Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics

 

Civilian labor force in the Midwest,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 153,182 154,534 154,390 154,603 1,421 0.9

Midwest
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 (1) 34,887.7 (2) 35,134.8 34,973.4 34,929.6 (1) 41.9 (1) 0.1

Illinois
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 (1) 6,713.6 6,824.2 6,775.6 (P) 6,755.5 (P) (1) 41.9 (P) (1) 0.6

Indiana
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 (1) 3,204.2 3,229.7 3,219.3 (P) 3,237.1 (P) (1) 32.8 (P) (1) 1.0

Iowa
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 (1) 1,660.5 1,679.5 1,672.3 (P) 1,677.7 (P) (1) 17.2 (P) (1) 1.0

Kansas
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 (1) 1,478.9 1,494.6 1,491.2 (P) 1,489.6 (P) (1) 10.7 (P) (1) 0.7

Michigan
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 (1) 5,015.6 5,007.4 4,990.2 (P) 4,957.5 (P) (1) -58.1 (P) (1) -1.2

Minnesota
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 (1) 2,934.7 2,951.9 2,935.4 (P) 2,936.2 (P) (1) 1.5 (P) (1) 0.1

Missouri
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 (1) 3,033.2 3,031.7 3,013.8 (P) 3,016.3 (P) (1) -16.9 (P) (1) -0.6

Nebraska
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 (1) 986.1 996.1 995.0 (P) 992.5 (P) (1) 6.5 (P) (1) 0.7

North Dakota
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 (1) 365.7 373.0 372.4 (P) 372.6 (P) (1) 6.9 (P) (1) 1.9

Ohio
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 (1) 5,974.2 6,005.6 5,988.4 (P) 5,987.2 (P) (1) 12.9 (P) (1) 0.2

South Dakota
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 (1) 443.9 444.7 444.6 (P) 443.6 (P) (1) -0.3 (P) (1) -0.1

Wisconsin
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 (1) 3,087.6 3,089.9 3,078.5 (P) 3,069.5 (P) (1) -18.0 (P) (1) -0.6

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployed in the Midwest,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 7,137 8,487 8,499 8,784 1,647 23.1

Midwest
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 (1) 1,799.1 (2) 2,085.0 2,125.8 2,258.8 (1) 459.7 (1) 25.6

Illinois
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 (1) 342.5 437.0 463.4 (P) 491.3 (P) (1) 148.8 (P) (1) 43.4

Indiana
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 (1) 140.9 170.0 188.3 (P) 202.8 (P) (1) 61.9 (P) (1) 43.9

Iowa
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 (1) 62.9 65.3 66.9 (P) 72.5 (P) (1) 9.7 (P) (1) 15.4

Kansas
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 (1) 60.0 68.7 63.9 (P) 67.8 (P) (1) 7.7 (P) (1) 12.9

Michigan
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 (1) 353.9 428.0 423.3 (P) 419.3 (P) (1) 65.5 (P) (1) 18.5

Minnesota
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 (1) 132.1 158.2 154.6 (P) 171.5 (P) (1) 39.4 (P) (1) 29.8

Missouri
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 (1) 154.7 182.4 170.8 (P) 192.9 (P) (1) 38.2 (P) (1) 24.7

Nebraska
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 (1) 30.7 32.2 32.8 (P) 33.6 (P) (1) 2.9 (P) (1) 9.5

North Dakota
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 (1) 11.5 12.2 12.0 (P) 13.1 (P) (1) 1.6 (P) (1) 13.7

Ohio
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 (1) 334.0 380.1 393.7 (P) 430.0 (P) (1) 96.0 (P) (1) 28.7

South Dakota
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 (1) 12.8 12.9 12.6 (P) 13.4 (P) (1) 0.5 (P) (1) 4.2

Wisconsin
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 (1) 149.1 136.9 143.1 (P) 151.1 (P) (1) 2.1 (P) (1) 1.4

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in the Midwest,
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Area

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United States
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 4.7 5.5 5.5 5.7 1.0

Midwest
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 (1) 5.2 (2) 5.9 6.1 6.5 (1) 1.3

