7

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324.0 1,339.7 1,345.1 1,365.9 20.8 1.5

California-Lexington Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 44.0 44.4 44.3 -0.1 -0.2

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.1 39.7 39.9 39.8 -0.1 -0.3

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.1 102.0 102.5 102.9 0.4 0.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,346.5 3,402.9 3,397.7 3,457.3 59.6 1.8

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 95.3 96.9 99.2 2.3 2.4

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,544.9 2,585.3 2,577.4 2,621.7 44.3 1.7

Leominster-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 49.4 48.9 50.2 1.3 2.7

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 65.3 65.4 66.2 0.8 1.2

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 40.2 40.2 40.4 0.2 0.5

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.0 322.6 325.3 329.5 4.2 1.3

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.6 277.3 274.2 280.0 5.8 2.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,114.4 4,198.4 4,133.3 4,233.4 100.1 2.4

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.8 210.6 210.5 211.9 1.4 0.7

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 58.7 57.4 58.8 1.4 2.4

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 36.9 36.8 36.9 0.1 0.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871.4 1,912.3 1,873.9 1,926.3 52.4 2.8

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.1 138.5 141.7 3.2 2.3

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.5 521.4 508.4 527.8 19.4 3.8

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 55.6 55.5 55.7 0.2 0.4

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 140.5 138.7 142.1 3.4 2.5

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.5 224.0 221.6 226.6 5.0 2.3

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 37.3 37.5 38.0 0.5 1.3

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 42.3 41.2 42.2 1.0 2.4

Muskegon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 62.7 61.2 63.5 2.3 3.8

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 60.3 60.0 61.4 1.4 2.3

Saginaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 86.6 86.6 87.1 0.5 0.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,745.7 2,796.1 2,787.3 2,833.2 45.9 1.6

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.2 132.7 133.2 134.0 0.8 0.6

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 55.7 55.2 55.6 0.4 0.7

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850.1 1,888.4 1,878.3 1,912.9 34.6 1.8

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3 113.3 113.4 113.9 0.5 0.4

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 106.0 106.7 106.4 -0.3 -0.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116.7 1,122.6 1,122.8 1,131.7 8.9 0.8

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 152.5 155.6 153.5 -2.1 -1.3

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 62.1 61.4 62.2 0.8 1.3

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.4 273.5 270.1 275.0 4.9 1.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,702.5 2,743.6 2,750.5 2,766.9 16.4 0.6

Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 44.1 44.3 44.3 0.0 0.0

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 98.6 97.8 98.8 1.0 1.0

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 75.5 76.1 76.1 0.0 0.0

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 81.3 80.2 81.6 1.4 1.7

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002.6 1,030.3 1,017.7 1,033.9 16.2 1.6

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 62.2 62.8 61.9 -0.9 -1.4

St. Louis2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,298.4 1,312.0 1,321.7 1,323.7 2.0 0.2

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.7 204.8 203.6 205.4 1.8 0.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.0 446.6 450.9 452.3 1.4 0.3

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 81.9 82.2 83.8 1.6 1.9

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 34.4 36.0 35.0 -1.0 -2.8

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

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Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Montana - Continued

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 58.3 58.1 59.0 0.9 1.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981.4 992.5 993.4 1,003.7 10.3 1.0

Grand Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 42.8 42.6 42.7 0.1 0.2

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.0 186.5 184.7 187.7 3.0 1.6

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.4 485.4 483.9 490.9 7.0 1.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,198.3 1,233.5 1,209.0 1,250.2 41.2 3.4

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.9 27.8 27.8 0.0 0.0

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.5 897.1 879.5 907.0 27.5 3.1

Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.7 205.1 200.9 207.6 6.7 3.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.6 645.3 642.0 646.5 4.5 0.7

Dover-Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 52.9 52.4 53.3 0.9 1.7

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6 108.0 106.0 109.1 3.1 2.9

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.5 81.7 82.9 83.8 0.9 1.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,894.5 3,937.4 3,944.1 3,982.9 38.8 1.0

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.7 129.2 132.6 130.3 -2.3 -1.7

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 35.8 37.2 38.5 1.3 3.5

Trenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.8 251.7 250.9 253.7 2.8 1.1

Vineland-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.6 56.9 57.4 0.5 0.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.4 826.4 818.8 831.4 12.6 1.5

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.8 379.1 376.4 383.4 7.0 1.9

