Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics

 

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

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United States
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 153,674 155,163 155,013 154,645 971 0.6

Midwest
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 (1) 34,291.4 34,276.3 34,186.4 34,091.7 (1) -199.8 (1) -0.6

Illinois
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 (1) 6,572.3 6,583.1 6,574.7 (P) 6,557.4 (P) (1) -14.9 (P) (1) -0.2

Indiana
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 (1) 3,191.0 3,180.9 3,159.9 (P) 3,140.2 (P) (1) -50.8 (P) (1) -1.6

Iowa
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 (1) 1,660.5 1,658.6 1,651.3 (P) 1,642.4 (P) (1) -18.0 (P) (1) -1.1

Kansas
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 (1) 1,502.7 1,495.6 1,489.4 (P) 1,484.3 (P) (1) -18.4 (P) (1) -1.2

Michigan
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 (1) 4,653.2 4,663.3 4,660.5 (P) 4,657.9 (P) (1) 4.8 (P) (1) 0.1

Minnesota
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 (1) 2,978.2 2,971.3 2,971.9 (P) 2,968.6 (P) (1) -9.6 (P) (1) -0.3

Missouri
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 (1) 3,042.5 3,006.2 2,998.1 (P) 2,987.2 (P) (1) -55.3 (P) (1) -1.8

Nebraska
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 (1) 1,005.6 1,016.7 1,015.7 (P) 1,014.6 (P) (1) 9.1 (P) (1) 0.9

North Dakota
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 (1) 383.4 389.1 388.2 (P) 387.4 (P) (1) 4.0 (P) (1) 1.0

Ohio
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 (1) 5,800.7 5,794.1 5,770.8 (P) 5,751.7 (P) (1) -49.0 (P) (1) -0.8

South Dakota
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 (1) 445.3 445.9 444.3 (P) 442.1 (P) (1) -3.2 (P) (1) -0.7

Wisconsin
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 (1) 3,057.4 3,074.4 3,068.1 (P) 3,061.4 (P) (1) 4.1 (P) (1) 0.1

West
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 (1) 35,835.6 35,994.2 35,887.6 35,780.2 (1) -55.3 (1) -0.2

Alaska
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 (1) 366.8 367.5 367.4 (P) 366.3 (P) (1) -0.5 (P) (1) -0.1

Arizona
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 (1) 3,021.6 3,014.7 3,005.6 (P) 3,003.2 (P) (1) -18.4 (P) (1) -0.6

California
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 (1) 18,378.8 18,458.1 18,404.5 (P) 18,339.0 (P) (1) -39.9 (P) (1) -0.2

Colorado
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 (1) 2,719.2 2,741.3 2,733.1 (P) 2,721.8 (P) (1) 2.6 (P) (1) 0.1

Hawaii
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 (1) 659.8 649.3 644.1 (P) 640.3 (P) (1) -19.5 (P) (1) -3.0

Idaho
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 (1) 770.5 781.9 779.1 (P) 776.5 (P) (1) 6.0 (P) (1) 0.8

Montana
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 (1) (2) 504.7 510.8 510.3 (P) 509.9 (P) (1) (2) 5.2 (P) (1) (2) 1.0

Nevada
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 (1) 1,385.1 1,365.3 1,367.2 (P) 1,368.6 (P) (1) -16.5 (P) (1) -1.2

New Mexico
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 (1) 925.8 927.9 923.2 (P) 919.7 (P) (1) -6.1 (P) (1) -0.7

Oregon
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 (1) 1,990.6 1,986.8 1,981.5 (P) 1,975.6 (P) (1) -15.0 (P) (1) -0.8

Utah
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 (1) 1,333.8 1,352.5 1,352.9 (P) 1,355.6 (P) (1) 21.8 (P) (1) 1.6

Washington
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 (1) 3,479.7 3,526.1 3,517.9 (P) 3,497.1 (P) (1) 17.4 (P) (1) 0.5

Wyoming
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 (1) 304.0 307.8 307.0 (P) 306.4 (P) (1) 2.4 (P) (1) 0.8

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 and West,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 13,920 12,749 12,794 12,544 -1,376 -9.9

Midwest
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 (1) 2,925.6 2,487.5 2,547.7 2,572.8 (1) -352.8 (1) -12.1

Illinois
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 (1) 668.5 572.1 587.1 (P) 593.8 (P) (1) -74.8 (P) (1) -11.2

Indiana
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 (1) 295.2 254.7 259.5 (P) 260.0 (P) (1) -35.2 (P) (1) -11.9

Iowa
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 (1) 99.9 85.3 87.9 (P) 90.0 (P) (1) -10.0 (P) (1) -10.0

