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Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2008 [28 May 2008]
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: APRIL 2008 [28 May 2008]
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 April than a year earlier in 261 of
the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 88 areas, and unchanged in 20 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Eight areas, seven of which are located in California, recorded
jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent. Twenty-four areas registered
rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in April was
4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.3 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In April, 27 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least
7.0 percent, up from 18 areas a year earlier, while 118 areas posted rates
below 4.0 percent, down from 165 areas in April 2007. Two agricultural
areas in California continued to register the highest rates in April: El
Centro, 18.4 percent, and Merced, 12.3 percent. Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the
lowest jobless rate, 2.2 percent. Overall, 207 areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. figure of 4.8 percent, 152 areas had higher rates, and
10 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: APRIL 2008 [28 May 2008]
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 April than a year earlier in 261 of
the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 88 areas, and unchanged in 20 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Eight areas, seven of which are located in California, recorded
jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent. Twenty-four areas registered
rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in April was
4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.3 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In April, 27 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least
7.0 percent, up from 18 areas a year earlier, while 118 areas posted rates
below 4.0 percent, down from 165 areas in April 2007. Two agricultural
areas in California continued to register the highest rates in April: El
Centro, 18.4 percent, and Merced, 12.3 percent. Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the
lowest jobless rate, 2.2 percent. Overall, 207 areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. figure of 4.8 percent, 152 areas had higher rates, and
10 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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