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 53.1 50.9 53.1 2.2 4.3

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 71.3 71.4 71.2 -0.2 -0.3

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 61.5 61.3 60.9 -0.4 -0.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,952.2 9,102.2 9,046.3 9,174.1 127.8 1.4

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.3 454.1 453.4 457.4 4.0 0.9

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 104.5 105.6 105.3 -0.3 -0.3

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.7 551.7 549.9 557.4 7.5 1.4

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 38.6 38.7 39.5 0.8 2.1

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2 52.8 53.2 53.9 0.7 1.3

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 70.7 72.4 71.6 -0.8 -1.1

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 60.2 60.4 60.9 0.5 0.8

New York-Newark-Jersey City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994.3 9,151.0 9,091.3 9,227.2 135.9 1.5

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.3 523.8 524.0 529.4 5.4 1.0

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 316.1 317.1 318.8 1.7 0.5

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.7 126.7 126.1 127.7 1.6 1.3

Watertown-Fort Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 41.1 41.1 41.6 0.5 1.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,087.7 4,206.5 4,134.3 4,241.7 107.4 2.6

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.1 180.1 176.4 181.6 5.2 2.9

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.0 60.8 59.3 60.9 1.6 2.7

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052.4 1,089.3 1,061.6 1,097.4 35.8 3.4

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.7 294.9 292.4 296.5 4.1 1.4

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.2 128.4 128.2 128.8 0.6 0.5

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 42.0 42.4 42.4 0.0 0.0

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.5 357.6 349.2 359.7 10.5 3.0

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 77.8 77.7 77.8 0.1 0.1

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.8 145.8 145.4 146.1 0.7 0.5

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.8 49.6 49.5 50.6 1.1 2.2

New Bern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.0 43.9 43.5 43.8 0.3 0.7

Raleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.0 568.2 554.6 571.5 16.9 3.0

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 56.8 56.5 56.3 -0.2 -0.4

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.0 116.6 114.6 118.2 3.6 3.1

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 253.6 252.2 256.2 4.0 1.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.6 461.8 454.8 466.7 11.9 2.6

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 73.8 72.3 74.9 2.6 3.6

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 138.8 135.9 139.5 3.6 2.6

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 57.4 56.4 58.3 1.9 3.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,238.5 5,316.5 5,317.4 5,384.1 66.7 1.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Ohio - Continued

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.2 329.7 331.5 335.0 3.5 1.1

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.5 171.8 172.1 173.5 1.4 0.8

Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.6 1,043.2 1,042.6 1,062.6 20.0 1.9

Cleveland-Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017.6 1,033.4 1,031.6 1,041.7 10.1 1.0

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993.5 1,013.0 1,009.4 1,024.6 15.2 1.5

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.8 372.1 370.7 376.0 5.3 1.4

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 52.7 51.5 53.0 1.5 2.9

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 52.6 52.7 53.4 0.7 1.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 52.1 51.2 52.6 1.4 2.7

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.3 296.0 300.3 301.8 1.5 0.5

Weirton-Steubenville1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 42.8 43.6 43.4 -0.2 -0.5

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 222.9 225.3 226.4 1.1 0.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643.3 1,657.9 1,649.4 1,672.0 22.6 1.4

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5 44.9 45.9 45.1 -0.8 -1.7

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.8 626.1 616.0 631.2 15.2 2.5

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.0 440.9 437.5 445.3 7.8 1.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.8 1,750.3 1,709.3 1,766.6 57.3 3.4

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 41.5 40.3 41.2 0.9 2.2

Bend-Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.3 70.2 68.0 71.1 3.1 4.6

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 40.7 40.2 40.8 0.6 1.5

Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 150.6 147.7 151.0 3.3 2.2

Grants Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 24.8 23.7 25.0 1.3 5.5

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 80.3 78.4 80.6 2.2 2.8

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,062.1 1,091.5 1,070.4 1,102.8 32.4 3.0

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.6 152.5 149.3 154.4 5.1 3.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,720.7 5,766.8 5,792.9 5,859.8 66.9 1.2

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.3 351.2 352.2 355.3 3.1 0.9

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 60.6 60.4 60.7 0.3 0.5

Bloomsburg-Berwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 43.0 42.9 43.2 0.3 0.7

Chambersburg-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 59.6 58.3 59.6 1.3 2.2

East Stroudsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 54.3 54.0 53.8 -0.2 -0.4

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 130.6 129.1 132.6 3.5 2.7

Gettysburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 34.8 34.2 35.0 0.8 2.3

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.3 328.7 327.0 333.3 6.3 1.9

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 57.5 58.0 58.3 0.3 0.5

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.5 238.1 238.9 242.6 3.7 1.5

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.9 50.9 51.3 51.2 -0.1 -0.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.2 2,786.0 2,784.2 2,815.8 31.6 1.1

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144.4 1,151.0 1,160.6 1,175.6 15.0 1.3

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.1 174.6 173.7 177.0 3.3 1.9

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.9 261.9 257.8 263.7 5.9 2.3

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 77.7 77.3 79.3 2.0 2.6

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 56.0 56.1 57.0 0.9 1.6

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.5 179.5 179.5 180.8 1.3 0.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.2 472.5 475.9 479.8 3.9 0.8

Providence-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.1 562.8 564.7 571.4 6.7 1.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,928.8 1,982.1 1,951.2 2,006.0 54.8 2.8

Charleston-North Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.6 326.2 321.6 330.8 9.2 2.9

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371.7 378.8 373.5 379.5 6.0 1.6

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.7 85.5 84.8 85.4 0.6 0.7

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.4 395.0 388.1 400.1 12.0 3.1

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 73.3 71.9 73.5 1.6 2.2

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.1 150.8 154.1 156.9 2.8 1.8

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 140.8 137.3 141.1 3.8 2.8

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.7 38.8 38.7 -0.1 -0.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.8 419.5 419.0 425.7 6.7 1.6

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 64.4 64.7 65.6 0.9 1.4

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 146.1 145.7 147.7 2.0 1.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,787.4 2,835.7 2,812.0 2,861.5 49.5 1.8

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.2 242.2 239.1 245.1 6.0 2.5

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 87.8 86.1 89.2 3.1 3.6

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 45.4 45.0 45.2 0.2 0.4

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 65.3 65.2 65.8 0.6 0.9

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 78.4 78.3 79.6 1.3 1.7

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.6 122.1 121.1 123.4 2.3 1.9

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.0 381.0 375.3 387.7 12.4 3.3

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.1 615.8 615.2 619.8 4.6 0.7

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 44.4 43.7 44.8 1.1 2.5

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864.4 886.9 871.6 895.4 23.8 2.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,407.6 11,728.2 11,480.5 11,784.7 304.2 2.6

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 69.4 68.6 69.3 0.7 1.0

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.0 116.6 117.1 117.3 0.2 0.2

Austin-Round Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.9 931.6 911.6 941.1 29.5 3.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.7 168.9 163.6 169.6 6.0 3.7

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 138.9 137.9 139.0 1.1 0.8

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2 105.4 105.8 105.2 -0.6 -0.6

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.6 198.2 192.8 200.3 7.5 3.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,221.5 3,340.3 3,244.7 3,370.5 125.8 3.9

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.4 295.5 297.2 297.8 0.6 0.2

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,888.7 2,973.1 2,903.6 2,972.7 69.1 2.4

Killeen-Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 135.6 134.5 136.1 1.6 1.2

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 99.9 97.9 100.2 2.3 2.3

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 105.2 102.0 105.4 3.4 3.3

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 138.1 137.0 139.2 2.2 1.6

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.9 247.8 242.3 246.4 4.1 1.7

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.8 99.1 93.3 99.1 5.8 6.2

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 81.8 76.9 81.8 4.9 6.4

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 49.3 47.8 49.1 1.3 2.7

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.0 969.7 943.4 973.8 30.4 3.2

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 45.6 45.1 45.6 0.5 1.1

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.7 58.8 58.7 -0.1 -0.2

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 99.3 97.7 99.7 2.0 2.0

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 45.4 44.2 45.5 1.3 2.9

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 112.3 111.4 112.9 1.5 1.3

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 57.8 58.1 57.8 -0.3 -0.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309.6 1,363.3 1,322.2 1,374.7 52.5 4.0

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 58.1 57.0 58.8 1.8 3.2

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.4 235.2 229.1 239.3 10.2 4.5

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.5 221.6 210.5 224.0 13.5 6.4

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 54.6 54.0 55.7 1.7 3.1

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.7 670.6 650.7 676.0 25.3 3.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.9 312.5 304.5 310.7 6.2 2.0