Illinois
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 (1) 5.1 6.4 6.8 (P) 7.3 (P) (1) 2.2

Indiana
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 (1) 4.4 5.3 5.9 (P) 6.3 (P) (1) 1.9

Iowa
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 (1) 3.8 3.9 4.0 (P) 4.3 (P) (1) 0.5

Kansas
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 (1) 4.1 4.6 4.3 (P) 4.6 (P) (1) 0.5

Michigan
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 (1) 7.1 8.5 8.5 (P) 8.5 (P) (1) 1.4

Minnesota
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 (1) 4.5 5.4 5.3 (P) 5.8 (P) (1) 1.3

Missouri
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 (1) 5.1 6.0 5.7 (P) 6.4 (P) (1) 1.3

Nebraska
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 (1) 3.1 3.2 3.3 (P) 3.4 (P) (1) 0.3

North Dakota
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 (1) 3.2 3.3 3.2 (P) 3.5 (P) (1) 0.3

Ohio
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 (1) 5.6 6.3 6.6 (P) 7.2 (P) (1) 1.6

South Dakota
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 (1) 2.9 2.9 2.8 (P) 3.0 (P) (1) 0.1

Wisconsin
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 (1) 4.8 4.4 4.6 (P) 4.9 (P) (1) 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in Midwest states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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Illinois

  

Bloomington-Normal
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 (2) 4.1 4.4 5.5 (P) 5.6 (P) (2) 1.5

Champaign-Urbana
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 (2) 4.8 4.8 6.4 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) 1.6

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
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 (2) 5.3 6.3 7.1 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) 2.0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL (1)

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 (3) 5.4 6.5 7.3 (P) 7.5 (P) (3) 2.1

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI (1)

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 (2) 5.0 5.3 6.4 (P) 6.6 (P) (2) 1.6

Danville
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 (2) 6.8 6.8 8.4 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) 1.8

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
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 (2) 4.1 4.5 5.1 (P) 5.1 (P) (2) 1.0

Decatur
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 (2) 6.3 6.2 7.6 (P) 7.9 (P) (2) 1.6

Kankakee-Bradley
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 (2) 6.2 7.2 8.2 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) 2.4

Peoria
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 (2) 4.8 4.7 5.8 (P) 6.0 (P) (2) 1.2

Rockford
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 (2) 6.1 7.4 8.6 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) 2.9

St Louis, MO-IL
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 (2) 5.7 6.0 6.4 (P) 7.2 (P) (2) 1.5

Springfield
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 (2) 4.9 5.1 6.2 (P) 6.5 (P) (2) 1.6

Indiana

  

Anderson
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 (2) 6.3 6.2 7.0 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) 1.0

Bloomington
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 (2) 4.0 4.6 5.4 (P) 5.2 (P) (2) 1.2

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
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 (2) 5.3 6.3 7.1 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) 2.0

Gary (1)

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 (2) 4.5 5.1 5.8 (P) 5.7 (P) (2) 1.2

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
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 (2) 5.1 5.2 6.0 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) 1.3

Columbus
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 (2) 3.4 4.0 4.9 (P) 4.8 (P) (2) 1.4

Elkhart-Goshen
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 (2) 4.5 5.9 7.0 (P) 9.3 (P) (2) 4.8

Evansville, IN-KY
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 (2) 4.5 4.8 5.5 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) 0.9

Fort Wayne
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 (2) 4.7 5.0 5.6 (P) 6.5 (P) (2) 1.8

Indianapolis-Carmel
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 (2) 3.8 4.5 5.2 (P) 5.1 (P) (2) 1.3

Kokomo
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 (2) 4.8 7.0 7.7 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 4.4

Lafayette
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 (2) 4.1 4.2 5.1 (P) 5.2 (P) (2) 1.1

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
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 (2) 5.1 5.7 6.4 (P) 6.3 (P) (2) 1.2

Michigan City-LaPorte
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 (2) 4.6 5.3 5.8 (P) 5.6 (P) (2) 1.0

Muncie
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 (2) 5.6 5.9 6.9 (P) 7.6 (P) (2) 2.0

