Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 3.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    Change from    
                                                               August            September       September 2007 to 
                      State and area                                                              September 2008p 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                           2007      2008      2007     2008p     Number   Percent 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
     Alabama...........................................   2,005.0   2,009.4   2,013.6   2,011.9      -1.7      -0.1
       Anniston-Oxford.................................      53.0      53.5      53.5      53.8        .3        .6
       Auburn-Opelika..................................      55.5      56.6      56.3      56.7        .4        .7
       Birmingham-Hoover...............................     531.4     532.3     532.9     532.4       -.5       -.1
       Decatur.........................................      58.4      58.6      59.4      58.9       -.5       -.8
       Dothan..........................................      62.7      62.4      63.1      62.4       -.7      -1.1
       Florence-Muscle Shoals..........................      57.5      57.9      57.8      58.2        .4        .7
       Huntsville......................................     209.9     214.6     211.2     215.0       3.8       1.8
       Mobile..........................................     182.2     183.6     183.4     184.0        .6        .3
       Montgomery......................................     180.2     181.2     180.1     181.7       1.6        .9
       Tuscaloosa......................................      97.7      98.0      98.5      98.6        .1        .1
                                                                                                                   
     Alaska............................................     340.2     341.7     332.2     333.9       1.7        .5
       Anchorage.......................................     172.0     173.6     172.2     173.3       1.1        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Arizona...........................................   2,653.4   2,603.3   2,670.4   2,611.2     -59.2      -2.2
       Flagstaff.......................................      65.2      65.1      66.2      64.8      -1.4      -2.1
       Lake Havasu City-Kingman........................      54.0      51.5      53.7      51.6      -2.1      -3.9
       Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale.........................   1,903.5   1,862.9   1,911.2   1,868.0     -43.2      -2.3
       Prescott........................................      65.6      64.0      65.5      63.9      -1.6      -2.4
       Tucson..........................................     376.3     370.4     381.9     373.7      -8.2      -2.1
       Yuma............................................      51.4      51.1      52.2      51.2      -1.0      -1.9
                                                                                                                   
     Arkansas..........................................   1,197.9   1,200.2   1,211.3   1,213.8       2.5        .2
       Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..................     206.8     208.1     208.7     210.5       1.8        .9
       Fort Smith......................................     125.7     125.6     126.9     127.1        .2        .2
       Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway............     346.2     348.5     348.7     349.8       1.1        .3
                                                                                                                   
     California........................................  15,132.2  15,049.4  15,193.2  15,103.5     -89.7       -.6
       Bakersfield.....................................     236.4     239.1     239.0     241.7       2.7       1.1
       Chico...........................................      76.8      77.1      76.9      77.1        .2        .3
       Fresno..........................................     307.0     304.7     306.5     305.9       -.6       -.2
       Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana................   5,595.2   5,543.8   5,628.3   5,575.1     -53.2       -.9
       Merced..........................................      59.4      60.3      59.5      60.4        .9       1.5
       Modesto.........................................     163.7     162.6     162.9     161.4      -1.5       -.9
       Napa............................................      64.2      63.5      64.3      63.6       -.7      -1.1
       Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura....................     294.8     286.1     295.3     288.3      -7.0      -2.4
       Redding.........................................      66.3      65.4      66.6      66.0       -.6       -.9
       Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario................   1,254.8   1,236.7   1,262.0   1,242.3     -19.7      -1.6
       Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville...............     904.2     892.9     903.9     892.9     -11.0      -1.2
       Salinas.........................................     129.3     130.6     129.3     130.6       1.3       1.0
       San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos...................   1,310.1   1,304.5   1,308.3   1,303.2      -5.1       -.4
       San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont...................   2,036.6   2,021.8   2,042.5   2,026.0     -16.5       -.8
       San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara..................     909.8     910.1     908.1     908.8        .7        .1
       San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles.....................     103.8     102.1     103.7     102.4      -1.3      -1.3
       Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta................     173.3     171.8     172.7     172.4       -.3       -.2
       Santa Cruz-Watsonville..........................      96.0      96.5      95.9      96.3        .4        .4
       Santa Rosa-Petaluma.............................     188.7     189.4     191.8     191.1       -.7       -.4
       Stockton........................................     213.3     212.5     214.5     213.3      -1.2       -.6
       Vallejo-Fairfield...............................     127.7     125.7     128.1     125.7      -2.4      -1.9
       Visalia-Porterville.............................     112.4     110.9     113.9     111.6      -2.3      -2.0
                                                                                                                   
