Friday, March 30, 2007
Tweet[IWS] BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2007 [30 March 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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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2007 [30 March 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in
February. Overall, 24 states and the District of Columbia registered over-
the-month unemployment rate decreases, 16 states recorded increases, and 10
states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless rates declined in 33 states
and the District of Columbia, rose in 10 states, and were unchanged in 7
states. The national unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in February
at 4.5 percent, but was down from 4.8 percent a year earlier.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 39 states and the District of
Columbia over the month and decreased in 11 states. The largest employment
gains occurred in California (+27,600), Texas (+14,300), Arizona (+12,200),
Florida (+10,400), Michigan (+9,300), and Nevada (+8,000). Wyoming experienced
the largest percentage increase in employment (+0.7 percent), followed by
Nevada (+0.6 percent), Alaska, Arizona, and Utah (+0.5 percent each), and
Nebraska and Oregon (+0.4 percent each). The largest employment decreases
were reported in Ohio (-9,700), Indiana (-7,400), New Jersey (-6,200),
Tennessee (-4,000), Wisconsin (-2,500), and Oklahoma (-1,800). The largest
over-the-month percentage losses in employment occurred in Indiana, Maine,
New Jersey, Ohio, and Vermont (-0.2 percent each), and Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin (-0.1 percent each). Over the year, non-
farm employment increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia and de-
creased in 3 states (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio). The largest over-the-year
percentage gains in employment were reported in Utah (+4.3 percent), Arizona
and Louisiana (+4.1 percent each), Wyoming (+4.0 percent), Idaho (+3.5 per-
cent), and Nevada (+3.2 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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_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2007 [30 March 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in
February. Overall, 24 states and the District of Columbia registered over-
the-month unemployment rate decreases, 16 states recorded increases, and 10
states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless rates declined in 33 states
and the District of Columbia, rose in 10 states, and were unchanged in 7
states. The national unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in February
at 4.5 percent, but was down from 4.8 percent a year earlier.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 39 states and the District of
Columbia over the month and decreased in 11 states. The largest employment
gains occurred in California (+27,600), Texas (+14,300), Arizona (+12,200),
Florida (+10,400), Michigan (+9,300), and Nevada (+8,000). Wyoming experienced
the largest percentage increase in employment (+0.7 percent), followed by
Nevada (+0.6 percent), Alaska, Arizona, and Utah (+0.5 percent each), and
Nebraska and Oregon (+0.4 percent each). The largest employment decreases
were reported in Ohio (-9,700), Indiana (-7,400), New Jersey (-6,200),
Tennessee (-4,000), Wisconsin (-2,500), and Oklahoma (-1,800). The largest
over-the-month percentage losses in employment occurred in Indiana, Maine,
New Jersey, Ohio, and Vermont (-0.2 percent each), and Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin (-0.1 percent each). Over the year, non-
farm employment increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia and de-
creased in 3 states (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio). The largest over-the-year
percentage gains in employment were reported in Utah (+4.3 percent), Arizona
and Louisiana (+4.1 percent each), Wyoming (+4.0 percent), Idaho (+3.5 per-
cent), and Nevada (+3.2 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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