LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
 Table 1.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                 
                              Civilian labor force                                                                               
  Census region and                                                                                                              
       division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                        Oct.     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.  
                        2007     2008     2008     2008     2007     2008     2008     2008     2007     2008     2008     2008  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
 Northeast........... 27,952.9 28,202.0 28,327.3 28,364.2  1,250.8  1,648.7  1,621.4  1,648.8    4.5      5.8      5.7      5.8  
                                                                                                                                 
   New England.......  7,653.5  7,674.1  7,691.1  7,712.4    338.2    440.7    436.9    453.1    4.4      5.7      5.7      5.9  
   Middle Atlantic... 20,299.4 20,528.0 20,636.2 20,651.8    912.6  1,208.0  1,184.5  1,195.7    4.5      5.9      5.7      5.8  
                                                                                                                                 
 South............... 54,597.7 55,233.4 55,284.4 55,371.2  2,412.1  3,175.8  3,248.5  3,404.1    4.4      5.7      5.9      6.1  
                                                                                                                                 
   South Atlantic.... 29,353.1 29,730.0 29,709.1 29,759.3  1,275.0  1,801.0  1,810.5  1,913.0    4.3      6.1      6.1      6.4  
   East South Central  8,600.8  8,578.6  8,588.8  8,579.7    417.7    550.6    578.2    565.8    4.9      6.4      6.7      6.6  
   West South Central 16,643.7 16,924.8 16,986.5 17,032.3    719.3    824.2    859.8    925.3    4.3      4.9      5.1      5.4  
                                                                                                                                 
 Midwest............. 34,930.7 34,918.9 34,933.6 34,867.8  1,846.2  2,323.7  2,255.6  2,319.1    5.3      6.7      6.5      6.7  
                                                                                                                                 
   East North Central 24,018.6 23,987.5 23,981.0 23,899.9  1,369.0  1,736.9  1,681.9  1,740.4    5.7      7.2      7.0      7.3  
   West North Central 10,912.1 10,931.4 10,952.6 10,967.9    477.2    586.7    573.7    578.7    4.4      5.4      5.2      5.3  
                                                                                                                                 
 West................ 35,654.8 36,007.2 36,170.0 36,303.1  1,751.9  2,384.4  2,392.9  2,565.9    4.9      6.6      6.6      7.1  
                                                                                                                                 
   Mountain.......... 10,996.0 11,139.9 11,195.7 11,222.7    413.3    582.8    584.2    618.4    3.8      5.2      5.2      5.5  
   Pacific........... 24,658.9 24,867.3 24,974.2 25,080.4  1,338.6  1,801.6  1,808.6  1,947.5    5.4      7.2      7.2      7.8  

   1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
   NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
 divisions are:  New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New
 Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic:  Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
 South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
 Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
 North Central:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:  Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.  Estimates for
 the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.