     Colorado..........................................   2,350.6   2,378.3   2,352.2   2,376.3      24.1       1.0
       Boulder ........................................     164.2     166.8     167.6     169.7       2.1       1.3
       Colorado Springs................................     263.6     264.3     263.6     263.9        .3        .1
       Denver-Aurora...................................   1,253.0   1,266.1   1,253.4   1,264.4      11.0        .9
       Fort Collins-Loveland...........................     139.0     139.8     140.5     141.2        .7        .5
       Grand Junction..................................      63.4      66.3      63.9      66.6       2.7       4.2
       Greeley.........................................      82.0      83.6      83.4      84.9       1.5       1.8
       Pueblo..........................................      58.3      59.0      58.8      59.3        .5        .9
                                                                                                                   
     Connecticut.......................................   1,689.8   1,692.9   1,704.0   1,703.9       -.1        .0
       Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk.....................     421.5     423.2     421.7     424.7       3.0        .7
       Danbury.........................................      69.5      70.2      69.8      70.5        .7       1.0
       Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford............     551.2     558.9     558.5     566.0       7.5       1.3
       New Haven.......................................     272.6     272.4     277.9     277.2       -.7       -.3
       Norwich-New London..............................     138.7     138.9     137.4     137.5        .1        .1
       Waterbury.......................................      66.3      67.3      68.2      68.3        .1        .1
                                                                                                                   
     Delaware..........................................     439.5     440.1     437.8     439.2       1.4        .3
       Dover...........................................      65.3      65.2      66.0      65.4       -.6       -.9
                                                                                                                   
     District of Columbia..............................     696.3     717.9     690.7     704.4      13.7       2.0
       Washington-Arlington-Alexandria.................   2,980.8   3,025.7   2,992.3   3,033.0      40.7       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Florida...........................................   7,992.9   7,879.7   7,984.7   7,865.0    -119.7      -1.5
       Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice.......................     294.7     285.8     293.6     285.5      -8.1      -2.8
       Cape Coral-Fort Myers...........................     223.8     214.9     222.3     214.7      -7.6      -3.4
       Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach..............     171.4     169.8     171.6     168.7      -2.9      -1.7
       Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin..............      87.0      84.5      85.4      83.7      -1.7      -2.0
       Gainesville.....................................     132.2     133.6     135.8     137.1       1.3       1.0
       Jacksonville....................................     631.7     624.0     630.7     625.9      -4.8       -.8
       Lakeland-Winter Haven...........................     213.4     208.3     213.9     208.2      -5.7      -2.7
       Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach.............   2,414.7   2,390.3   2,420.8   2,388.4     -32.4      -1.3
       Naples-Marco Island.............................     126.6     122.4     125.7     121.9      -3.8      -3.0
       Ocala...........................................     105.3     103.2     105.0     103.1      -1.9      -1.8
       Orlando-Kissimmee...............................   1,097.3   1,097.1   1,096.1   1,092.8      -3.3       -.3
       Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville...................     212.1     209.8     210.9     208.7      -2.2      -1.0
       Panama City-Lynn Haven..........................      78.0      76.0      77.2      75.3      -1.9      -2.5
       Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent......................     175.8     174.2     175.4     173.9      -1.5       -.9
       Port St. Lucie..................................     132.0     132.2     131.8     131.9        .1        .1
       Tallahassee.....................................     176.1     174.2     179.7     177.5      -2.2      -1.2
       Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.................   1,297.0   1,276.4   1,292.5   1,269.8     -22.7      -1.8
                                                                                                                   
     Georgia...........................................   4,160.0   4,125.9   4,154.3   4,101.1     -53.2      -1.3
       Albany..........................................      64.9      64.1      64.7      63.7      -1.0      -1.5
       Athens-Clarke County............................      82.8      84.1      83.7      84.2        .5        .6
       Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta..................   2,469.9   2,450.5   2,466.9   2,433.3     -33.6      -1.4
       Augusta-Richmond County.........................     215.6     216.1     217.0     215.5      -1.5       -.7
       Columbus........................................     122.1     121.1     121.6     120.8       -.8       -.7
       Dalton..........................................      78.1      76.5      78.2      75.5      -2.7      -3.5
       Gainesville.....................................      77.6      78.0      77.4      77.4        .0        .0
       Macon...........................................     100.5     100.3     100.3     100.0       -.3       -.3
       Savannah........................................     161.7     160.8     161.6     160.3      -1.3       -.8
       Valdosta........................................      56.2      55.8      56.2      55.2      -1.0      -1.8
       Warner Robins...................................      58.8      58.6      58.9      58.2       -.7      -1.2
                                                                                                                   
