St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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Employees on nonfarm payrolls, St. Louis metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area	Back Data	Mar 2012	Apr 2012	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Feb 2013 to Mar 2013 (P)
Area	Back Data	Mar 2012	Apr 2012	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA		1,299.4	1,299.0	1,295.9	1,296.9	1,297.4	1,296.9	1,296.3	1,302.7	1,303.3	1,304.5	1,304.7	1,304.7	1,300.4	-4.3	-0.3
Illinois		5,739.6	5,735.2	5,732.1	5,740.0	5,739.8	5,745.6	5,752.6	5,768.5	5,778.1	5,772.9	5,778.7	5,794.0	5,776.2	-17.8	-0.3
Missouri		2,669.1	2,664.7	2,662.7	2,663.6	2,658.5	2,668.9	2,669.3	2,681.0	2,679.4	2,687.9	2,683.6	2,686.7	2,678.1	-8.6	-0.3
United States		133,285	133,397	133,522	133,609	133,762	133,927	134,065	134,225	134,472	134,691	134,839	135,107	135,195	88	0.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, St. Louis metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry	St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA (1)					Missouri				Illinois				U.S.
	Mar 2012	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)		Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)		Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)		Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)
	Mar 2012	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent	Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent	Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent	Back Data	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent
Total Nonfarm	1,291.9	1,286.2	1,294.2	2.3	0.2		2,668.8	14.6	0.6		5,708.9	38.9	0.7		134,485	1,980	1.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction (2)	53.9	52.1	53.2	-0.7	-1.3
Mining & Logging (3)							4.0	-0.1	-2.4		10.0	0.1	1.0		855	19	2.3
Construction (3)							99.5	-0.2	-0.2		165.4	-7.6	-4.4		5,487	174	3.3
Manufacturing	110.1	108.7	109.1	-1.0	-0.9		247.3	-1.3	-0.5		580.1	1.7	0.3		11,902	80	0.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	242.2	248.1	248.1	5.9	2.4		510.6	4.4	0.9		1,142.1	3.4	0.3		25,468	386	1.5
Information	30.4	29.8	29.7	-0.7	-2.3		56.5	-1.8	-3.1		99.5	-0.6	-0.6		2,703	31	1.2
Financial Activities	84.0	84.9	85.0	1.0	1.2		165.7	2.9	1.8		368.9	6.8	1.9		7,809	83	1.1
Professional & Business Services	189.2	184.7	187.2	-2.0	-1.1		335.5	1.0	0.3		850.3	13.2	1.6		18,157	556	3.2
Education & Health Services	233.6	236.4	236.4	2.8	1.2		419.2	6.4	1.6		883.0	20.2	2.3		20,739	362	1.8
Leisure & Hospitality	133.1	130.1	133.5	0.4	0.3		269.9	5.7	2.2		516.1	0.3	0.1		13,645	311	2.3
Other Services	46.0	46.2	46.6	0.6	1.3		114.4	0.7	0.6		252.7	3.6	1.4		5,440	46	0.9
Government	169.4	165.2	165.4	-4.0	-2.4		446.2	-3.1	-0.7		840.8	-2.2	-0.3		22,280	-68	-0.3
Footnotes (1) Area boundaries do not reflect OMB definitions. (2) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels. (3) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area. (P) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Unemployment, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
Area	Back Data	Mar 2012	Apr 2012	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)
Area	Back Data	Mar 2012	Apr 2012	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Number	Percent
