Thursday, September 30, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
In August, 268 metropolitan areas recorded lower unemployment rates
than a year earlier, 50 areas had higher rates, and 13 areas had rates
that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Twenty metropolitan areas had jobless rates below
3.0 percent, with eight of these located in the South and seven in the Mid-
west. Eight areas reported unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent;
five of these were located in California and two were along the Mexican
border in other states. The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent,
not seasonally adjusted, in August.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Ninety-five metropolitan areas reported jobless rates below 4.0 per-
cent in August, up from 54 areas a year earlier, while 36 areas registered
unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, down from 66 areas in August
2003. Bryan-College Station, Texas, recorded the lowest jobless rate in
August, 1.9 percent, followed by Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 2.1 percent, and
Enid, Okla., and Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn., 2.2 percent each. Of the 20
areas with rates below 3.0 percent, many were home to large state univer-
sities. Yuma, Ariz., again posted the highest unemployment rate, 29.8 per-
cent, largely due to a seasonal increase in agricultural layoffs. The next
highest rates were recorded in Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif., 12.6 per-
cent, and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, 11.5 percent. (See table 1.)
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
In August, 268 metropolitan areas recorded lower unemployment rates
than a year earlier, 50 areas had higher rates, and 13 areas had rates
that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Twenty metropolitan areas had jobless rates below
3.0 percent, with eight of these located in the South and seven in the Mid-
west. Eight areas reported unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent;
five of these were located in California and two were along the Mexican
border in other states. The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent,
not seasonally adjusted, in August.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Ninety-five metropolitan areas reported jobless rates below 4.0 per-
cent in August, up from 54 areas a year earlier, while 36 areas registered
unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, down from 66 areas in August
2003. Bryan-College Station, Texas, recorded the lowest jobless rate in
August, 1.9 percent, followed by Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 2.1 percent, and
Enid, Okla., and Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn., 2.2 percent each. Of the 20
areas with rates below 3.0 percent, many were home to large state univer-
sities. Yuma, Ariz., again posted the highest unemployment rate, 29.8 per-
cent, largely due to a seasonal increase in agricultural layoffs. The next
highest rates were recorded in Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif., 12.6 per-
cent, and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, 11.5 percent. (See table 1.)
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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