     Hawaii............................................     617.5     618.5     622.4     621.1      -1.3       -.2
       Honolulu........................................     448.6     449.3     454.9     452.8      -2.1       -.5
                                                                                                                   
     Idaho.............................................     666.4     659.3     667.5     658.6      -8.9      -1.3
       Boise City-Nampa................................     278.5     275.8     278.1     274.6      -3.5      -1.3
       Coeur d'Alene...................................      59.3      59.0      58.5      58.8        .3        .5
                                                                                                                   
     Illinois..........................................   6,013.6   6,002.7   6,024.3   6,010.6     -13.7       -.2
       Bloomington-Normal..............................      89.8      90.3      92.3      92.9        .6        .7
       Champaign-Urbana................................     108.3     107.7     114.6     114.3       -.3       -.3
       Chicago-Naperville-Joliet.......................   4,593.6   4,585.0   4,587.8   4,587.3       -.5        .0
       Davenport-Moline-Rock Island....................     191.0     190.9     189.1     190.2       1.1        .6
       Decatur.........................................      55.5      55.5      55.8      55.7       -.1       -.2
       Peoria..........................................     188.4     189.9     188.7     190.7       2.0       1.1
       Rockford........................................     162.2     162.0     163.4     162.6       -.8       -.5
       Springfield.....................................     115.2     114.5     111.9     112.6        .7        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Indiana...........................................   2,992.3   2,972.9   3,021.1   3,001.9     -19.2       -.6
       Bloomington.....................................      79.7      82.7      85.7      85.1       -.6       -.7
       Elkhart-Goshen..................................     130.5     125.7     130.4     125.1      -5.3      -4.1
       Evansville......................................     179.8     179.5     180.9     180.5       -.4       -.2
       Fort Wayne......................................     216.4     216.2     219.1     218.5       -.6       -.3
       Indianapolis-Carmel.............................     923.9     923.3     925.5     927.3       1.8        .2
       Lafayette.......................................      93.7      91.9      96.3      96.0       -.3       -.3
       Muncie..........................................      52.9      52.4      54.8      54.0       -.8      -1.5
       South Bend-Mishawaka............................     142.3     139.9     146.5     143.0      -3.5      -2.4
       Terre Haute.....................................      73.5      72.3      75.1      73.8      -1.3      -1.7
                                                                                                                   
     Iowa..............................................   1,507.5   1,512.4   1,527.3   1,533.2       5.9        .4
       Cedar Rapids....................................     136.3     137.6     137.7     139.2       1.5       1.1
       Des Moines-West Des Moines......................     323.2     324.4     323.8     324.5        .7        .2
       Dubuque.........................................      54.8      55.0      56.2      55.7       -.5       -.9
       Iowa City.......................................      88.2      88.3      91.0      90.1       -.9      -1.0
       Sioux City......................................      74.4      73.3      74.8      73.6      -1.2      -1.6
       Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................      87.8      88.5      90.7      91.0        .3        .3
                                                                                                                   
     Kansas............................................   1,367.9   1,374.5   1,391.0   1,393.1       2.1        .2
       Topeka..........................................     109.2     110.8     110.8     111.2        .4        .4
       Wichita.........................................     300.2     298.3     305.0     303.7      -1.3       -.4
                                                                                                                   
     Kentucky..........................................   1,871.5   1,878.6   1,877.9   1,872.1      -5.8       -.3
       Bowling Green...................................      61.9      62.7      62.8      63.4        .6       1.0
       Lexington-Fayette...............................     256.1     256.9     256.8     257.4        .6        .2
       Louisville-Jefferson County.....................     627.4     629.2     631.3     627.0      -4.3       -.7
                                                                                                                   