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA		114,971	101,109	103,027	111,672	116,282	109,881	99,690	100,653	96,439	98,760	114,149	113,128	105,640	-9,331	-8.1
Bond, Ill.		784	680	683	727	723	755	653	629	633	648	769	757	657	-127	-16.2
Calhoun, Ill.		312	229	218	197	215	225	199	176	204	225	299	285	240	-72	-23.1
Clinton, Ill.		1,573	1,317	1,360	1,406	1,496	1,472	1,266	1,291	1,348	1,340	1,822	1,782	1,580	7	0.4
Jersey, Ill.		1,241	1,009	985	1,035	1,004	1,006	867	835	859	925	1,110	1,140	981	-260	-21.0
Macoupin, Ill.		2,594	2,119	2,113	2,132	2,188	2,162	1,923	1,907	1,995	2,098	2,640	2,557	2,270	-324	-12.5
Madison, Ill.		13,132	11,278	11,203	11,889	12,683	12,028	10,482	10,668	10,977	11,080	12,922	12,727	11,368	-1,764	-13.4
Monroe, Ill.		1,380	1,192	1,253	1,315	1,400	1,278	1,100	1,127	1,162	1,145	1,497	1,434	1,276	-104	-7.5
St. Clair, Ill.		12,657	11,234	11,295	12,599	13,403	13,223	11,156	11,286	11,219	11,279	13,428	13,056	11,771	-886	-7.0
Crawford, Mo. (1)		1,032	863	894	914	942	903	801	842	837	884	1,034	1,027	996	-36	-3.5
Franklin, Mo.		4,579	4,109	3,995	4,342	4,480	4,075	3,655	3,692	3,614	3,827	4,354	4,484	4,035	-544	-11.9
Jefferson, Mo.		9,595	7,992	8,102	8,486	8,699	8,197	7,490	7,692	7,528	8,040	9,383	9,711	9,099	-496	-5.2
Lincoln, Mo.		2,651	2,164	2,134	2,222	2,166	1,946	2,145	1,862	1,779	1,941	2,719	2,411	2,333	-318	-12.0
St. Charles, Mo.		13,054	11,273	11,476	12,323	12,550	11,463	11,713	11,259	10,120	10,596	13,268	12,492	11,931	-1,123	-8.6
St. Louis, Mo.		35,950	32,549	33,695	36,591	37,842	35,620	32,252	33,262	31,122	31,468	34,423	34,890	33,339	-2,611	-7.3
Warren, Mo.		1,419	1,260	1,286	1,277	1,276	1,195	1,337	1,118	1,079	1,161	1,562	1,412	1,331	-88	-6.2
Washington, Mo.		1,119	994	1,045	1,048	1,025	1,124	941	948	912	1,010	1,147	1,164	1,043	-76	-6.8
St. Louis city, Mo.		12,934	11,707	12,183	14,086	15,133	14,111	12,511	12,901	11,889	11,978	12,806	12,826	12,386	-548	-4.2

Illinois		595,008	558,208	560,865	625,319	625,341	594,200	542,304	552,592	539,365	568,933	666,497	688,481	615,673	20,665	3.5
Missouri		223,261	193,327	201,600	214,506	225,038	210,404	188,699	192,312	184,423	192,591	218,843	220,256	206,996	-16,265	-7.3
United States (in thousands)		12,904	11,910	12,271	13,184	13,400	12,696	11,742	11,741	11,404	11,844	13,181	12,500	11,815	-1,089	-8.4
Footnotes (1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County. (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, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
Area	Mar 2012	Apr 2012	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	Feb 2013	Mar 2013 (P)	Change from Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 (P)
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA	8.1	7.1	7.3	7.7	8.1	7.8	7.1	7.1	6.8	7.0	8.1	8.0	7.5	-0.6
Bond, Ill.	9.5	8.3	8.3	8.7	8.8	9.1	7.9	7.6	7.7	7.9	9.3	9.3	8.1	-1.4
Calhoun, Ill.	12.3	9.4	8.9	8.0	8.8	9.2	8.1	7.2	8.3	9.1	11.9	11.5	9.8	-2.5
Clinton, Ill.	8.2	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.8	7.7	6.6	6.7	7.0	7.0	9.4	9.3	8.3	0.1
Jersey, Ill.	10.6	8.8	8.5	8.8	8.7	8.7	7.6	7.2	7.5	8.0	9.6	9.9	8.6	-2.0
Macoupin, Ill.	10.9	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.3	9.2	8.2	8.1	8.5	8.9	11.1	10.9	9.7	-1.2
Madison, Ill.	9.7	8.4	8.3	8.6	9.3	8.9	7.8	7.9	8.1	8.2	9.6	9.5	8.5	-1.2
Monroe, Ill.	7.6	6.6	6.9	7.1	7.6	7.0	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.3	8.2	7.9	7.1	-0.5