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
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 (2) 5.2 5.8 6.4 (P) 7.2 (P) (2) 2.0

Terre Haute
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 (2) 5.2 6.2 7.2 (P) 7.1 (P) (2) 1.9

Iowa

  

Ames
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 (2) 2.8 2.8 3.5 (P) 3.1 (P) (2) 0.3

Cedar Rapids
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 (2) 3.4 3.4 3.8 (P) 4.0 (P) (2) 0.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
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 (2) 4.1 4.5 5.1 (P) 5.1 (P) (2) 1.0

Des Moines-West Des Moines
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 (2) 3.1 3.4 3.7 (P) 3.5 (P) (2) 0.4

Dubuque
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 (2) 3.5 3.7 4.0 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) 0.3

Iowa City
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 (2) 2.8 2.5 3.2 (P) 3.2 (P) (2) 0.4

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
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 (2) 3.7 3.4 3.8 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) 0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (2) 3.6 3.3 3.8 (P) 3.7 (P) (2) 0.1

Waterloo-Cedar Falls
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 (2) 3.4 3.4 4.2 (P) 3.7 (P) (2) 0.3

Kansas

  

Kansas City, MO-KS
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 (2) 5.2 5.5 5.9 (P) 6.1 (P) (2) 0.9

Lawrence
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 (2) 4.4 4.0 4.1 (P) 4.7 (P) (2) 0.3

Topeka
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 (2) 4.9 4.8 4.9 (P) 5.3 (P) (2) 0.4

St. Joseph, MO-KS
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 (2) 4.6 4.7 5.0 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) 0.8

Wichita
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 (2) 4.4 4.3 4.3 (P) 4.9 (P) (2) 0.5

Michigan

  

Ann Arbor
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 (2) 5.6 6.0 6.3 (P) 6.9 (P) (2) 1.3

Battle Creek
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 (2) 7.7 7.5 7.8 (P) 8.8 (P) (2) 1.1

Bay City
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 (2) 7.4 8.0 7.8 (P) 8.5 (P) (2) 1.1

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
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 (4) 7.8 9.3 9.3 (P) 8.6 (P) (4) 0.8

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn (1)

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 (2) 10.1 10.2 11.1 (P) 10.9 (P) (2) 0.8

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills (1)

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 (2) 7.5 8.0 8.8 (P) 8.3 (P) (2) 0.8

Flint
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 (2) 9.7 11.1 9.7 (P) 12.3 (P) (2) 2.6

Grand Rapids-Wyoming
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 (2) 6.9 6.8 7.1 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) 1.1

Holland-Grand Haven
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 (2) 6.2 6.8 7.2 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 1.5

Jackson
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 (2) 8.3 8.3 8.6 (P) 9.7 (P) (2) 1.4

Kalamazoo-Portage
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 (2) 6.3 6.3 6.9 (P) 7.8 (P) (2) 1.5

Lansing-East Lansing
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 (2) 7.3 7.2 7.2 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 0.4

Monroe
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 (2) 8.4 8.8 8.3 (P) 10.8 (P) (2) 2.4

Muskegon-Norton Shores
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 (2) 8.1 8.3 8.5 (P) 9.9 (P) (2) 1.8

Niles-Benton Harbor
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 (2) 7.3 7.5 8.0 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) 1.7

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North
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 (2) 8.1 9.0 8.4 (P) 9.5 (P) (2) 1.4

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
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 (2) 5.2 5.8 6.4 (P) 7.2 (P) (2) 2.0

Minnesota

  

Duluth, MN-WI
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 (2) 5.5 5.7 6.2 (P) 6.5 (P) (2) 1.0

Fargo, ND-MN
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 (2) 2.6 2.8 3.3 (P) 2.9 (P) (2) 0.3

Grand Forks, ND-MN
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 (2) 3.3 3.4 4.2 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) 0.5

La Crosse, WI-MN
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 (2) 4.0 3.6 4.6 (P) 4.3 (P) (2) 0.3

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
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 (2) 4.2 4.7 5.1 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) 1.2