     Louisiana.........................................   1,924.6   1,943.3   1,933.1   1,938.8       5.7        .3
       Alexandria......................................      65.6      65.1      65.6      65.0       -.6       -.9
       Baton Rouge.....................................     371.0     372.1     373.7     373.4       -.3       -.1
       Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux......................      95.4      97.6      95.9      94.8      -1.1      -1.1
       Lafayette ......................................     150.2     152.3     150.2     151.9       1.7       1.1
       Lake Charles....................................      92.7      93.0      92.5      92.4       -.1       -.1
       Monroe..........................................      78.6      78.7      79.8      78.7      -1.1      -1.4
       New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner.....................     516.3     528.5     517.5     525.9       8.4       1.6
       Shreveport-Bossier City (1).....................     180.4     182.9     180.4     182.3       1.9       1.1
                                                                                                                   
     Maine.............................................     629.5     627.1     628.8     626.1      -2.7       -.4
       Bangor..........................................      64.5      64.7      66.3      66.4        .1        .2
       Portland-South Portland-Biddeford...............     199.6     199.9     197.6     198.4        .8        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Maryland..........................................   2,620.7   2,645.7   2,618.6   2,646.8      28.2       1.1
       Baltimore-Towson ...............................   1,321.4   1,326.5   1,322.0   1,330.4       8.4        .6
       Hagerstown-Martinsburg..........................     102.2     102.6     102.5     103.3        .8        .8
       Salisbury.......................................      55.8      55.5      56.1      56.3        .2        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Massachusetts.....................................   3,283.2   3,289.3   3,299.9   3,308.5       8.6        .3
       Barnstable Town.................................     113.6     112.6     105.1     104.5       -.6       -.6
       Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ........................   2,475.7   2,491.8   2,494.2   2,513.5      19.3        .8
       New Bedford.....................................      65.1      64.8      67.1      66.3       -.8      -1.2
       Springfield.....................................     293.4     292.8     298.9     298.0       -.9       -.3
       Worcester.......................................     245.9     243.9     249.2     246.0      -3.2      -1.3
                                                                                                                   
     Michigan..........................................   4,246.7   4,171.9   4,297.2   4,214.2     -83.0      -1.9
       Ann Arbor.......................................     194.2     193.3     200.3     197.0      -3.3      -1.6
       Battle Creek....................................      58.5      57.5      59.0      58.0      -1.0      -1.7
       Detroit-Warren-Livonia..........................   1,954.7   1,896.3   1,966.0   1,908.2     -57.8      -2.9
       Flint...........................................     145.6     138.4     148.2     140.0      -8.2      -5.5
       Grand Rapids-Wyoming............................     389.8     389.2     396.8     396.5       -.3       -.1
       Holland-Grand Haven.............................     112.4     110.5     115.2     113.0      -2.2      -1.9
       Jackson.........................................      57.5      56.5      58.1      57.2       -.9      -1.5
       Kalamazoo-Portage...............................     144.5     142.8     148.6     146.9      -1.7      -1.1
       Lansing-East Lansing............................     218.9     215.4     227.5     222.7      -4.8      -2.1
       Muskegon-Norton Shores..........................      65.3      65.1      66.2      65.7       -.5       -.8
       Niles-Benton Harbor.............................      67.1      65.6      66.7      66.6       -.1       -.1
       Saginaw-Saginaw Township North..................      88.2      86.0      89.7      87.3      -2.4      -2.7
                                                                                                                   
     Minnesota.........................................   2,787.0   2,777.3   2,787.9   2,769.8     -18.1       -.6
       Duluth..........................................     133.3     133.2     135.4     134.7       -.7       -.5
       Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington................   1,800.9   1,801.3   1,805.2   1,792.4     -12.8       -.7
       Rochester.......................................     108.2     109.1     108.1     108.5        .4        .4
       St. Cloud.......................................     102.8     102.0     103.4     102.8       -.6       -.6
                                                                                                                   
     Mississippi.......................................   1,152.5   1,147.2   1,160.1   1,149.0     -11.1      -1.0
       Gulfport-Biloxi.................................     111.2     110.6     111.6     110.4      -1.2      -1.1
       Hattiesburg.....................................      61.1      59.7      62.0      60.0      -2.0      -3.2
       Jackson.........................................     261.7     261.3     262.3     260.7      -1.6       -.6
       Pascagoula......................................      57.9      59.1      58.5      59.3        .8       1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Missouri .........................................   2,788.9   2,769.0   2,817.4   2,801.8     -15.6       -.6
       Columbia........................................      90.1      91.0      93.7      94.2        .5        .5
       Jefferson City..................................      78.5      78.5      79.7      79.6       -.1       -.1
       Joplin..........................................      78.8      79.1      80.6      81.5        .9       1.1
       Kansas City ....................................   1,018.4   1,012.6   1,022.3   1,017.1      -5.2       -.5
       St. Joseph......................................      58.7      58.7      59.5      59.6        .1        .2
       St. Louis (2)...................................   1,354.8   1,341.9   1,365.6   1,353.3     -12.3       -.9
       Springfield ....................................     198.9     201.5     203.3     204.5       1.2        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Montana...........................................     455.4    c457.9     450.5     456.6       6.1       1.4
       Billings........................................      81.6      83.1      81.2      82.6       1.4       1.7
       Missoula........................................      59.2      58.0      57.9      57.7       -.2       -.3
                                                                                                                   
