Southwest - Labor Force Statistics
By U.S. Bureau Of Labor and Statistics Posted 10-21-2020
Civilian labor force in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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2019		 Jul
2020		 Aug
2020		 Sep
2020		 Sep 2019 to
Sep 2020
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United States
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 164,051 159,870 160,838 160,143 -3,908 -2.4

West South Central Division
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 19,440.8 18,960.9 19,662.0 19,516.4 75.6 0.4

Arkansas
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 1,363.3 1,305.6 1,343.2 (P)1,335.5 (P)-27.8 (P)-2.0

Louisiana
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 2,099.2 2,011.3 2,106.6 (P)2,095.1 (P)-4.1 (P)-0.2

Oklahoma
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 1,845.1 1,804.8 1,833.4 (P)1,880.3 (P)35.1 (P)1.9

Texas
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 14,133.2 13,834.7 14,386.7 (P)14,214.9 (P)81.7 (P)0.6

Mountain Division
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 12,599.8 12,411.8 12,249.5 12,603.7 4.0 0.0

Arizona
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 3,585.9 3,565.8 3,414.6 (P)3,566.3 (P)-19.6 (P)-0.5

Colorado
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 3,169.0 3,084.5 3,087.8 (P)3,147.4 (P)-21.6 (P)-0.7

Idaho
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 887.8 901.5 896.5 (P)918.6 (P)30.8 (P)3.5

Montana
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 535.7 534.3 533.2 (P)534.6 (P)-1.1 (P)-0.2

Nevada
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 1,550.5 1,488.6 1,495.4 (P)1,520.4 (P)-30.2 (P)-1.9

New Mexico
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 959.0 910.7 896.7 (P)952.3 (P)-6.7 (P)-0.7

Utah
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 1,619.0 1,626.9 1,625.6 (P)1,663.4 (P)44.4 (P)2.7

Wyoming
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 292.9 294.5 292.3 (P)295.0 (P)2.1 (P)0.7

Footnotes
(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.

 

Unemployed in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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2020		 Sep 2019 to
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United States
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 5,753 16,338 13,550 12,580 6,827 118.7

West South Central Division
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 712.1 1,523.0 1,342.1 1,545.8 833.8 117.1

Arkansas
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 48.5 93.0 99.5 (P)97.2 (P)48.7 (P)100.6

Louisiana
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 106.1 188.5 161.8 (P)170.3 (P)64.2 (P)60.5

Oklahoma
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 61.7 127.9 104.7 (P)99.8 (P)38.1 (P)61.7

Texas
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 495.8 1,113.6 981.4 (P)1,185.1 (P)689.3 (P)139.0

Mountain Division
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 444.5 1,111.2 864.3 903.6 459.1 103.3

Arizona
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 164.4 380.2 202.5 (P)237.8 (P)73.3 (P)44.6

Colorado
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 81.3 229.6 205.8 (P)202.0 (P)120.7 (P)148.4

Idaho
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 25.6 45.6 37.5 (P)56.3 (P)30.7 (P)120.2

Montana
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 18.7 34.6 31.0 (P)28.1 (P)9.4 (P)50.3

Nevada
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 58.1 210.7 199.4 (P)191.7 (P)133.6 (P)229.8

New Mexico
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 45.7 115.4 102.0 (P)89.6 (P)43.9 (P)96.1

Utah
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 39.7 73.3 66.3 (P)82.8 (P)43.1 (P)108.5

Wyoming
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 10.9 20.8 19.2 (P)18.0 (P)7.0 (P)64.4

Footnotes
(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.

 

Unemployment rates in the West South Central and Mountain states, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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2020		 Aug
2020		 Sep
2020		 Net change
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Sep 2020

United States
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 3.5 10.2 8.4 7.9 4.4

West South Central Division
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 3.7 8.0 6.8 7.9 4.2

Arkansas
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 3.6 7.1 7.4 (P)7.3 (P)3.7

Louisiana
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 5.1 9.4 7.7 (P)8.1 (P)3.0

Oklahoma
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 3.3 7.1 5.7 (P)5.3 (P)2.0

Texas
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 3.5 8.0 6.8 (P)8.3 (P)4.8

Mountain Division
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 3.5 9.0 7.1 7.2 3.7

Arizona
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 4.6 10.7 5.9 (P)6.7 (P)2.1

Colorado
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 2.6 7.4 6.7 (P)6.4 (P)3.8

Idaho
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 2.9 5.1 4.2 (P)6.1 (P)3.2

Montana
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 3.5 6.5 5.8 (P)5.3 (P)1.8

Nevada
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 3.7 14.2 13.3 (P)12.6 (P)8.9

New Mexico
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 4.8 12.7 11.4 (P)9.4 (P)4.6

Utah
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 2.5 4.5 4.1 (P)5.0 (P)2.5

Wyoming
Go to web page with historical data for series LASST560000000000003
 3.7 7.1 6.6 (P)6.1 (P)2.4

Footnotes
(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.

 

Unemployment rates in Southwest states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Arkansas

  

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
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 2.7 6.4 5.7 (P)5.7 (P)3.0

Fort Smith, AR-OK
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 3.7 7.4 7.2 (P)6.6 (P)2.9

Hot Springs
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 3.8 10.9 9.6 (P)10.2 (P)6.4

Jonesboro
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 3.0 7.8 6.7 (P)6.6 (P)3.6

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway
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 3.3 9.0 8.3 (P)8.4 (P)5.1

Pine Bluff
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 5.3 9.6 9.4 (P)9.6 (P)4.3

Texarkana, TX-AR
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 4.5 8.2 7.6 (P)6.7 (P)2.2

Louisiana

  

Alexandria
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 5.8 7.5 7.4 (P)6.1 (P)0.3

Baton Rouge
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 5.0 9.6 9.2 (P)7.1 (P)2.1

Hammond
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 6.1 12.6 12.1 (P)9.7 (P)3.6

Houma-Thibodaux
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 4.9 8.7 8.5 (P)6.8 (P)1.9

Lafayette
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 5.2 9.2 9.1 (P)7.4 (P)2.2

Lake Charles
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 4.5 9.8 9.9 (P)8.0 (P)3.5

Monroe
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 5.9 8.5 8.3 (P)6.9 (P)1.0

New Orleans-Metairie
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 5.0 12.8 11.9 (P)9.7 (P)4.7

Shreveport-Bossier City
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 5.6 9.8 9.4 (P)7.8 (P)2.2

New Mexico

  

Albuquerque
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 4.8 9.0 13.1 (P)11.2 (P)6.4

Farmington
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 5.9 11.4 15.5 (P)13.5 (P)7.6

Las Cruces
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 5.5 8.9 13.0 (P)10.9 (P)5.4

Santa Fe
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 4.0 9.5 13.5 (P)11.5 (P)7.5

Oklahoma

  

Lawton
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 3.8 6.9 7.3 (P)5.5 (P)1.7

Oklahoma City
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 3.1 6.9 7.1 (P)5.5 (P)2.4

Tulsa
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 3.2 7.1 7.6 (P)6.1 (P)2.9

Texas

  

Abilene
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 3.2 6.3 6.0 (P)4.9 (P)1.7

Amarillo
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 2.7 5.9 5.2 (P)4.2 (P)1.5

Austin-Round Rock
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 2.8 7.3 6.8 (P)5.5 (P)2.7

Beaumont-Port Arthur
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 6.1 12.5 12.0 (P)10.3 (P)4.2

Brownsville-Harlingen
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 5.7 10.9 11.1 (P)9.3 (P)3.6

College Station-Bryan
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 3.1 6.3 5.8 (P)4.7 (P)1.6

Corpus Christi
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 4.5 9.8 10.1 (P)8.4 (P)3.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
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 3.5 8.2 7.6 (P)6.3 (P)2.8

Dallas-Plano-Irving(1)
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 3.5 8.1 7.5 (P)6.2 (P)2.7

Fort Worth-Arlington(1)
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 3.4 8.3 7.7 (P)6.5 (P)3.1

El Paso
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 4.0 9.5 8.8 (P)7.3 (P)3.3

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
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 4.1 9.7 9.5 (P)8.1 (P)4.0

Killeen-Temple
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 4.0 7.7 7.2 (P)6.0 (P)2.0

Laredo
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 3.8 9.8 9.2 (P)7.8 (P)4.0

Longview
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 3.9 8.9 8.5 (P)7.3 (P)3.4

Lubbock
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 3.0 6.7 6.4 (P)5.2 (P)2.2

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
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 6.6 12.4 12.6 (P)10.9 (P)4.3

Midland
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 2.3 9.5 9.5 (P)8.1 (P)5.8

Odessa
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 2.9 12.7 12.7 (P)11.1 (P)8.2

San Angelo
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 3.2 7.7 7.4 (P)6.0 (P)2.8

San Antonio-New Braunfels
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 3.3 8.3 8.0 (P)6.6 (P)3.3

Sherman-Denison
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 3.3 6.6 5.9 (P)5.0 (P)1.7

Texarkana, TX-AR
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 4.5 8.2 7.6 (P)6.7 (P)2.2

Tyler
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 3.6 7.8 7.2 (P)6.0 (P)2.4

Victoria
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 3.6 8.8 9.4 (P)7.5 (P)3.9

Waco
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 3.6 6.9 6.6 (P)5.4 (P)1.8

Wichita Falls
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 3.3 7.1 7.2 (P)5.9 (P)2.6

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(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.

 

Nonfarm wage and salary employment in Southwest States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
Go to web page with historical data for series CES0000000001
 151,368 139,570 (P)141,059 (P)141,720 (P)-9,648 (P)-6.4

Arkansas
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS05000000000000001
 1,273.0 1,213.5 1,227.5 (P)1,225.8 (P)-47.2 (P)-3.7

Louisiana
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS22000000000000001
 1,987.1 1,836.7 1,853.0 (P)1,851.4 (P)-135.7 (P)-6.8

New Mexico
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS35000000000000001
 861.6 788.5 798.1 (P)802.4 (P)-59.2 (P)-6.9

Oklahoma
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 1,705.3 1,610.5 1,622.0 (P)1,618.9 (P)-86.4 (P)-5.1

Texas
Go to web page with historical data for series SMS48000000000000001
 12,848.8 12,112.6 12,224.5 (P)12,265.2 (P)-583.6 (P)-4.5

Footnotes
(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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