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| Total employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 315333 | 324145 | 332152 | 346870 | 365087 | 381303 | 393173 | 419219 | 434648 | 460244 | 469565 | 465567 | 462673 | 453024 | 463973 | 474139 | 476214 | 476039 | 490145 | 512561 | 529202 | 552337 | 570911 | 590626 | 614212 | 650630 | 675453 | 695850 | 714949 |
| Wage and salary employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 245003 | 253229 | 259827 | 271574 | 287981 | 302630 | 311733 | 333577 | 345501 | 368976 | 375946 | 368703 | 366818 | 352572 | 361012 | 370935 | 370241 | 369458 | 376140 | 392263 | 410079 | 427408 | 442021 | 460781 | 481351 | 504597 | 521849 | 536580 | 551462 |
| Proprietors' employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 70330 | 70916 | 72325 | 75296 | 77106 | 78673 | 81440 | 85642 | 89147 | 91268 | 93619 | 96864 | 95855 | 100452 | 102961 | 103204 | 105973 | 106581 | 114005 | 120298 | 119123 | 124929 | 128890 | 129845 | 132861 | 146033 | 153604 | 159270 | 163487 |
| Farm proprietors' employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 25828 | 25530 | 25322 | 25012 | 24811 | 24444 | 24119 | 24195 | 24158 | 23782 | 24166 | 24249 | 24099 | 24497 | 25918 | 25775 | 25805 | 24927 | 23514 | 22785 | 22566 | 22140 | 21629 | 21264 | 20612 | 20384 | 21339 | 21545 | 21628 |
| Nonfarm proprietors' employment 2/ | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 44502 | 45386 | 47003 | 50284 | 52295 | 54229 | 57321 | 61447 | 64989 | 67486 | 69453 | 72615 | 71756 | 75955 | 77043 | 77429 | 80168 | 81654 | 90491 | 97513 | 96557 | 102789 | 107261 | 108581 | 112249 | 125649 | 132265 | 137725 | 141859 |
| Farm employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 42460 | 43818 | 42245 | 42118 | 42083 | 42857 | 42554 | 48755 | 44677 | 44782 | 42162 | 44229 | 45466 | 45343 | 48485 | 46064 | 39783 | 39461 | 39091 | 38343 | 36686 | 36935 | 35656 | 34988 | 34865 | 34075 | 36871 | 37161 | 34117 |
| Nonfarm employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 272873 | 280327 | 289907 | 304752 | 323004 | 338446 | 350619 | 370464 | 389971 | 415462 | 427403 | 421338 | 417207 | 407681 | 415488 | 428075 | 436431 | 436578 | 451054 | 474218 | 492516 | 515402 | 535255 | 555638 | 579347 | 616555 | 638582 | 658689 | 680832 |
| Private employment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 213368 | 217710 | 224640 | 238292 | 255133 | 267134 | 275878 | 294461 | 312510 | 335573 | 344337 | 338401 | 336594 | 327651 | 334752 | 347239 | 354613 | 352825 | 365640 | 386597 | 402379 | 422824 | 440330 | 456861 | 478510 | 515099 | 535227 | 554068 | 573744 |
| Ag. services, forestry, fishing & other 3/ | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 3796 | 4073 | 4134 | 4433 | 4588 | 4957 | 4991 | 5420 | 5693 | 6167 | 6548 | 7003 | 7273 | 7584 | 8036 | 8152 | 9031 | 9379 | 11136 | 12006 | 11906 | 12520 | 13729 | 13316 | 14531 | 16195 | 17099 | 17977 | 18981 |
| Agricultural services | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 3292 | 3519 | 3523 | 3728 | 4007 | 4319 | 4276 | 4667 | 4985 | 5425 | 5762 | 6040 | 6212 | 6455 | 6979 | 7057 | 7691 | 7895 | 10026 | 10792 | 10749 | 11367 | 12419 | 11876 | 13150 | 14750 | 15766 | 16585 | 17716 |
| Forestry, fishing, and other 3/ | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 504 | 554 | 611 | 705 | 581 | 638 | 715 | 753 | 708 | 742 | 786 | 963 | 1061 | 1129 | 1057 | 1095 | 1340 | 1484 | 1110 | 1214 | 1157 | 1153 | 1310 | 1440 | 1381 | 1445 | 1333 | 1392 | 1265 |
