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Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2008 [29 October 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: SEPTEMBER 2008 [29 October 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 September than a year earlier in
349 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 14 areas, and unchanged
in 6 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today. Ten areas recorded jobless rates of at least
10.0 percent, while nine areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The
national unemployment rate in September was 6.0 percent, not seasonally
adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In September, 84 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at
least 7.0 percent, up from 17 areas a year earlier, while 46 areas
posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 133 areas in September 2007.
El Centro, Calif., and neighboring Yuma, Ariz., continued to record
the highest unemployment rates, 24.5 and 20.5 percent, respectively.
Joblessness in these two areas is typically higher during summer
months due to the effect of extreme heat on agricultural activity.
Bismarck, N.D., Casper, Wyo., Logan, Utah-Idaho, and Sioux Falls, S.D.,
registered the lowest jobless rates, 2.5 percent each. Overall, 145
areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of 6.0 percent,
219 areas reported rates below it, and 5 areas had the same rate.
(See table 1.)
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase
from September 2007 (+5.1 percentage points). This area has experi-
enced layoffs in transportation equipment manufacturing for several
months. Rocky Mount, N.C., had the next largest rate increase (+3.9
points), followed closely by El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz. (+3.8
points each). Seventy-eight additional areas registered over-the-year
unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and
another 179 areas had rate increases of 1.0 to 1.9 points. Two Arkan-
sas areas experienced the largest jobless rate decreases from Septem-
ber 2007: Jonesboro and Hot Springs (-1.0 and -0.8 percentage point,
respectively).
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: SEPTEMBER 2008 [29 October 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 September than a year earlier in
349 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 14 areas, and unchanged
in 6 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today. Ten areas recorded jobless rates of at least
10.0 percent, while nine areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The
national unemployment rate in September was 6.0 percent, not seasonally
adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In September, 84 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at
least 7.0 percent, up from 17 areas a year earlier, while 46 areas
posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 133 areas in September 2007.
El Centro, Calif., and neighboring Yuma, Ariz., continued to record
the highest unemployment rates, 24.5 and 20.5 percent, respectively.
Joblessness in these two areas is typically higher during summer
months due to the effect of extreme heat on agricultural activity.
Bismarck, N.D., Casper, Wyo., Logan, Utah-Idaho, and Sioux Falls, S.D.,
registered the lowest jobless rates, 2.5 percent each. Overall, 145
areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of 6.0 percent,
219 areas reported rates below it, and 5 areas had the same rate.
(See table 1.)
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase
from September 2007 (+5.1 percentage points). This area has experi-
enced layoffs in transportation equipment manufacturing for several
months. Rocky Mount, N.C., had the next largest rate increase (+3.9
points), followed closely by El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz. (+3.8
points each). Seventy-eight additional areas registered over-the-year
unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and
another 179 areas had rate increases of 1.0 to 1.9 points. Two Arkan-
sas areas experienced the largest jobless rate decreases from Septem-
ber 2007: Jonesboro and Hot Springs (-1.0 and -0.8 percentage point,
respectively).
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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