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 123.6 121.4 124.5 3.1 2.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,732.1 3,759.2 3,772.8 3,806.4 33.6 0.9

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 78.9 77.7 80.5 2.8 3.6

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.3 111.2 109.8 112.7 2.9 2.6

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 64.6 64.7 65.1 0.4 0.6

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 103.4 102.6 103.7 1.1 1.1

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.8 629.1 628.9 635.5 6.6 1.0

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.8 159.4 160.4 160.4 0.0 0.0

Staunton-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 48.0 48.5 48.1 -0.4 -0.8

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743.7 747.9 752.8 756.5 3.7 0.5

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 60.3 60.0 61.1 1.1 1.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023.4 3,126.4 3,041.1 3,152.5 111.4 3.7

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.2 89.2 85.9 89.6 3.7 4.3

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 86.5 84.5 87.4 2.9 3.4

Kennewick-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.9 105.1 102.9 106.1 3.2 3.1

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 39.2 37.7 39.2 1.5 4.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued[In thousands]

State and areaMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

Washington - Continued

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.0 47.5 48.3 0.8 1.7

Olympia-Tumwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2 109.2 105.2 109.5 4.3 4.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,810.6 1,874.9 1,816.8 1,887.1 70.3 3.9

Spokane-Spokane Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.8 234.1 231.4 236.8 5.4 2.3

Walla Walla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 27.4 27.1 27.4 0.3 1.1

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.6 40.6 39.3 41.2 1.9 4.8

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.0 80.7 79.0 81.5 2.5 3.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755.8 749.9 764.6 759.0 -5.6 -0.7

Beckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.2 47.1 47.5 47.7 0.2 0.4

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 122.0 124.0 122.9 -1.1 -0.9

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.4 139.6 140.8 141.0 0.2 0.1

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 70.0 70.5 70.4 -0.1 -0.1

Parkersburg-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 42.4 42.7 43.3 0.6 1.4

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 68.4 68.9 69.5 0.6 0.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,788.7 2,832.4 2,822.9 2,869.5 46.6 1.7

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.7 120.7 119.4 122.9 3.5 2.9

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 84.8 84.4 85.4 1.0 1.2

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 48.4 47.6 48.7 1.1 2.3

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.5 171.2 169.2 172.6 3.4 2.0

Janesville-Beloit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 66.4 64.5 67.0 2.5 3.9

La Crosse-Onalaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 76.7 77.3 77.7 0.4 0.5

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.4 383.1 378.5 387.3 8.8 2.3

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.7 834.4 837.3 848.9 11.6 1.4

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.7 94.1 93.6 95.1 1.5 1.6

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 74.6 76.1 75.5 -0.6 -0.8

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 60.7 59.9 60.9 1.0 1.7

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 71.1 69.7 71.2 1.5 2.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.4 287.9 286.4 287.6 1.2 0.4

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 43.2 42.7 42.6 -0.1 -0.2

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1 47.5 46.4 47.1 0.7 1.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915.9 911.9 911.3 912.1 0.8 0.1

Aguadilla-Isabela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 51.6 50.5 51.7 1.2 2.4

Arecibo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 34.7 34.9 34.7 -0.2 -0.6

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 14.9 14.9 14.8 -0.1 -0.7

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 35.3 34.1 35.2 1.1 3.2

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 74.0 73.0 73.5 0.5 0.7

San German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.9 20.3 20.1 21.1 1.0 5.0

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.8 661.6 662.8 662.6 -0.2 0.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.2 38.0 38.1 0.1 0.3

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state that accounts for the larger share of the population, which is different from the state that containsthe first principal city.

2 Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomesavailable. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website atwww.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states arecounty-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates forthe latest month are subject to revision the following month.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATANOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTEDTable 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division1

[In thousands]

State, area, and divisionMarch April

Change fromApril 2014 to April 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p Number Percent

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,461.1 15,964.0 15,551.5 16,026.4 474.9 3.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,674.0 5,841.3 5,694.6 5,854.7 160.1 2.8

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478.2 1,532.2 1,485.5 1,536.0 50.5 3.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,195.8 4,309.1 4,209.1 4,318.7 109.6 2.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,152.7 2,226.3 2,167.8 2,241.4 73.6 3.4

