Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]
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: DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 238 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 99 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Forty-nine metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0
percent, while two areas recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent. The
national unemployment rate in December was 4.3 percent, not seasonally
adjusted, down from 4.6 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In December, 167 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
4.0 percent, up from 125 areas a year earlier, while 24 areas posted rates
of at least 7.0 percent, unchanged from December 2005. Honolulu, Hawaii,
and Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the lowest unemployment rates, 1.6 and 1.8
percent, respectively. El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz.--two adjacent,
highly agricultural areas--registered the highest jobless rates, 14.5 and
11.2 percent, respectively. Overall, 202 areas recorded unemployment rates
below the U.S. figure of 4.3 percent, 160 areas had higher rates, and 5
areas had the same rate. (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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_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 238 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 99 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Forty-nine metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0
percent, while two areas recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent. The
national unemployment rate in December was 4.3 percent, not seasonally
adjusted, down from 4.6 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In December, 167 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
4.0 percent, up from 125 areas a year earlier, while 24 areas posted rates
of at least 7.0 percent, unchanged from December 2005. Honolulu, Hawaii,
and Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the lowest unemployment rates, 1.6 and 1.8
percent, respectively. El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz.--two adjacent,
highly agricultural areas--registered the highest jobless rates, 14.5 and
11.2 percent, respectively. Overall, 202 areas recorded unemployment rates
below the U.S. figure of 4.3 percent, 160 areas had higher rates, and 5
areas had the same rate. (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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