Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2007 [30 October 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: SEPTEMBER 2007 [30 October 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in September than a year earlier in
184 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 154 areas, and unchanged in
31 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Thirty-four metropolitan areas registered jobless rates
below 3.0 percent, while two areas recorded rates higher than 10.0 percent.
The national unemployment rate in September was 4.5 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In September, 126 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
4.0 percent, down from 151 areas a year earlier, while 18 areas posted
rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 13 areas in September 2006. Idaho
Falls, Idaho, again had the lowest jobless rate, 1.3 percent, followed by
three additional Idaho areas: Boise City-Nampa, Coeur d'Alene, and
Pocatello at 1.7 percent each. The highest rates in September continued
to be registered by two adjacent, heavily agricultural areas with extreme
weather: El Centro, Calif., 20.8 percent, and Yuma, Ariz., 15.7 percent.
Overall, 208 areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of
4.5 percent, 150 areas had higher rates, and 11 areas had the same rate.
(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----------------- 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: SEPTEMBER 2007 [30 October 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in September than a year earlier in
184 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 154 areas, and unchanged in
31 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Thirty-four metropolitan areas registered jobless rates
below 3.0 percent, while two areas recorded rates higher than 10.0 percent.
The national unemployment rate in September was 4.5 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In September, 126 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
4.0 percent, down from 151 areas a year earlier, while 18 areas posted
rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 13 areas in September 2006. Idaho
Falls, Idaho, again had the lowest jobless rate, 1.3 percent, followed by
three additional Idaho areas: Boise City-Nampa, Coeur d'Alene, and
Pocatello at 1.7 percent each. The highest rates in September continued
to be registered by two adjacent, heavily agricultural areas with extreme
weather: El Centro, Calif., 20.8 percent, and Yuma, Ariz., 15.7 percent.
Overall, 208 areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of
4.5 percent, 150 areas had higher rates, and 11 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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