| Forestry | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 464 | 518 | 555 | 617 | 481 | 553 | 620 | 608 | 531 | 540 | 550 | 691 | 761 | 770 | 811 | 834 | 995 | 1118 | 744 | 815 | 854 | 856 | 989 | 1182 | 1041 | 1108 | 1009 | 1021 | 885 |
| Fishing | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 40 | 36 | 56 | 88 | 100 | 85 | 95 | 145 | 177 | 202 | 236 | 272 | 300 | 359 | 246 | 261 | 345 | 366 | 366 | 399 | 303 | 297 | 321 | 258 | 340 | 337 | 324 | 371 | 380 |
| Other 3/ | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 3943 | 3952 | 3904 | 3547 | 3519 | 4015 | 4105 | 3755 | 3831 | 4295 | 4819 | 5326 | 5933 | 4647 | 5067 | 5171 | 4915 | 3685 | 3321 | 3928 | 4329 | 4535 | 3715 | 3416 | 2964 | 3331 | 3574 | 3856 | 3853 |
| Metal mining | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 3076 | 3068 | 2936 | 2561 | 2491 | 2836 | 2892 | 2461 | 2518 | 2702 | 2975 | 3164 | 3646 | 2661 | 2825 | 2960 | 2750 | 2054 | 1985 | 2379 | 2839 | 2944 | 2138 | 1779 | 1324 | 1555 | 1911 | 2184 | 2170 |
| Coal mining | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | (L) | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 30 | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) |
| Oil and gas extraction | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 66 | 83 | 220 | 137 | 137 | 153 | 155 | 151 | 245 | 311 | 390 | 606 | 720 | 689 | 707 | 708 | 791 | 539 | 316 | 382 | 342 | 374 | 373 | 356 | 381 | 482 | 436 | 355 | 344 |
| Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 786 | 790 | 738 | 837 | 879 | 1015 | 1045 | 1129 | 1061 | 1270 | 1439 | 1544 | 1553 | 1283 | 1524 | 1483 | 1356 | 1074 | 1001 | 1154 | 1136 | 1203 | 1193 | 1251 | 1255 | 1288 | 1220 | 1308 | 1333 |
| Construction | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 15091 | 15851 | 16317 | 18788 | 20844 | 23100 | 24508 | 26184 | 28495 | 30126 | 29428 | 26966 | 26188 | 23591 | 22991 | 25025 | 25594 | 25496 | 24785 | 25938 | 27533 | 31213 | 33284 | 37320 | 40213 | 46475 | 48257 | 49397 | 50942 |
| General building contractors | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 4034 | 4112 | 4497 | 5321 | 5811 | 5991 | 5783 | 6841 | 7941 | 9051 | 8712 | 7380 | 6578 | 5457 | 5796 | 6493 | 6194 | 6325 | 5075 | 5819 | 6036 | 7231 | 7115 | 7730 | 8582 | 10147 | 10415 | 10325 | 10267 |
| Heavy construction contractors | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 4079 | 4085 | 3924 | 4480 | 4981 | 5701 | 6573 | 6394 | 6674 | 6135 | 6007 | 6331 | 7292 | 6120 | 5504 | 5976 | 5700 | 5467 | 5433 | 5210 | 5425 | 5827 | 6175 | 6220 | 7020 | 7203 | 6277 | 5976 | 6137 |
| Special trade contractors | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 6978 | 7654 | 7896 | 8987 | 10052 | 11408 | 12152 | 12949 | 13880 | 14940 | 14709 | 13255 | 12318 | 12014 | 11691 | 12556 | 13700 | 13704 | 14277 | 14909 | 16072 | 18155 | 19994 | 23370 | 24611 | 29125 | 31565 | 33096 | 34538 |
| Manufacturing | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 42013 | 42179 | 43089 | 45477 | 48933 | 50095 | 50044 | 54076 | 56440 | 60785 | 61521 | 57383 | 56064 | 51025 | 53609 | 57987 | 58379 | 56287 | 58341 | 61888 | 65387 | 67841 | 68344 | 71180 | 74767 | 78524 | 77646 | 79644 | 81546 |
| Durable goods | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 22693 | 21905 | 23099 | 24574 | 26861 | 26561 | 26465 | 29606 | 31395 | 34653 | 35140 | 31656 | 30660 | 25829 | 28407 | 30628 | 30092 | 29213 | 30204 | 32514 | 35857 | 37794 | 36952 | 38915 | 41540 | 45552 | 47076 | 49145 | 50768 |
