LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA

Table 1.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                        Unemployed                               
                                                                                                                                 
                             Civilian labor force                                                                                
 Census region and                                                                                                               
      division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force       
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                       Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.  
                       2007     2008     2008     2008     2007     2008     2008     2008     2007     2008     2008     2008   
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
Northeast........... 27,938.6 28,127.6 28,202.0 28,327.3  1,242.3  1,501.2  1,648.7  1,621.4    4.4      5.3      5.8      5.7   
                                                                                                                                 
  New England.......  7,650.1  7,686.7  7,674.1  7,691.1    337.1    415.1    440.7    436.9    4.4      5.4      5.7      5.7   
  Middle Atlantic... 20,288.5 20,440.9 20,528.0 20,636.2    905.1  1,086.1  1,208.0  1,184.5    4.5      5.3      5.9      5.7   
                                                                                                                                 
South............... 54,545.9 55,187.3 55,233.4 55,284.4  2,401.0  3,055.0  3,175.8  3,248.5    4.4      5.5      5.7      5.9   
                                                                                                                                 
  South Atlantic.... 29,311.0 29,774.4 29,730.0 29,709.1  1,250.3  1,721.9  1,801.0  1,810.5    4.3      5.8      6.1      6.1   
  East South Central  8,599.1  8,584.7  8,578.6  8,588.8    421.6    564.1    550.6    578.2    4.9      6.6      6.4      6.7   
  West South Central 16,635.7 16,828.2 16,924.8 16,986.5    729.2    769.0    824.2    859.8    4.4      4.6      4.9      5.1   
                                                                                                                                 
Midwest............. 34,921.1 34,929.6 34,918.9 34,933.6  1,836.8  2,258.8  2,323.7  2,255.6    5.3      6.5      6.7      6.5   
                                                                                                                                 
  East North Central 24,009.5 24,001.6 23,987.5 23,981.0  1,357.8  1,695.2  1,736.9  1,681.9    5.7      7.1      7.2      7.0   
  West North Central 10,911.6 10,928.0 10,931.4 10,952.6    479.0    563.6    586.7    573.7    4.4      5.2      5.4      5.2   
                                                                                                                                 
West................ 35,588.3 35,972.7 36,007.2 36,170.0  1,721.9  2,263.9  2,384.4  2,392.9    4.8      6.3      6.6      6.6   
                                                                                                                                 
  Mountain.......... 10,967.5 11,137.3 11,139.9 11,195.7    402.0    545.9    582.8    584.2    3.7      4.9      5.2      5.2   
  Pacific........... 24,620.8 24,835.4 24,867.3 24,974.2  1,319.8  1,718.0  1,801.6  1,808.6    5.4      6.9      7.2      7.2   

   1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
   NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
divisions are:  New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New
Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:  Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:  Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.  Estimates for
the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.