Kansas
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 (1) 101.2 91.5 93.2 (P) 92.5 (P) (1) -8.8 (P) (1) -8.7

Michigan
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 (1) 485.7 402.4 421.4 (P) 436.6 (P) (1) -49.1 (P) (1) -10.1

Minnesota
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 (1) 192.9 166.1 172.4 (P) 175.1 (P) (1) -17.8 (P) (1) -9.2

Missouri
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 (1) 262.0 212.9 216.8 (P) 214.0 (P) (1) -48.0 (P) (1) -18.3

Nebraska
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 (1) 45.1 39.2 40.7 (P) 40.8 (P) (1) -4.3 (P) (1) -9.5

North Dakota
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 (1) 13.9 11.3 11.5 (P) 11.6 (P) (1) -2.2 (P) (1) -16.2

Ohio
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 (1) 508.5 419.7 418.1 (P) 413.4 (P) (1) -95.1 (P) (1) -18.7

South Dakota
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 (1) 20.4 19.0 19.5 (P) 19.7 (P) (1) -0.7 (P) (1) -3.3

Wisconsin
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 (1) 231.6 215.4 224.2 (P) 229.1 (P) (1) -2.5 (P) (1) -1.1

West
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 (1) 3,739.9 3,386.5 3,389.0 3,356.2 (1) -383.7 (1) -10.3

Alaska
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 (1) 27.9 26.5 28.0 (P) 28.4 (P) (1) 0.5 (P) (1) 1.9

Arizona
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 (1) 287.3 246.3 248.9 (P) 249.8 (P) (1) -37.5 (P) (1) -13.0

California
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 (1) 2,178.0 1,974.1 1,962.3 (P) 1,935.0 (P) (1) -243.0 (P) (1) -11.2

Colorado
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 (1) 225.2 224.8 227.3 (P) 224.4 (P) (1) -0.7 (P) (1) -0.3

Hawaii
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 (1) 45.1 41.5 40.8 (P) 38.9 (P) (1) -6.2 (P) (1) -13.7

Idaho
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 (1) 68.1 59.9 58.6 (P) 57.1 (P) (1) -11.0 (P) (1) -16.2

Montana
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 (1) (2) 35.1 32.1 32.5 (P) 32.4 (P) (1) (2) -2.7 (P) (1) (2) -7.7

Nevada
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 (1) 190.5 158.5 163.7 (P) 165.9 (P) (1) -24.7 (P) (1) -12.9

New Mexico
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 (1) 69.2 60.4 60.9 (P) 59.7 (P) (1) -9.5 (P) (1) -13.7

Oregon
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 (1) 189.7 168.3 172.6 (P) 175.7 (P) (1) -14.0 (P) (1) -7.4

Utah
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 (1) 89.1 81.3 81.7 (P) 78.7 (P) (1) -10.4 (P) (1) -11.7

Washington
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 (1) 319.6 293.9 298.8 (P) 301.7 (P) (1) -17.9 (P) (1) -5.6

Wyoming
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 (1) 18.1 16.7 17.3 (P) 17.4 (P) (1) -0.7 (P) (1) -3.7

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 and West,
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Area

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 9.1 8.2 8.3 8.1 -1.0

Midwest
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 (1) 8.5 7.3 7.5 7.5 (1) -1.0

Illinois
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 (1) 10.2 8.7 8.9 (P) 9.1 (P) (1) -1.1

Indiana
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 (1) 9.3 8.0 8.2 (P) 8.3 (P) (1) -1.0

Iowa
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 (1) 6.0 5.1 5.3 (P) 5.5 (P) (1) -0.5

Kansas
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 (1) 6.7 6.1 6.3 (P) 6.2 (P) (1) -0.5

Michigan
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 (1) 10.4 8.6 9.0 (P) 9.4 (P) (1) -1.0

Minnesota
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 (1) 6.5 5.6 5.8 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -0.6

Missouri
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 (1) 8.6 7.1 7.2 (P) 7.2 (P) (1) -1.4

Nebraska
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 (1) 4.5 3.9 4.0 (P) 4.0 (P) (1) -0.5

North Dakota
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 (1) 3.6 2.9 3.0 (P) 3.0 (P) (1) -0.6

Ohio
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 (1) 8.8 7.2 7.2 (P) 7.2 (P) (1) -1.6

South Dakota
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 (1) 4.6 4.3 4.4 (P) 4.5 (P) (1) -0.1

Wisconsin
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 (1) 7.6 7.0 7.3 (P) 7.5 (P) (1) -0.1

West
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 (1) 10.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 (1) -1.0