St. Clair, Ill.	10.2	9.1	9.1	9.9	10.6	10.5	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	10.8	10.6	9.6	-0.6
Crawford, Mo. (1)	8.9	7.4	7.6	7.6	7.9	7.7	6.9	7.3	7.3	7.7	8.9	8.8	8.5	-0.4
Franklin, Mo.	8.7	7.8	7.6	8.1	8.4	7.8	7.0	7.1	7.0	7.4	8.4	8.6	7.8	-0.9
Jefferson, Mo.	8.3	6.9	7.0	7.3	7.5	7.1	6.5	6.7	6.6	7.0	8.2	8.4	7.9	-0.4
Lincoln, Mo.	9.8	8.1	8.0	8.2	8.1	7.4	8.0	7.0	6.8	7.4	10.1	9.1	8.8	-1.0
St. Charles, Mo.	6.6	5.6	5.7	6.1	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.1	5.4	6.7	6.3	6.0	-0.6
St. Louis, Mo.	7.0	6.3	6.5	7.0	7.3	6.9	6.3	6.5	6.1	6.2	6.8	6.9	6.5	-0.5
Warren, Mo.	8.4	7.4	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.1	7.9	6.7	6.5	7.0	9.2	8.4	7.9	-0.5
Washington, Mo.	11.1	9.9	10.3	10.2	10.1	11.1	9.4	9.4	9.2	10.1	11.4	11.5	10.4	-0.7
St. Louis city, Mo.	9.3	8.4	8.7	9.9	10.6	10.0	9.0	9.2	8.6	8.7	9.3	9.3	8.9	-0.4

Illinois	9.1	8.5	8.5	9.4	9.4	9.0	8.2	8.3	8.2	8.6	10.1	10.4	9.4	0.3
Missouri	7.5	6.5	6.7	7.1	7.4	7.1	6.3	6.4	6.2	6.5	7.4	7.4	6.9	-0.6
United States	8.4	7.7	7.9	8.4	8.6	8.2	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.6	8.5	8.1	7.6	-0.8
Footnotes (1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County. (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, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2012 (2)
Area	Establishments			Employment				Average Weekly Wages (3)			Total Wages (in thousands)
Area	Back Data	3rd qtr 2012	12-month net change	Back Data	September 2012	12-month net change	12-month percent change	Back Data	3rd qtr 2012	12-month percent change	Back Data	3rd qtr 2012	12-month percent change
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA		74,833	1,287		1,247,027	-973	-0.1		$874	-1.6		$14,053,771	-1.7
Bond, Ill.		337	1		4,390	126	3.0		673	-0.4		38,141	2.8
Calhoun, Ill.		119	0		848	-13	-1.5		436	-3.3		4,815	-4.4
Clinton, Ill.		907	5		12,212	133	1.1		616	-2.2		96,924	-1.4
Jersey, Ill.		454	5		4,842	-158	-3.2		573	0.9		36,926	-0.9
Macoupin, Ill.		1,034	-6		10,052	-173	-1.7		607	1.8		78,052	0.3
Madison, Ill.		5,995	-2		95,000	-724	-0.8		752	-2.7		918,052	-3.8
Monroe, Ill.		830	0		8,208	-153	-1.8		610	1.0		65,168	-0.6
St. Clair, Ill.		5,622	55		93,686	-4,686	-4.8		753	-8.1		909,419	-12.7
Crawford, Mo. (4)		714	-20		6,547	3	0.0		587	-2.0		48,897	-1.5
Franklin, Mo.		2,833	73		36,032	423	1.2		680	1.3		311,107	2.7
Jefferson, Mo.		4,108	-34		45,925	-551	-1.2		605	-2.3		351,706	-3.2
Lincoln, Mo.		961	5		10,039	-203	-2.0		620	-2.7		77,166	-4.0
St. Charles, Mo.		8,328	188		127,643	3,247	2.6		713	-2.5		1,161,657	-0.3
St. Louis, Mo.		32,338	533		568,546	3,133	0.6		963	-0.7		7,098,435	0.0
Warren, Mo.		607	19		6,594	-175	-2.6		580	-1.9		48,086	-4.4
Washington, Mo.		903	20		4,883	-52	-1.1		482	-2.6		29,917	-1.2
St. Louis City, Mo.		9,457	425		218,127	-1,147	-0.5		1,001	-1.3		2,828,201	-1.9

Illinois		393,489	6,812		5,688,621	59,359	1.1		$945	-1.4		$69,518,460	-0.1
Missouri		178,223	3,445		2,628,774	17,489	0.7		793	-1.2		26,738,456	-0.5
United States		9,165,367	60,706		132,624,657	2,024,853	1.6		906	-1.1		1,549,396,360	0.5
Footnotes (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. (4) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes only the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Last Modified Date: May 1, 2013

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