Thursday, March 30, 2006
Tweet[IWS] BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2006 [30 March 2006]
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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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2006 [30 March 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally up slightly in
February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Thirty-three states recorded rate increases over the
month, 11 states and the District of Columbia experienced rate decreases,
and 6 states had no changes in their rates. Over the year, jobless rates
were down in 39 states and the District of Columbia, up in 8 states, and
unchanged in 3 states. The national unemployment rate, 4.8 percent in
February, was little changed from that of January but was down by 0.6
percentage point from a year earlier.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states and the District of
Columbia over the month and decreased in 9 states. The largest employment
gains occurred in California (+31,100), Texas (+25,400), Florida (+22,900),
Arizona (+16,200), Washington (+13,800), and North Carolina (+13,000).
Idaho and Kansas reported the largest over-the-month percentage increases
in employment (+0.9 percent each), followed by Montana (+0.8 percent) and
Hawaii and Louisiana (+0.7 percent each). The largest employment decreases
were reported in Michigan (-9,400), Virginia (-2,400), Kentucky (-2,200),
Ohio (-2,000), Nebraska (-1,800), and New Hampshire (-1,600). The largest
over-the-month percentage losses in employment occurred in New Hampshire
(-0.3 percent), Michigan and Nebraska (-0.2 percent each), and Kentucky,
North Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia (-0.1 percent each). Over the year,
nonfarm employment increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and
decreased in 2 states (Louisiana and Michigan). The largest percentage
gains were reported in Nevada (+6.1 percent), Idaho (+5.3 percent), Arizona
(+5.2 percent), and Utah (+4.0 percent).
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
________________________________________________________________________
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2006 [30 March 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally up slightly in
February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Thirty-three states recorded rate increases over the
month, 11 states and the District of Columbia experienced rate decreases,
and 6 states had no changes in their rates. Over the year, jobless rates
were down in 39 states and the District of Columbia, up in 8 states, and
unchanged in 3 states. The national unemployment rate, 4.8 percent in
February, was little changed from that of January but was down by 0.6
percentage point from a year earlier.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states and the District of
Columbia over the month and decreased in 9 states. The largest employment
gains occurred in California (+31,100), Texas (+25,400), Florida (+22,900),
Arizona (+16,200), Washington (+13,800), and North Carolina (+13,000).
Idaho and Kansas reported the largest over-the-month percentage increases
in employment (+0.9 percent each), followed by Montana (+0.8 percent) and
Hawaii and Louisiana (+0.7 percent each). The largest employment decreases
were reported in Michigan (-9,400), Virginia (-2,400), Kentucky (-2,200),
Ohio (-2,000), Nebraska (-1,800), and New Hampshire (-1,600). The largest
over-the-month percentage losses in employment occurred in New Hampshire
(-0.3 percent), Michigan and Nebraska (-0.2 percent each), and Kentucky,
North Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia (-0.1 percent each). Over the year,
nonfarm employment increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and
decreased in 2 states (Louisiana and Michigan). The largest percentage
gains were reported in Nevada (+6.1 percent), Idaho (+5.3 percent), Arizona
(+5.2 percent), and Utah (+4.0 percent).
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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