| Lumber and wood products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 14228 | 13814 | 14553 | 14831 | 15846 | 15391 | 16409 | 17991 | 19110 | 20583 | 20787 | 17701 | 16682 | 13697 | 15344 | 15837 | 15399 | 15390 | 15365 | 15880 | 17023 | 17219 | 15831 | 16326 | 16616 | 17800 | 17196 | 16949 | 16729 |
| Furniture and fixtures | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 323 | 326 | 387 | 451 | 519 | 507 | 556 | 682 | 763 | 852 | 679 | 476 | 515 | 506 | 602 | 677 | 706 | 617 | 600 | 589 | 629 | 721 | 760 | 894 | 1008 | 1282 | 1504 | 1552 | 1666 |
| Stone, clay, and glass products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 1102 | 1139 | 1107 | 1226 | 1323 | 1444 | 1391 | 1432 | 1551 | 1623 | 1561 | 1650 | 1622 | 1360 | 1520 | 1409 | 1435 | 1423 | 1261 | 1266 | 1358 | 1392 | 1346 | 1373 | 1405 | 1730 | 1722 | 1713 | 1663 |
| Primary metal industries | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 1334 | 1305 | 1255 | 1357 | 1459 | 1488 | 1588 | 1511 | 1032 | 1413 | 1511 | 1470 | 1411 | (D) | (D) | 132 | 103 | 94 | 99 | 125 | 153 | 175 | 177 | 174 | 243 | 266 | 268 | 277 | 267 |
| Fabricated metal products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 916 | 935 | 935 | 906 | 1051 | 972 | 1517 | 1573 | 1899 | 2325 | 2407 | 2302 | 2109 | 1778 | 1810 | 1921 | 1972 | 2020 | 2121 | 2228 | 2464 | 2474 | 2406 | 2354 | 2485 | 2947 | 3116 | 3226 | 3337 |
| Industrial machinery and equipment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 1115 | 1000 | 875 | 1002 | 1140 | 1529 | 2186 | 3164 | 3727 | 4453 | 5151 | 5433 | 5497 | 5534 | 5658 | 5991 | 6134 | 5254 | 5382 | 5734 | 6455 | 7271 | 7345 | 8255 | 9561 | 9900 | 9732 | 10582 | 11081 |
| Electronic and other electric equipment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 408 | 347 | 414 | 678 | 1093 | 1210 | 999 | 995 | 1063 | 1376 | 1601 | 1547 | 1648 | (D) | (D) | 3303 | 2788 | 2744 | 3251 | 4049 | 4912 | 5628 | 6200 | 6546 | 7022 | 7660 | 8953 | 10166 | 11106 |
| Motor vehicles and equipment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 66 | 57 | 67 | 87 | 110 | 158 | 195 | 232 | 224 | 220 | 401 | 140 | 161 | (D) | (D) | 162 | 278 | 368 | 416 | 484 | 542 | 574 | 560 | 542 | 672 | 820 | 905 | 943 | 951 |
| Other transportation equipment | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 2164 | 2172 | 2592 | 3087 | 3268 | 2641 | 893 | 1203 | 1228 | 1071 | 328 | 205 | 286 | 276 | 427 | 493 | 524 | 520 | 639 | 852 | 957 | 936 | 909 | 915 | 967 | 1181 | 1446 | 1495 | 1517 |
| Instruments and related products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 21 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 87 | 112 | 129 | 114 | 123 | 162 | 152 | 199 | 392 | 407 | 402 | 430 | 435 | 430 | 442 | 473 | 518 | 731 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 532 | 426 | 481 | 540 | 602 | 650 | 713 | 801 | 772 | 703 | 669 | 645 | 617 | 550 | 566 | 580 | 591 | 631 | 871 | 915 | 957 | 1002 | 988 | 1101 | 1131 | 1524 | 1761 | 1724 | 1720 |
| Ordnance 4/ | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 484 | 364 | 409 | 381 | 433 | 555 | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) |
| Nondurable goods | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 19320 | 20274 | 19990 | 20903 | 22072 | 23534 | 23579 | 24470 | 25045 | 26132 | 26381 | 25727 | 25404 | 25196 | 25202 | 27359 | 28287 | 27074 | 28137 | 29374 | 29530 | 30047 | 31392 | 32265 | 33227 | 32972 | 30570 | 30499 | 30778 |
| Food and kindred products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 14846 | 15342 | 14935 | 15463 | 15597 | 16657 | 16109 | 16762 | 17173 | 17782 | 17648 | 17128 | 16959 | 16656 | 16322 | 16692 | 16673 | 15548 | 16270 | 17270 | 17123 | 16887 | 17781 | 18027 | 18734 | 18309 | 17786 | 17721 | 17882 |