     Nebraska..........................................     967.3     973.7     969.2     978.6       9.4       1.0
       Lincoln.........................................     173.4     174.9     175.1     176.8       1.7       1.0
       Omaha-Council Bluffs............................     468.1     470.2     468.0     470.4       2.4        .5
                                                                                                                   
     Nevada............................................   1,287.9   1,279.1   1,291.7   1,284.1      -7.6       -.6
       Las Vegas-Paradise..............................     920.4     920.2     923.4     924.1        .7        .1
       Reno-Sparks.....................................     225.3     220.3     226.5     221.7      -4.8      -2.1
                                                                                                                   
     New Hampshire.....................................     653.5     660.8     659.7     661.7       2.0        .3
       Manchester......................................     100.3     100.4     101.6     101.9        .3        .3
       Portsmouth......................................      57.6      58.4      57.3      57.6        .3        .5
       Rochester-Dover.................................      54.2      56.1      56.7      57.9       1.2       2.1
                                                                                                                   
     New Jersey........................................   4,079.4   4,064.9   4,073.3   4,060.3     -13.0       -.3
       Atlantic City-Hammonton.........................     153.6     153.9     151.7     152.7       1.0        .7
       Trenton-Ewing...................................     236.6     236.1     237.2     236.8       -.4       -.2
       Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton....................      60.6      59.4      62.1      60.7      -1.4      -2.3
                                                                                                                   
     New Mexico........................................     844.3     849.2     850.4     854.3       3.9        .5
       Albuquerque.....................................     396.0     394.9     396.9     396.2       -.7       -.2
       Las Cruces......................................      67.9      69.0      68.7      70.1       1.4       2.0
       Santa Fe........................................      66.9      66.3      66.6      66.0       -.6       -.9
                                                                                                                   
     New York..........................................   8,716.2   8,749.9   8,752.3   8,770.0      17.7        .2
       Albany-Schenectady-Troy.........................     447.3     448.0     449.1     449.5        .4        .1
       Binghamton......................................     112.6     112.4     115.0     114.6       -.4       -.3
       Buffalo-Niagara Falls...........................     544.6     547.3     550.6     552.7       2.1        .4
       Glens Falls.....................................      58.5      57.7      55.4      55.5        .1        .2
       Ithaca..........................................      59.8      59.9      64.5      64.7        .2        .3
       Kingston........................................      63.7      63.9      64.5      64.3       -.2       -.3
       New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island........   8,556.1   8,587.5   8,581.5   8,601.7      20.2        .2
       Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown................     254.4     255.1     254.6     255.0        .4        .2
       Rochester.......................................     513.3     506.2     515.3     510.0      -5.3      -1.0
       Syracuse........................................     323.6     323.0     326.0     326.3        .3        .1
       Utica-Rome......................................     135.5     134.7     133.2     133.6        .4        .3
                                                                                                                   
     North Carolina....................................   4,159.4   4,170.4   4,184.7   4,183.3      -1.4        .0
       Asheville.......................................     177.8     179.9     179.9     180.9       1.0        .6
       Burlington......................................      61.8      61.1      61.8      61.6       -.2       -.3
       Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord......................     861.0     875.0     864.7     878.2      13.5       1.6
       Durham..........................................     288.7     292.5     291.1     293.8       2.7        .9
       Fayetteville....................................     126.0     127.8     127.9     129.6       1.7       1.3
       Greensboro-High Point...........................     372.7     375.4     373.8     376.0       2.2        .6
       Greenville......................................      76.9      78.5      78.1      78.8        .7        .9
       Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton........................     162.8     161.3     163.6     161.9      -1.7      -1.0
       Raleigh-Cary....................................     521.6     532.6     522.0     531.7       9.7       1.9
       Rocky Mount.....................................      64.5      65.1      64.8      64.7       -.1       -.2
       Wilmington......................................     149.3     152.1     149.5     151.2       1.7       1.1
       Winston-Salem...................................     216.5     224.4     218.7     224.1       5.4       2.5
                                                                                                                   