Alaska
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 (1) 7.6 7.2 7.6 (P) 7.8 (P) (1) 0.2

Arizona
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 (1) 9.5 8.2 8.3 (P) 8.3 (P) (1) -1.2

California
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 (1) 11.9 10.7 10.7 (P) 10.6 (P) (1) -1.3

Colorado
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 (1) 8.3 8.2 8.3 (P) 8.2 (P) (1) -0.1

Hawaii
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 (1) 6.8 6.4 6.3 (P) 6.1 (P) (1) -0.7

Idaho
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 (1) 8.8 7.7 7.5 (P) 7.4 (P) (1) -1.4

Montana
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 (1) (2) 7.0 6.3 6.4 (P) 6.3 (P) (1) (2) -0.7

Nevada
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 (1) 13.8 11.6 12.0 (P) 12.1 (P) (1) -1.7

New Mexico
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 (1) 7.5 6.5 6.6 (P) 6.5 (P) (1) -1.0

Oregon
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 (1) 9.5 8.5 8.7 (P) 8.9 (P) (1) -0.6

Utah
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 (1) 6.7 6.0 6.0 (P) 5.8 (P) (1) -0.9

Washington
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 (1) 9.2 8.3 8.5 (P) 8.6 (P) (1) -0.6

Wyoming
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 (1) 6.0 5.4 5.6 (P) 5.7 (P) (1) -0.3

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 Mountain and West North Central states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
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Mountain Census Division

  

Arizona

  

Flagstaff
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 (1) 9.0 8.3 8.6 (P) 8.1 (P) (1) -0.9

Lake Havasu City-Kingman
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 (1) 11.0 9.6 9.6 (P) 9.7 (P) (1) -1.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale
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 (1) 8.8 7.4 7.5 (P) 7.4 (P) (1) -1.4

Prescott
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 (1) 10.0 8.8 8.9 (P) 8.8 (P) (1) -1.2

Tucson
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 (1) 8.6 7.6 7.7 (P) 7.6 (P) (1) -1.0

Yuma
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 (1) 30.7 28.1 31.4 (P) 29.9 (P) (1) -0.8

Colorado

  

Boulder
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 (1) 6.3 6.5 6.5 (P) 6.1 (P) (1) -0.2

Colorado Springs
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 (1) 9.1 9.8 9.8 (P) 9.1 (P) (1) 0.0

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield
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 (1) 8.3 8.3 8.2 (P) 7.7 (P) (1) -0.6

Fort Collins-Loveland
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 (1) 6.5 6.7 6.7 (P) 6.1 (P) (1) -0.4

Grand Junction
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 (1) 9.3 9.5 9.3 (P) 8.8 (P) (1) -0.5

Greeley
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 (1) 9.0 9.2 9.1 (P) 8.3 (P) (1) -0.7

Pueblo
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 (1) 10.3 11.1 11.0 (P) 10.6 (P) (1) 0.3

Idaho

  

Boise City-Nampa
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 (1) 8.9 7.3 6.9 (P) 6.9 (P) (1) -2.0

Coeur d'Alene
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 (1) 9.6 8.1 7.7 (P) 7.5 (P) (1) -2.1

Idaho Falls
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 (1) 7.0 6.3 5.9 (P) 6.1 (P) (1) -0.9

Lewiston ID-WA
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 (1) 7.5 6.9 6.5 (P) 6.3 (P) (1) -1.2

Logan, UT-ID
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 (1) 5.2 4.7 4.8 (P) 4.4 (P) (1) -0.8

Pocatello
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 (1) 8.4 7.4 7.0 (P) 7.2 (P) (1) -1.2

Montana

  

Billings
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 (1) 5.1 4.9 4.6 (P) 4.4 (P) (1) -0.7

Great Falls
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 (1) 6.0 5.7 5.6 (P) 5.4 (P) (1) -0.6

Missoula
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 (1) 6.0 6.1 5.8 (P) 5.5 (P) (1) -0.5

Nevada

  

Carson City
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 (1) 12.8 11.7 12.2 (P) 11.6 (P) (1) -1.2

Las Vegas-Paradise
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 (1) 14.3 12.2 12.9 (P) 12.3 (P) (1) -2.0

Reno-Sparks
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 (1) 13.0 11.7 12.0 (P) 11.5 (P) (1) -1.5

New Mexico

  

Albuquerque
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 (1) 8.2 7.4 7.9 (P) 6.8 (P) (1) -1.4

Farmington
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 (1) 8.1 7.3 7.8 (P) 6.8 (P) (1) -1.3

Las Cruces
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 (1) 7.5 7.3 7.8 (P) 6.5 (P) (1) -1.0