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050.5 1,076.3 1,059.1 1,081.0 21.9 2.1

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992.3 1,036.9 997.7 1,046.3 48.6 4.9

San Rafael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 113.1 111.0 114.1 3.1 2.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.6 759.1 752.8 762.9 10.1 1.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075.5 3,127.1 3,101.4 3,167.0 65.6 2.1

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.3 579.7 574.4 587.6 13.2 2.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,506.2 2,547.4 2,527.0 2,579.4 52.4 2.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,791.4 8,082.1 7,821.7 8,108.4 286.7 3.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413.3 2,502.4 2,421.0 2,503.8 82.8 3.4

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.0 799.3 772.5 801.0 28.5 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080.8 1,121.4 1,083.2 1,116.9 33.7 3.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562.5 581.7 565.3 585.9 20.6 3.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,775.0 5,839.9 5,846.0 5,900.9 54.9 0.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,417.8 4,481.9 4,469.8 4,530.0 60.2 1.3

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,516.4 3,569.5 3,553.1 3,602.5 49.4 1.4

Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.9 246.7 246.9 252.9 6.0 2.4

Gary3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 272.8 273.7 276.4 2.7 1.0

Lake County-Kenosha County2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.7 392.9 396.1 398.2 2.1 0.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,346.5 3,402.9 3,397.7 3,457.3 59.6 1.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,544.9 2,585.3 2,577.4 2,621.7 44.3 1.7

Boston-Cambridge-Newton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702.9 1,729.2 1,724.4 1,753.1 28.7 1.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 80.2 79.3 82.4 3.1 3.9

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.9 169.0 168.2 171.4 3.2 1.9

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 62.1 63.2 64.2 1.0 1.6

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 78.2 77.8 79.3 1.5 1.9

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.0 146.6 144.9 148.3 3.4 2.3

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.8 44.2 43.8 45.3 1.5 3.4

Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 122.8 123.8 124.2 0.4 0.3

Peabody-Salem-Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 95.9 94.4 96.0 1.6 1.7

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 57.1 57.6 57.5 -0.1 -0.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,114.4 4,198.4 4,133.3 4,233.4 100.1 2.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871.4 1,912.3 1,873.9 1,926.3 52.4 2.8

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.3 733.4 717.5 736.0 18.5 2.6

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151.1 1,178.9 1,156.4 1,190.3 33.9 2.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,952.2 9,102.2 9,046.3 9,174.1 127.8 1.4

New York-Newark-Jersey City2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994.3 9,151.0 9,091.3 9,227.2 135.9 1.5

Dutchess County-Putnam County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.5 141.5 143.0 142.4 -0.6 -0.4

Nassau County-Suffolk County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263.3 1,275.6 1,286.0 1,294.2 8.2 0.6

Newark3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164.6 1,181.4 1,177.6 1,189.6 12.0 1.0

New York-Jersey City-White Plains2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,424.9 6,552.5 6,484.7 6,601.0 116.3 1.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,720.7 5,766.8 5,792.9 5,859.8 66.9 1.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.2 2,786.0 2,784.2 2,815.8 31.6 1.1

Camden3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.7 510.7 512.3 516.0 3.7 0.7

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006.4 1,013.2 1,017.8 1,030.2 12.4 1.2

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897.1 914.4 907.7 920.0 12.3 1.4

Wilmington3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.0 347.7 346.4 349.6 3.2 0.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,407.6 11,728.2 11,480.5 11,784.7 304.2 2.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,221.5 3,340.3 3,244.7 3,370.5 125.8 3.9

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,256.2 2,348.6 2,273.8 2,367.4 93.6 4.1

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965.3 991.7 970.9 1,003.1 32.2 3.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023.4 3,126.4 3,041.1 3,152.5 111.4 3.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,810.6 1,874.9 1,816.8 1,887.1 70.3 3.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,525.7 1,580.6 1,530.0 1,590.1 60.1 3.9

Tacoma-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.9 294.3 286.8 297.0 10.2 3.6

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 metropolitan divisions.2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions arebased on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan NewEngland City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principalcity. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which theirmetropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision thefollowing month.

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Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,not seasonally adjusted, April 2015

(U.S. rate = 5.1 percent)

Map includes data for 387 metropolitan areas basedon Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01. Areas in the six New England states are Metro-politan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

NOTE:

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MapMarkAbove U.S. average

U.S. average or below