     North Dakota......................................     353.5     358.5     363.7     367.7       4.0       1.1
       Bismarck........................................      59.8      61.1      60.3      61.6       1.3       2.2
       Fargo...........................................     117.7     118.6     120.5     121.4        .9        .7
       Grand Forks.....................................      51.7      52.8      54.6      55.5        .9       1.6
                                                                                                                   
     Ohio..............................................   5,435.8   5,414.1   5,449.6   5,430.0     -19.6       -.4
       Akron...........................................     339.3     338.9     342.5     341.1      -1.4       -.4
       Canton-Massillon................................     172.7     173.0     173.4     172.9       -.5       -.3
       Cincinnati-Middletown...........................   1,049.4   1,048.4   1,050.4   1,046.8      -3.6       -.3
       Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor.........................   1,073.9   1,068.5   1,073.6   1,065.8      -7.8       -.7
       Columbus........................................     947.9     954.0     945.0     951.9       6.9        .7
       Dayton..........................................     402.4     398.3     404.8     399.9      -4.9      -1.2
       Lima............................................      55.5      56.1      55.9      55.9        .0        .0
       Mansfield.......................................      57.5      56.7      57.1      56.5       -.6      -1.1
       Springfield.....................................      52.0      51.7      52.4      51.6       -.8      -1.5
       Toledo..........................................     329.1     322.6     333.0     325.3      -7.7      -2.3
       Youngstown-Warren-Boardman......................     239.0     240.6     240.4     242.1       1.7        .7
                                                                                                                   
     Oklahoma..........................................   1,565.7   1,577.0   1,579.3   1,590.3      11.0        .7
       Oklahoma City...................................     564.3     572.2     570.6     579.2       8.6       1.5
       Tulsa...........................................     428.3     425.7     427.4     425.3      -2.1       -.5
                                                                                                                   
     Oregon............................................   1,733.7   1,727.3   1,742.4   1,729.6     -12.8       -.7
       Bend............................................      73.8      74.2      73.2      73.2        .0        .0
       Eugene-Springfield..............................     154.2     153.6     154.6     153.6      -1.0       -.6
       Medford.........................................      83.6      83.0      86.2      85.0      -1.2      -1.4
       Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton....................   1,033.9   1,035.6   1,040.6   1,039.9      -0.7       -.1
       Salem...........................................     154.2     154.3     155.5     155.5        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Pennsylvania......................................   5,778.5   5,775.2   5,816.2   5,810.2      -6.0       -.1
       Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton......................     342.2     341.1     346.0     345.1       -.9       -.3
       Altoona.........................................      62.9      62.5      62.9      62.5       -.4       -.6
       Erie............................................     133.4     133.3     134.5     134.3       -.2       -.1
       Harrisburg-Carlisle.............................     332.3     333.0     332.2     331.8       -.4       -.1
       Johnstown.......................................      60.7      60.6      61.5      60.9       -.6      -1.0
       Lancaster.......................................     238.6     239.8     239.8     241.2       1.4        .6
       Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington..................   2,797.6   2,796.7   2,810.8   2,809.5      -1.3        .0
       Pittsburgh......................................   1,144.4   1,149.0   1,152.4   1,159.4       7.0        .6
       Reading.........................................     172.8     171.7     174.0     172.7      -1.3       -.7
       Scranton--Wilkes-Barre..........................     259.8     261.8     263.1     262.7       -.4       -.2
       State College...................................      72.1      72.4      74.7      74.8        .1        .1
       Williamsport....................................      52.6      52.4      53.6      53.5       -.1       -.2
       York-Hanover....................................     182.0     182.2     184.7     184.2       -.5       -.3
                                                                                                                   
     Rhode Island......................................     492.6     479.8     496.0     482.8     -13.2      -2.7
       Providence-Fall River-Warwick...................     580.8     567.9     585.0     572.9     -12.1      -2.1
                                                                                                                   
     South Carolina....................................   1,969.7   1,964.9   1,963.4   1,950.5     -12.9       -.7
       Anderson........................................      64.3      63.3      64.8      63.5      -1.3      -2.0
       Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville.........     301.5     301.2     300.3     298.4      -1.9       -.6
       Columbia........................................     368.4     367.2     370.0     365.2      -4.8      -1.3
       Florence........................................      90.7      91.1      90.9      90.9        .0        .0
       Greenville-Mauldin-Easley.......................     316.6     322.3     322.6     324.2       1.6        .5
       Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway..........     134.7     135.9     129.9     128.4      -1.5      -1.2
       Spartanburg.....................................     124.6     127.5     125.4     128.0       2.6       2.1
                                                                                                                   
     South Dakota......................................     415.5     421.4     411.3     417.3       6.0       1.5
       Rapid City......................................      64.7      65.7      61.8      62.6        .8       1.3
       Sioux Falls.....................................     134.5     137.3     135.0     137.5       2.5       1.9
                                                                                                                   
     Tennessee.........................................   2,810.2   2,791.3   2,820.5   2,796.5     -24.0       -.9
       Chattanooga.....................................     247.9     246.9     248.9     248.4       -.5       -.2
       Clarksville.....................................      85.6      84.9      86.0      85.6       -.4       -.5
       Jackson.........................................      62.3      62.6      62.7      62.6       -.1       -.2
       Johnson City....................................      80.9      81.2      82.1      82.2        .1        .1
       Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol.......................     122.8     123.3     122.3     122.8        .5        .4
       Knoxville.......................................     339.5     339.0     340.8     339.8      -1.0       -.3
       Memphis.........................................     644.8     638.1     647.7     639.4      -8.3      -1.3
       Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin......     768.9     769.7     769.5     767.8      -1.7       -.2
                                                                                                                   
     Texas.............................................  10,369.5  10,612.9  10,419.6  10,657.9     238.3       2.3
       Abilene.........................................      65.6      66.6      66.1      67.0        .9       1.4
       Amarillo........................................     112.2     113.0     112.1     113.2       1.1       1.0
       Austin-Round Rock...............................     758.8     776.7     763.6     778.2      14.6       1.9
       Beaumont-Port Arthur............................     162.2     164.8     164.4     165.2        .8        .5
       Brownsville-Harlingen...........................     122.8     124.3     122.9     125.3       2.4       2.0
       College Station-Bryan...........................      86.3      89.8      91.8      94.1       2.3       2.5
       Corpus Christi..................................     175.6     178.0     176.8     179.2       2.4       1.4
       Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.....................   2,954.5   3,013.3   2,964.1   3,018.4      54.3       1.8
       El Paso.........................................     268.3     276.8     274.1     280.1       6.0       2.2
       Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown......................   2,561.6   2,617.1   2,571.0   2,626.7      55.7       2.2
       Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood........................     121.6     123.8     122.0     124.6       2.6       2.1
       Laredo..........................................      85.9      88.2      85.9      89.1       3.2       3.7
       Longview........................................      96.0      98.5      96.6      98.8       2.2       2.3
       Lubbock.........................................     129.5     128.0     128.3     128.6        .3        .2
       McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................     207.5     214.3     209.9     216.8       6.9       3.3
       Midland.........................................      66.1      67.8      66.7      67.9       1.2       1.8
       Odessa..........................................      59.6      61.7      60.0      61.8       1.8       3.0
       San Antonio.....................................     834.4     851.9     838.0     855.4      17.4       2.1
       Texarkana.......................................      55.7      57.4      56.5      57.7       1.2       2.1
       Tyler...........................................      93.1      94.6      93.5      94.7       1.2       1.3
       Waco............................................     109.5     111.3     110.0     111.6       1.6       1.5
       Wichita Falls...................................      62.1      63.6      63.2      63.6        .4        .6
                                                                                                                   
     Utah..............................................   1,254.2   1,255.5   1,264.1   1,265.4       1.3        .1
       Ogden-Clearfield................................     203.5     202.7     203.2     202.2      -1.0       -.5
       Provo-Orem......................................     188.4     186.3     193.0     191.2      -1.8       -.9
       St. George......................................      53.6      52.3      54.3      52.5      -1.8      -3.3
       Salt Lake City..................................     642.0     644.7     641.4     643.9       2.5        .4
                                                                                                                   
     Vermont...........................................     302.3     302.1     310.0     309.4       -.6       -.2
       Burlington-South Burlington.....................     112.3     112.0     114.7     114.7        .0        .0
                                                                                                                   