Santa Fe
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 (1) 6.1 5.4 5.8 (P) 5.0 (P) (1) -1.1

Utah

  

Logan, UT-ID
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 (1) 5.2 4.7 4.8 (P) 4.4 (P) (1) -0.8

Ogden-Clearfield
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 (1) 7.2 6.3 6.4 (P) 5.8 (P) (1) -1.4

Provo-Orem
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 (1) 6.9 6.1 6.1 (P) 5.6 (P) (1) -1.3

Salt Lake City
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 (1) 6.8 6.0 6.0 (P) 5.4 (P) (1) -1.4

St. George
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 (1) 8.5 7.6 7.6 (P) 6.8 (P) (1) -1.7

Wyoming

  

Casper
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 (1) 5.7 5.2 4.9 (P) 4.9 (P) (1) -0.8

Cheyenne
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 (1) 6.5 6.3 6.1 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -0.6

West North Central Census Division

  

Iowa

  

Ames
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 (1) 4.9 4.5 4.5 (P) 4.4 (P) (1) -0.5

Cedar Rapids
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 (1) 6.0 5.3 5.2 (P) 5.6 (P) (1) -0.4

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
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 (1) 7.5 7.3 7.2 (P) 7.2 (P) (1) -0.3

Des Moines-West Des Moines
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 (1) 5.8 5.3 5.1 (P) 5.3 (P) (1) -0.5

Dubuque
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 (1) 5.3 4.7 4.5 (P) 4.9 (P) (1) -0.4

Iowa City
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 (1) 4.8 4.1 4.2 (P) 4.3 (P) (1) -0.5

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
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 (1) 4.9 4.5 4.7 (P) 4.2 (P) (1) -0.7

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (1) 5.8 5.2 5.3 (P) 5.2 (P) (1) -0.6

Waterloo-Cedar Falls
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 (1) 5.6 5.2 5.1 (P) 5.3 (P) (1) -0.3

Kansas

  

Kansas City, MO-KS
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 (1) 8.4 6.8 7.5 (P) 7.0 (P) (1) -1.4

Lawrence
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 (1) 6.5 6.3 6.6 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -0.6

Manhattan
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 (1) 6.3 5.9 6.3 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -0.4

St. Joseph, MO-KS
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 (1) 8.0 5.7 6.3 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -2.1

Topeka
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 (1) 7.4 6.8 7.2 (P) 6.9 (P) (1) -0.5

Wichita
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 (1) 8.3 7.3 7.8 (P) 7.3 (P) (1) -1.0

Minnesota

  

Duluth, MN-WI
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 (1) 7.0 7.0 7.1 (P) 6.7 (P) (1) -0.3

Fargo, ND-MN
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 (1) 3.8 3.5 3.2 (P) 3.2 (P) (1) -0.6

Grand Forks, ND-MN
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 (1) 5.0 4.2 4.3 (P) 3.9 (P) (1) -1.1

La Crosse, WI-MN
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 (1) 5.9 6.0 5.8 (P) 5.6 (P) (1) -0.3

Mankato-North Mankato
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 (1) 5.4 5.1 5.3 (P) 5.0 (P) (1) -0.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
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 (1) 6.2 5.8 5.9 (P) 5.7 (P) (1) -0.5

Rochester
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 (1) 5.2 5.0 5.0 (P) 4.7 (P) (1) -0.5

St. Cloud
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 (1) 6.0 5.7 5.9 (P) 5.5 (P) (1) -0.5

Missouri

  

Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL
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 (1) 8.1 6.7 7.4 (P) 6.7 (P) (1) -1.4

Columbia
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 (1) 6.5 4.9 5.7 (P) 5.0 (P) (1) -1.5

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
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 (1) 6.4 5.7 6.1 (P) 5.3 (P) (1) -1.1

Jefferson City
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 (1) 7.2 5.6 6.3 (P) 5.8 (P) (1) -1.4

Joplin
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 (1) 8.4 6.1 6.8 (P) 6.2 (P) (1) -2.2

Kansas City, MO-KS
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 (1) 8.4 6.8 7.5 (P) 7.0 (P) (1) -1.4

Springfield
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 (1) 8.1 6.2 6.7 (P) 6.3 (P) (1) -1.8

St. Joseph, MO-KS
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 (1) 8.0 5.7 6.3 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -2.1

St. Louis, MO-IL
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 (1) 9.2 7.7 8.2 (P) 7.8 (P) (1) -1.4

Nebraska

  

Lincoln
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 (1) 3.9 3.7 3.8 (P) 3.3 (P) (1) -0.6