Rochester
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 (2) 3.6 4.3 4.4 (P) 4.5 (P) (2) 0.9

St. Cloud
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 (2) 4.2 5.1 5.3 (P) 5.6 (P) (2) 1.4

Missouri

  

Columbia
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 (2) 3.9 4.0 4.6 (P) 5.0 (P) (2) 1.1

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
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 (2) 4.4 4.0 4.1 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) -0.6

Jefferson City
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 (2) 4.4 4.4 5.0 (P) 5.6 (P) (2) 1.2

Joplin
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 (2) 4.9 5.1 5.6 (P) 6.1 (P) (2) 1.2

Kansas City, MO-KS
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 (2) 5.2 5.5 5.9 (P) 6.1 (P) (2) 0.9

Springfield
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 (2) 4.1 4.5 4.9 (P) 5.3 (P) (2) 1.2

St. Joseph
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 (2) 4.6 4.7 5.0 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) 0.8

St. Louis, MO-IL
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 (2) 5.7 6.0 6.4 (P) 7.2 (P) (2) 1.5

Nebraska

  

Lincoln
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 (2) 3.2 2.9 3.2 (P) 3.3 (P) (2) 0.1

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
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 (2) 3.7 3.4 3.8 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) 0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (2) 3.6 3.3 3.8 (P) 3.7 (P) (2) 0.1

North Dakota

  

Bismarck
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 (2) 2.5 2.6 3.2 (P) 2.6 (P) (2) 0.1

Fargo, ND-MN
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 (2) 2.6 2.8 3.3 (P) 2.9 (P) (2) 0.3

Grand Forks, ND-MN
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 (2) 3.3 3.4 4.2 (P) 3.8 (P) (2) 0.5

Ohio

  

Akron
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 (2) 5.3 5.3 6.2 (P) 6.7 (P) (2) 1.4

Canton-Massillon
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 (2) 5.7 6.0 6.7 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) 1.6

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
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 (2) 5.1 5.2 6.0 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) 1.3

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor
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 (3) 6.1 7.2 7.7 (P) 7.2 (P) (3) 1.1

Columbus
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 (2) 4.8 4.9 5.7 (P) 6.1 (P) (2) 1.3

Dayton
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 (2) 6.1 6.7 6.9 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 1.6

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
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 (2) 5.0 5.2 5.8 (P) 5.3 (P) (2) 0.3

Lima
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 (2) 7.0 6.3 7.3 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) 1.6

Mansfield
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 (2) 6.7 6.7 7.1 (P) 8.2 (P) (2) 1.5

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
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 (2) 5.0 5.2 5.9 (P) 5.1 (P) (2) 0.1

Sandusky
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 (2) 5.6 5.6 5.9 (P) 7.9 (P) (2) 2.3

Springfield
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 (2) 6.2 5.8 6.6 (P) 7.4 (P) (2) 1.2

Toledo
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 (2) 7.2 6.6 7.5 (P) 8.9 (P) (2) 1.7

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
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 (2) 6.3 6.5 7.2 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 0.5

Wheeling, WV-OH
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 (2) 5.0 5.2 5.9 (P) 5.2 (P) (2) 0.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
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 (2) 6.1 6.4 7.4 (P) 7.8 (P) (2) 1.7

South Dakota

  

Rapid City
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 (2) 2.6 2.8 2.6 (P) 2.5 (P) (2) -0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (2) 3.6 3.3 3.8 (P) 3.7 (P) (2) 0.1

Sioux Falls
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 (2) 2.3 2.5 2.3 (P) 2.4 (P) (2) 0.1

Wisconsin

  

Appleton
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 (2) 4.6 3.9 4.8 (P) 4.5 (P) (2) -0.1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
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 (2) 5.3 6.3 7.1 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) 2.0

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI (1)

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 (2) 5.0 5.3 6.4 (P) 6.6 (P) (2) 1.6

Duluth, MN-WI
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 (2) 5.5 5.7 6.2 (P) 6.5 (P) (2) 1.0

Eau Claire
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 (2) 4.6 3.7 4.6 (P) 4.3 (P) (2) -0.3

