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Civilian labor force in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area (Links provide news releases)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Sep 2018 to Sep 2019
Area (Links provide news releases)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Net change	Percent change
United States		162,055	163,351	163,922	164,039	1,984	1.2
West		38,723.2	38,874.4	38,916.5	38,983.7	260.6	0.7
Alaska		356.4	351.4	350.7	(p)350.1	(p)-6.2	(p)-1.7
Arizona		3,473.1	3,534.1	3,552.0	(p)3,566.9	(p)93.8	(p)2.7
California		19,463.2	19,387.9	19,380.1	(p)19,400.8	(p)-62.5	(p)-0.3
Colorado		3,120.8	3,149.3	3,155.1	(p)3,160.2	(p)39.4	(p)1.3
Hawaii		677.7	662.8	661.1	(p)660.4	(p)-17.3	(p)-2.6
Idaho		861.5	876.4	879.3	(p)882.2	(p)20.7	(p)2.4
Montana		529.6	532.0	532.7	(p)533.0	(p)3.4	(p)0.6
Nevada		1,511.1	1,534.3	1,539.8	(p)1,545.6	(p)34.5	(p)2.3
New Mexico		943.3	961.7	963.8	(p)965.4	(p)22.1	(p)2.3
Oregon		2,106.8	2,115.3	2,116.1	(p)2,116.0	(p)9.2	(p)0.4
Utah		1,576.9	1,596.0	1,601.4	(p)1,606.0	(p)29.1	(p)1.8
Washington		3,813.3	3,884.7	3,895.8	(p)3,907.7	(p)94.4	(p)2.5
Wyoming		289.3	288.4	288.6	(p)289.3	(p)-0.1	(p)0.0
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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

Unemployed in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area (Links provide news releases)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Sep 2018 to Sep 2019
Area (Links provide news releases)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Net change	Percent change
United States		5,986	6,063	6,044	5,769	-217	-3.6
West		1,590.8	1,581.2	1,571.7	1,547.8	-42.9	-2.7
Alaska		23.2	22.1	21.8	(p)21.7	(p)-1.5	(p)-6.4
Arizona		167.9	174.1	177.8	(p)175.8	(p)8.0	(p)4.7
California		796.9	804.0	791.4	(p)774.0	(p)-22.9	(p)-2.9
Colorado		110.8	90.5	88.3	(p)85.3	(p)-25.5	(p)-23.0
Hawaii		17.5	18.4	18.0	(p)17.7	(p)0.2	(p)1.3
Idaho		23.6	25.1	25.5	(p)25.6	(p)2.0	(p)8.5
Montana		19.7	17.9	17.7	(p)17.8	(p)-1.9	(p)-9.6
Nevada		67.3	62.2	63.3	(p)63.2	(p)-4.1	(p)-6.1
New Mexico		46.3	47.6	47.5	(p)46.9	(p)0.6	(p)1.3
Oregon		87.4	84.3	84.9	(p)86.1	(p)-1.3	(p)-1.5
Utah		49.6	45.5	45.1	(p)43.4	(p)-6.3	(p)-12.6
Washington		168.5	179.2	179.7	(p)179.4	(p)11.0	(p)6.5
Wyoming		12.1	10.4	10.7	(p)10.9	(p)-1.2	(p)-9.6
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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

Unemployment rates in the West region, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area (Links provide news releases)	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Net change Sep 2018 to Sep 2019
United States	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	-0.2
West	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	-0.1
Alaska	6.5	6.3	6.2	(p)6.2	(p)-0.3
Arizona	4.8	4.9	5.0	(p)4.9	(p)0.1
California	4.1	4.1	4.1	(p)4.0	(p)-0.1
Colorado	3.5	2.9	2.8	(p)2.7	(p)-0.8
Hawaii	2.6	2.8	2.7	(p)2.7	(p)0.1
Idaho	2.7	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9	(p)0.2
Montana	3.7	3.4	3.3	(p)3.3	(p)-0.4
Nevada	4.5	4.1	4.1	(p)4.1	(p)-0.4
New Mexico	4.9	4.9	4.9	(p)4.9	(p)0.0
Oregon	4.1	4.0	4.0	(p)4.1	(p)0.0
Utah	3.1	2.8	2.8	(p)2.7	(p)-0.4
Washington	4.4	4.6	4.6	(p)4.6	(p)0.2
Wyoming	4.2	3.6	3.7	(p)3.8	(p)-0.4
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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

Unemployment rates in West region states by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (news release)	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Net change Sep 2018 to Sep 2019
Alaska
Anchorage	5.6	5.1	5.0	(p)5.3	(p)-0.3
Fairbanks	5.1	4.8	4.5	(p)4.9	(p)-0.2
Arizona
Flagstaff	5.1	6.5	6.0	(p)4.8	(p)-0.3
Lake Havasu City-Kingman	5.8	6.5	6.5	(p)5.3	(p)-0.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale	4.3	4.8	4.7	(p)3.8	(p)-0.5
Prescott	4.6	5.1	5.1	(p)4.1	(p)-0.5
Sierra Vista-Douglas	5.7	6.7	6.5	(p)5.3	(p)-0.4
Tucson	4.5	5.3	5.1	(p)4.1	(p)-0.4
Yuma	18.8	22.2	23.2	(p)18.6	(p)-0.2
California
Bakersfield, CA	6.5	8.4	7.3	(p)6.0	(p)-0.5
Chico	4.1	5.4	4.8	(p)3.7	(p)-0.4
El Centro	20.0	20.7	24.4	(p)20.7	(p)0.7
Fresno	5.9	7.2	6.5	(p)5.3	(p)-0.6
Hanford-Corcoran	5.9	7.8	6.9	(p)5.7	(p)-0.2
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim	4.2	4.6	4.3	(p)4.0	(p)-0.2
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine(1)	2.8	3.2	3.0	(p)2.4	(p)-0.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale(1)	4.7	5.1	4.8	(p)4.5	(p)-0.2
Madera	5.3	7.3	6.4	(p)5.0	(p)-0.3
Merced	6.0	8.4	7.1	(p)5.5	(p)-0.5
Modesto	5.2	6.5	5.7	(p)4.6	(p)-0.6
Napa	2.5	3.0	2.7	(p)2.2	(p)-0.3
Orange County(2)	2.8	3.2	3.0	(p)2.4	(p)-0.4
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura	3.7	3.9	3.9	(p)3.2	(p)-0.5
Redding	4.3	4.9	4.4	(p)3.5	(p)-0.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	4.1	4.6	4.4	(p)3.6	(p)-0.5
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade	3.4	4.0	3.7	(p)3.0	(p)-0.4
Salinas	3.8	4.7	4.1	(p)3.3	(p)-0.5
San Diego-Carlsbad	3.1	3.6	3.4	(p)2.7	(p)-0.4
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward	2.5	2.9	2.7	(p)2.2	(p)-0.3
Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley(1)	2.9	3.3	3.2	(p)2.5	(p)-0.4
San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco(1)	2.1	2.4	2.2	(p)1.8	(p)-0.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara	2.5	2.8	2.7	(p)2.2	(p)-0.3
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande	2.7	3.2	3.0	(p)2.4	(p)-0.3
San Rafael(1)	2.3	2.5	2.4	(p)1.9	(p)-0.4
Santa Cruz-Watsonville	3.5	4.3	3.9	(p)3.1	(p)-0.4
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara	3.2	3.7	3.4	(p)2.8	(p)-0.4
Santa Rosa	2.4	3.0	2.7	(p)2.2	(p)-0.2
Stockton-Lodi	5.0	6.3	5.7	(p)4.7	(p)-0.3
Vallejo-Fairfield	3.5	4.2	3.8	(p)3.1	(p)-0.4
Visalia-Porterville	7.9	10.0	9.2	(p)7.6	(p)-0.3
Yolo County(2)	3.4	4.2	3.8	(p)3.1	(p)-0.3
Yuba City	5.4	6.7	5.9	(p)4.8	(p)-0.6
Colorado
Boulder	2.9	2.4	2.4	(p)2.0	(p)-0.9
Colorado Springs	3.9	3.4	3.2	(p)2.6	(p)-1.3
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood	3.2	2.7	2.6	(p)2.2	(p)-1.0
Fort Collins	2.8	2.3	2.3	(p)1.9	(p)-0.9
Grand Junction	3.7	3.5	3.2	(p)2.5	(p)-1.2
Greeley	3.0	2.6	2.5	(p)2.0	(p)-1.0
Pueblo	4.9	4.4	4.1	(p)3.4	(p)-1.5
Hawaii
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina	2.7	2.6	2.4	(p)2.7	(p)0.0
Urban Honolulu	2.6	2.5	2.4	(p)2.6	(p)0.0
Idaho
Boise City	2.2	2.8	2.6	(p)2.3	(p)0.1
Coeur d'Alene	2.6	3.0	3.0	(p)2.6	(p)0.0
Idaho Falls	1.9	2.2	2.1	(p)2.0	(p)0.1
Lewiston, ID-WA	2.7	3.3	3.1	(p)2.8	(p)0.1
Logan, UT-ID	2.4	2.6	2.4	(p)1.7	(p)-0.7
Pocatello	2.2	3.2	2.5	(p)2.3	(p)0.1