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
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 (1) 4.9 4.5 4.7 (P) 4.2 (P) (1) -0.7

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (1) 5.8 5.2 5.3 (P) 5.2 (P) (1) -0.6

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Bismarck
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 (1) 3.1 2.8 2.4 (P) 2.6 (P) (1) -0.5

Fargo, ND-MN
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 (1) 3.8 3.5 3.2 (P) 3.2 (P) (1) -0.6

Grand Forks, ND-MN
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 (1) 5.0 4.2 4.3 (P) 3.9 (P) (1) -1.1

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Rapid City
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 (1) 4.3 4.2 4.2 (P) 4.2 (P) (1) -0.1

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
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 (1) 5.8 5.2 5.3 (P) 5.2 (P) (1) -0.6

Sioux Falls
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 (1) 4.2 3.9 4.0 (P) 3.9 (P) (1) -0.3

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(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 Mountain and West North Central States,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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2011		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Aug 2011 to
Aug 2012
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States
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 131,492 133,063 133,244 (P) 133,386 (P) 1,894 (P) 1.4

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Arizona
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 2,407.4 2,454.2 2,460.0 (P) 2,462.0 (P) 54.6 (P) 2.3

Colorado
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 2,260.0 2,290.4 2,293.3 (P) 2,293.3 (P) 33.3 (P) 1.5

Idaho
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 606.8 616.1 612.7 (P) 616.6 (P) 9.8 (P) 1.6

Montana
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 (1) 427.4 431.5 431.1 (P) 433.0 (P) (1) 5.6 (P) (1) 1.3

Nevada
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 1,125.3 1,132.6 1,131.5 (P) 1,130.5 (P) 5.2 (P) 0.5

New Mexico
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 (1) 805.6 800.1 798.2 (P) 792.3 (P) (1) -13.3 (P) (1) -1.7

Utah
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 1,214.6 1,233.4 1,232.6 (P) 1,236.6 (P) 22.0 (P) 1.8

Wyoming
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 286.3 287.3 290.8 (P) 292.1 (P) 5.8 (P) 2.0

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Iowa
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 (1) 1,480.9 1,490.1 1,492.9 (P) 1,492.5 (P) (1) 11.6 (P) (1) 0.8

Kansas
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 1,336.5 1,343.9 1,349.0 (P) 1,351.0 (P) 14.5 (P) 1.1

Minnesota
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 2,683.7 2,703.5 2,708.3 (P) 2,706.3 (P) 22.6 (P) 0.8

Missouri
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 2,649.7 2,647.0 2,639.8 (P) 2,657.7 (P) 8.0 (P) 0.3

Nebraska
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 943.1 957.9 956.5 (P) 954.9 (P) 11.8 (P) 1.3

North Dakota
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 395.8 419.6 420.8 (P) 422.5 (P) 26.7 (P) 6.7

South Dakota
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 406.0 411.0 409.9 (P) 408.4 (P) 2.4 (P) 0.6

Footnotes
(1) Correction
(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, Midwestern and Western states,
not seasonally adjusted
Area

(news release)		 Mass Layoff Events Mass Layoff Initial Claimants for
Unemployment Insurance
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2011		 Aug
2012

United States
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 961 1,063
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 99,213 104,045

Midwest
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 181 172
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 20,541 18,179

Illinois
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 35 52
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 5,514 4,589

Indiana
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 13 13
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 1,215 3,425

Iowa
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 9 8
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 1,796 742

Kansas
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 9 3
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 1,497 216

Michigan
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 21 20
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 1,986 1,460

Minnesota
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 7 4
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 607 561

Missouri
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 17 18
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 1,145 1,625

Nebraska
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 4 3
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 247 377

North Dakota
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 3 (1) -
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 410 (1) -

Ohio
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 25 21
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 2,420 2,576

South Dakota
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 - -
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Wisconsin
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 38 28
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 3,704 2,449

West
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 316 362
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 22,964 30,036

Alaska
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 4 8
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 307 792

Arizona
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 5 14
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 341 994

California
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 251 291
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 17,552 23,157

Colorado
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 6 3
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 547 224

Hawaii
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 (1) - -
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 (1) - -

Idaho
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 4 9
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 255 1,129

Montana
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 (1) - (1) -
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 (1) - (1) -

Nevada
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 11 7
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 1,158 597

New Mexico
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 5 (1) -
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 338 (1) -

Oregon
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 10 13
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 836 1,347

Utah
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 (1) - 3
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 (1) - 169

Washington
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 14 11
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 1,170 1,261

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

(-) Zero or data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
SOURCE: Mass Layoff Statistics
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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