Fond du Lac
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 (2) 4.7 4.0 4.7 (P) 4.6 (P) (2) -0.1

Green Bay
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 (2) 4.7 4.2 4.9 (P) 4.7 (P) (2) 0.0

Janesville
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 (2) 6.4 6.1 5.6 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) 0.0

La Crosse, WI-MN
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 (2) 4.0 3.6 4.6 (P) 4.3 (P) (2) 0.3

Madison
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 (2) 3.6 3.1 3.9 (P) 3.6 (P) (2) 0.0

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis
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 (2) 5.4 4.4 5.3 (P) 5.2 (P) (2) -0.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
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 (2) 4.2 4.7 5.1 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) 1.2

Oshkosh-Neenah
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 (2) 4.6 4.0 4.8 (P) 4.4 (P) (2) -0.2

Racine
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 (2) 6.0 5.1 5.9 (P) 6.0 (P) (2) 0.0

Sheboygan
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 (2) 4.3 3.9 4.6 (P) 5.0 (P) (2) 0.7

Wausau
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 (2) 4.4 4.3 4.8 (P) 4.4 (P) (2) 0.0

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(2) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(3) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(4) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Nonfarm wage and salary employment in Midwest States,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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2007		 May
2008		 Jun
2008		 Jul
2008		 Jul 2007 to
Jul 2008
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States
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 137,682 137,717 137,617 (P) 137,557 (P) -125 (P) -0.1

Illinois
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 5,979.7 6,000.0 5,989.3 (P) 5,979.6 (P) -0.1 (P) 0.0

Indiana
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 2,986.5 2,985.0 2,986.5 (P) 2,970.0 (P) -16.5 (P) -0.6

Iowa
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 1,517.4 1,525.5 1,523.8 (P) 1,524.2 (P) 6.8 (P) 0.4

Kansas
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 1,384.7 1,385.4 1,380.2 (P) 1,389.0 (P) 4.3 (P) 0.3

Michigan
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 4,261.2 4,204.8 4,217.8 (P) 4,212.5 (P) -48.7 (P) -1.1

Minnesota
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 2,775.5 2,774.8 2,775.5 (P) 2,770.5 (P) -5.0 (P) -0.2

Missouri
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 2,796.8 2,789.2 2,789.8 (P) 2,782.1 (P) -14.7 (P) -0.5

Nebraska
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 963.5 971.8 973.2 (P) 972.5 (P) 9.0 (P) 0.9

North Dakota
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 358.5 361.9 361.4 (P) 362.4 (P) 3.9 (P) 1.1

Ohio
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 5,421.6 5,416.8 5,419.9 (P) 5,408.3 (P) -13.3 (P) -0.2

South Dakota
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 408.0 410.1 410.4 (P) 414.2 (P) 6.2 (P) 1.5

Wisconsin
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 2,881.7 2,871.7 2,874.2 (P) 2,871.2 (P) -10.5 (P) -0.4

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(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, Midwest states,
not seasonally adjusted
Area

(news release)		 Mass Layoff Events Mass Layoff Initial Claimants for
Unemployment Insurance
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2007		 Jul
2008		 Back
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2007		 Jul
2008

United States
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 1,599 1,891
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 175,419 200,382

Midwest
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 573 606
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 85,557 84,535

Illinois
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 53 56
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 8,175 7,674

Indiana
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 55 67
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 7,836 8,787

Iowa
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 20 16
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 3,631 2,068

Kansas
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 14 8
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 2,294 731

Michigan
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 211 212
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 36,356 27,672

Minnesota
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 10 12
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 1,558 1,452

Missouri
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 38 39
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 3,619 3,763

Nebraska
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 3 (1) -
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 682 (1) -

North Dakota
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 3 (1) -
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 1,259 (1) -

Ohio
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 86 117
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 10,435 19,402

South Dakota
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 - -
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 - -

Wisconsin
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 80 76
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 9,712 11,838

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(1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

SOURCE: Mass Layoff Statistics
(-) Zero or data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Monthly data report summary information on establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Data are available for 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as by industry.
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