     Virginia..........................................   3,752.3   3,772.4   3,770.0   3,790.4      20.4        .5
       Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford...............      69.1      69.2      71.5      72.2        .7       1.0
       Charlottesville.................................      99.8      99.6     103.2     102.7       -.5       -.5
       Harrisonburg....................................      61.9      63.5      64.2      65.3       1.1       1.7
       Lynchburg.......................................     107.7     110.2     109.3     111.7       2.4       2.2
       Richmond........................................     632.6     634.9     633.1     634.7       1.6        .3
       Roanoke.........................................     163.0     164.0     163.3     164.2        .9        .6
       Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.............     777.1     794.0     775.5     792.5      17.0       2.2
       Winchester......................................      57.9      59.5      58.3      59.3       1.0       1.7
                                                                                                                   
     Washington........................................   2,940.6   2,974.7   2,962.8   2,977.4      14.6        .5
       Bellingham......................................      84.1      85.6      84.0      85.3       1.3       1.5
       Bremerton-Silverdale............................      86.5      86.7      86.4      86.3       -.1       -.1
       Kennewick-Pasco-Richland........................      91.9      94.2      92.5      94.5       2.0       2.2
       Olympia.........................................     101.3     103.6     101.4     103.3       1.9       1.9
       Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue.........................   1,744.1   1,786.6   1,752.8   1,786.7      33.9       1.9
       Spokane.........................................     213.5     214.2     219.1     217.7      -1.4       -.6
       Yakima..........................................      78.4      79.6      79.8      80.4        .6        .8
                                                                                                                   
     West Virginia.....................................     758.0     758.4     761.2     762.6       1.4        .2
       Charleston......................................     152.0     151.3     151.3     151.4        .1        .1
       Huntington-Ashland..............................     119.7     119.8     121.3     121.0       -.3       -.2
       Morgantown......................................      60.7      61.8      62.0      64.2       2.2       3.5
       Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna.....................      73.5      72.9      74.1      73.2       -.9      -1.2
       Wheeling........................................      67.2      68.8      67.6      69.3       1.7       2.5
                                                                                                                   
     Wisconsin.........................................   2,904.0   2,887.3   2,902.7   2,878.4     -24.3       -.8
       Appleton........................................     121.0     120.5     119.1     118.7       -.4       -.3
       Eau Claire......................................      83.6      83.3      83.9      83.5       -.4       -.5
       Green Bay.......................................     172.0     171.0     170.9     170.6       -.3       -.2
       Janesville......................................      70.8      68.5      70.5      68.4      -2.1      -3.0
       La Crosse.......................................      74.6      73.3      75.0      74.1       -.9      -1.2
       Madison.........................................     349.2     349.8     349.8     348.5      -1.3       -.4
       Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis...................     861.6     853.1     860.0     849.7     -10.3      -1.2
       Oshkosh-Neenah..................................      93.6      93.9      94.1      93.4       -.7       -.7
       Racine..........................................      80.5      79.6      80.5      79.1      -1.4      -1.7
       Sheboygan.......................................      66.0      64.8      64.9      64.0       -.9      -1.4
       Wausau..........................................      73.8      72.6      73.3      72.3      -1.0      -1.4
                                                                                                                   
     Wyoming...........................................     295.3     303.4     295.0     303.7       8.7       2.9
       Cheyenne........................................      44.6      45.4      44.9      45.2        .3        .7
                                                                                                                   
     Puerto Rico.......................................   1,017.0     990.9   1,022.1     995.3     -26.8      -2.6
       Ponce...........................................      65.4      63.8      65.7      64.6      -1.1      -1.7
       San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo........................     761.0     741.5     763.9     743.0     -20.9      -2.7
                                                                                                                   
     Virgin Islands....................................      46.1      46.6      45.9      46.5        .6       1.3

       1 The 2007 data for the months of July and August have been corrected in the BLS news release USDL 08-0977,
     "Regional State Employment and Unemployment: June 2008," issued on July 18, 2008.
       2  Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
       p = preliminary.
       c = corrected.
        NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are
     provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.  Area definitions are based on Office
     of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are available at
     http://www.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 metropolitan areas lie in two or more
     states.  They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles.  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island,
     Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W. Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois
     and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons.  Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the
     assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002.  For more details, see 
     http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm.
     
     
     
     
     

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