| Tobacco products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 0 | 0 | (L) | (L) | 0 | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | 0 | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | 14 | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) |
| Textile mill products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 31 | 337 | 385 | 316 | 443 | 399 | 394 | 405 | 400 | 442 | 479 | 292 | 66 | 73 | 61 | 56 | 65 | 43 | 30 | 35 | 88 | 129 | 108 | 85 | 56 | 50 | 54 | 50 | 46 |
| Apparel and other textile products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 81 | 103 | 99 | 142 | 178 | 171 | 148 | 123 | 130 | 168 | 204 | 208 | 197 | 261 | 278 | 316 | 397 | 463 | 566 | 644 | 691 | 651 | 635 | 715 | 878 | 938 | 756 | 635 | 671 |
| Paper and allied products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 990 | 1054 | 1083 | 1082 | 1159 | 1117 | 1126 | 1170 | 1213 | 1283 | 1360 | 1475 | 1521 | 1540 | 1637 | 1700 | 1764 | 1785 | 1799 | 1914 | 2026 | 2273 | 2420 | 2425 | 2385 | 2286 | 2212 | 2210 | 2247 |
| Printing and publishing | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 1834 | 1825 | 1845 | 1972 | 2191 | 2416 | 2581 | 2760 | 2877 | 3046 | 3242 | 3282 | 3346 | 3348 | 3583 | 3967 | 4411 | 4418 | 4795 | 5025 | 5162 | 5271 | 5288 | 5374 | 5408 | 5501 | 5725 | 5876 | 5931 |
| Chemicals and allied products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 1390 | 1463 | 1456 | 1585 | 1819 | 1881 | 2292 | 2253 | 2246 | 2368 | 2447 | 2357 | 2310 | 2295 | 2166 | 3487 | 3575 | 3343 | 3309 | 3581 | 3566 | 3761 | 4059 | 4360 | 4402 | 4305 | 2499 | 2482 | 2439 |
| Petroleum and coal products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | 11 | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | (L) | 10 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Rubber and misc. plastics products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 96 | 98 | 112 | 267 | 622 | 810 | 855 | 913 | 929 | 964 | 931 | 902 | 888 | 909 | 1006 | 977 | 1227 | 1266 | 1116 | 663 | 599 | 764 | 798 | 923 | 961 | 1150 | 1217 | 1219 | 1250 |
| Leather and leather products | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 51 | 51 | 73 | 72 | 59 | 71 | 70 | 80 | 73 | 73 | 64 | 77 | 110 | 106 | 141 | 157 | 169 | 202 | 249 | 234 | 261 | 299 | 292 | 332 | 384 | 406 | 290 | 276 | 282 |
| Transportation and public utilities | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 15992 | 16316 | 16096 | 16611 | 17463 | 18512 | 18337 | 18837 | 20008 | 21642 | 22925 | 22741 | 22333 | 22001 | 22170 | 22466 | 22874 | 22052 | 22309 | 22916 | 24014 | 24516 | 25044 | 24897 | 25980 | 27529 | 28553 | 29863 | 31244 |
| Railroad transportation | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 3720 | 3620 | 3231 | 3206 | 3287 | 3394 | 3274 | 3238 | 3323 | 3398 | 3581 | 3384 | 3101 | 2750 | 2517 | 2721 | 2746 | 2308 | 1916 | 2052 | 2218 | 2081 | 2025 | 1970 | 1891 | 1856 | 1868 | 1827 | 1794 |
| Trucking and warehousing | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | 4987 | 5250 | 5274 | 5599 | 5899 | 6284 | 5988 | 6471 | 7097 | 7867 | 8225 | 8184 | 7990 | 7826 | 8482 | 8840 | 9198 | 8826 | 9475 | 9579 | 10345 | 10724 | 10985 | 10923 | 11623 | 12341 | 13419 | 13547 | 14157 |
| Water transportation | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 177 | 172 | 180 | 245 | (D) | 277 | (D) | 395 | 390 | 312 | 360 | 258 | 274 | 259 |
| Other transportation | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (N) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) |