Montana
Billings	3.0	2.8	2.9	(p)2.9	(p)-0.1
Great Falls	3.3	2.8	3.2	(p)3.1	(p)-0.2
Missoula	2.8	2.5	2.6	(p)2.7	(p)-0.1
Nevada
Carson City	4.2	4.1	3.9	(p)3.6	(p)-0.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise	4.8	4.7	4.5	(p)4.0	(p)-0.8
Reno	3.4	3.4	3.3	(p)2.9	(p)-0.5
New Mexico
Albuquerque	4.8	5.4	4.9	(p)4.4	(p)-0.4
Farmington	5.6	6.6	6.0	(p)5.3	(p)-0.3
Las Cruces	5.3	6.4	5.6	(p)5.0	(p)-0.3
Santa Fe	4.1	4.6	4.2	(p)3.7	(p)-0.4
Oregon
Albany	4.3	4.9	5.0	(p)4.5	(p)0.2
Bend-Redmond	3.5	3.9	4.1	(p)3.6	(p)0.1
Corvallis	3.1	3.8	4.0	(p)3.6	(p)0.5
Eugene	4.1	4.6	5.0	(p)4.3	(p)0.2
Grants Pass	4.7	5.2	5.7	(p)4.7	(p)0.0
Medford	4.1	5.2	5.0	(p)4.1	(p)0.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA	3.5	4.0	4.3	(p)3.8	(p)0.3
Salem	3.8	4.5	4.7	(p)4.1	(p)0.3
Utah
Logan, UT-ID	2.4	2.6	2.4	(p)1.7	(p)-0.7
Ogden-Clearfield	3.0	3.0	2.8	(p)2.0	(p)-1.0
Provo-Orem	2.7	2.9	2.6	(p)1.9	(p)-0.8
Salt Lake City	2.9	2.9	2.8	(p)2.0	(p)-0.9
St. George	3.2	3.5	3.3	(p)2.3	(p)-0.9
Washington
Bellingham	4.1	5.3	5.5	(p)5.0	(p)0.9
Bremerton-Silverdale	4.1	5.1	5.0	(p)4.5	(p)0.4
Kennewick-Richland	4.2	5.3	5.4	(p)4.7	(p)0.5
Lewiston, ID-WA	2.7	3.3	3.1	(p)2.8	(p)0.1
Longview	5.0	6.5	6.7	(p)6.0	(p)1.0
Mount Vernon-Anacortes	4.4	5.7	5.9	(p)5.3	(p)0.9
Olympia-Tumwater	4.1	5.2	5.3	(p)4.8	(p)0.7
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	3.5	4.0	4.3	(p)3.8	(p)0.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	3.7	3.6	3.6	(p)3.5	(p)-0.2
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett(1)	3.5	3.1	3.1	(p)3.1	(p)-0.4
Tacoma-Lakewood(1)	4.5	5.5	5.6	(p)5.0	(p)0.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley	4.5	5.6	5.7	(p)5.0	(p)0.5
Walla Walla	3.8	5.3	5.2	(p)4.6	(p)0.8
Wenatchee	3.3	4.0	4.9	(p)4.0	(p)0.7
Yakima	4.2	6.1	6.8	(p)5.1	(p)0.9
Wyoming
Casper	4.4	3.9	3.8	(p)3.7	(p)-0.7
Cheyenne	3.7	3.6	3.5	(p)3.4	(p)-0.3
Footnotes (1) Metropolitan Division (2) Counties and equivalents (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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the West region States, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area (news release)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Sep 2018 to Sep 2019
Area (news release)	Back data	Sep 2018	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Net change	Percent change
United States		149,575	151,418	151,637	(p)151,817	(p)2,242	(p)1.5
Mountain Census Division
Arizona		2,875.6	2,930.1	2,940.3	(p)2,942.1	(p)66.5	(p)2.3
Colorado		2,732.2	2,790.6	2,791.0	(p)2,789.1	(p)56.9	(p)2.1
Idaho		740.0	759.0	758.0	(p)762.6	(p)22.6	(p)3.1
Montana		478.7	485.1	484.8	(p)483.5	(p)4.8	(p)1.0
Nevada		1,395.0	1,428.2	1,434.2	(p)1,440.2	(p)45.2	(p)3.2
New Mexico		844.0	861.5	861.4	(p)862.8	(p)18.8	(p)2.2
Utah		1,526.6	1,567.3	1,568.0	(p)1,573.1	(p)46.5	(p)3.0
Wyoming		285.5	290.2	289.0	(p)288.8	(p)3.3	(p)1.2
Pacific Census Division
Alaska		327.7	331.5	330.7	(p)331.1	(p)3.4	(p)1.0
California		17,218.5	17,485.2	17,517.2	(p)17,538.5	(p)320.0	(p)1.9
Hawaii		656.2	658.7	658.6	(p)663.1	(p)6.9	(p)1.1
Oregon		1,913.4	1,944.2	1,943.3	(p)1,943.5	(p)30.1	(p)1.6
Washington		3,416.6	3,502.1	3,510.9	(p)3,507.8	(p)91.2	(p)2.7
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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment