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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 1,448.8 1,460.0 1,462.0 1,449.1 1,469.4 1,473.9 1,482.8 1,490.3 1,495.4 1,504.3 1,512.3 1,515.0 1,519.8 4.8 0.3

Colorado

 2,639.0 2,651.7 2,647.9 2,626.7 2,657.1 2,666.2 2,673.9 2,691.3 2,708.8 2,718.8 2,731.0 2,736.0 2,741.1 5.1 0.2

United States

 141,865 142,545 142,809 142,503 142,736 143,272 144,057 144,326 144,940 145,902 146,993 147,359 147,553 194 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Denver metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,451.4 1,525.6 1,524.5 73.1 5.0 2,744.3 106.0 4.0 147,682 5,736 4.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 107.0 111.8 111.9 4.9 4.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.8 1.5 7.8 649 52 8.7

Construction(2)

             175.3 0.6 0.3 7,628 209 2.8

Manufacturing

 69.1 69.5 69.6 0.5 0.7 146.6 0.4 0.3 12,462 324 2.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 273.2 286.9 286.5 13.3 4.9 486.1 17.4 3.7 27,422 910 3.4

Information

 50.4 50.9 51.0 0.6 1.2 74.2 0.4 0.5 2,801 149 5.6

Financial Activities

 111.1 113.7 113.7 2.6 2.3 173.8 2.4 1.4 8,847 137 1.6

Professional & Business Services

 270.1 289.1 288.8 18.7 6.9 453.1 24.9 5.8 21,203 1,088 5.4

Education & Health Services

 184.5 191.7 191.5 7.0 3.8 340.2 3.0 0.9 23,588 502 2.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 132.5 155.4 150.9 18.4 13.9 317.7 41.7 15.1 15,414 1,968 14.6

Other Services

 54.4 62.0 61.4 7.0 12.9 112.3 5.4 5.1 5,721 295 5.4

Government

 199.1 194.6 199.2 0.1 0.1 444.2 8.3 1.9 21,947 102 0.5

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 122,272 117,837 118,842 119,600 118,948 114,501 112,280 109,630 101,096 108,637 104,064 93,616 82,376   -39,896 -32.6

Adams

 21,532 20,812 21,596 21,294 21,727 20,867 20,292 20,091 18,659 19,933 19,493 17,337 15,543   -5,989 -27.8

Arapahoe

 28,887 27,826 27,803 27,196 26,670 25,799 25,335 25,001 23,312 24,953 24,329 21,783 19,470   -9,417 -32.6

Broomfield

 2,464 2,391 2,372 2,529 2,461 2,398 2,356 2,248 2,083 2,288 2,070 1,900 1,586   -878 -35.6

Clear Creek

 465 428 453 507 438 415 402 383 350 403 383 351 315   -150 -32.3

Denver

 34,930 33,661 33,698 33,223 32,940 31,354 30,304 30,175 27,801 29,243 28,400 25,529 22,638   -12,292 -35.2

Douglas

 10,211 9,883 9,886 10,706 10,661 10,521 10,638 9,877 9,007 10,220 9,241 8,423 7,014   -3,197 -31.3

Elbert

 607 585 634 705 698 698 719 665 616 739 643 612 489   -118 -19.4

Gilpin

 341 290 272 337 320 318 269 312 279 289 267 223 201   -140 -41.1

Jefferson

 22,269 21,404 21,590 22,532 22,470 21,548 21,396 20,346 18,480 20,001 18,726 16,982 14,737   -7,532 -33.8

Park

 566 557 538 571 563 583 569 532 509 568 512 476 383   -183 -32.3

Colorado

 213,829 207,486 212,590 219,804 219,461 211,931 205,805 199,970 184,411 199,882 190,072 171,047 148,515   -65,314 -30.5

United States (in thousands)

 12,277 10,620 10,264 10,404 10,851 10,486 9,905 9,220 8,829 9,883 9,221 8,556 7,366   -4,911 -40.0

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.5 4.8   -2.5

Adams

 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.7 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.5   -2.3

Arapahoe

 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 5.1   -2.7

Broomfield

 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.6 3.8   -2.3

Clear Creek

 7.5 7.0 7.3 8.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.0   -2.5

Denver

 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.7 6.6 5.9 5.2   -2.9

Douglas

 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.2 3.5   -1.7

Elbert

 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.1   -0.9

Gilpin

 8.6 7.4 6.9 8.5 8.1 8.0 6.9 7.8 7.0 7.2 6.7 5.6 5.0   -3.6

Jefferson

 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.3   -2.3

Park

 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.3   -1.7

Colorado

 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.4 4.6   -2.2

United States

 7.7 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6   -3.1

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2021(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 115,524 5,126 1,456,801 -56,642 -3.7 $1,514 4.3 $28,503,276 -0.4

Adams

 12,557 582 223,504 -2,637 -1.2 1,140 1.2 3,303,059 -0.2

Arapahoe

 24,108 835 321,106 -10,565 -3.2 1,539 2.4 6,398,472 -1.4

Broomfield

 3,144 154 38,560 -2,239 -5.5 2,114 -2.4 1,055,974 -8.4

Clear Creek

 385 11 3,062 -337 -9.9 881 -7.6 34,472 -18.6

Denver

 37,649 1,945 498,689 -31,297 -5.9 1,753 8.1 11,268,675 0.6

Douglas

 13,780 672 130,752 1,076 0.8 1,465 4.3 2,481,936 4.4

Elbert

 759 32 3,800 -1 0.0 908 7.2 44,490 7.9

Gilpin

 193 6 3,814 -623 -14.0 1,027 2.8 47,383 -18.2

Jefferson

 22,348 874 231,050 -10,040 -4.2 1,284 3.0 3,841,719 -2.0

Park

 601 15 2,464 21 0.9 850 6.5 27,095 6.7

Colorado

 224,743 9,653 2,634,650 -94,446 -3.5 $1,335 4.1 $45,409,146 -0.4

United States

 10,755,389 400,287 140,455,819 -6,609,296 -4.5 1,289 5.6 2,336,243,610 -0.1

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages