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Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: NOVEMBER 2008 [6 January 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: NOVEMBER 2008 [6 January 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in November than a year earlier in
364 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 4 areas, and unchanged in
1 area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Twenty-three areas recorded jobless rates of at least
10.0 percent, while eight areas registered rates below 3.0 percent.
The national unemployment rate in November was 6.5 percent, not season-
ally adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In November, 121 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at
least 7.0 percent, up from 18 areas a year earlier, while 34 areas
posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 133 areas in November 2007.
El Centro, Calif., and neighboring Yuma, Ariz., continued to record
the highest unemployment rates, 23.4 and 17.9 percent, respectively.
Logan, Utah-Idaho, registered the lowest jobless rate, 2.4 percent.
Overall, 140 areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of
6.5 percent, 218 areas reported rates below it, and 11 areas had the
same rate. (See table 1.)
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase
from November 2007 (+7.9 percentage points), followed by Danville,
Va. (+6.5 points). Both areas experienced layoffs in manufacturing.
An additional 56 areas registered over-the-year unemployment rate
increases of 3.0 percentage points or more, and another 112 areas had
rate increases of 2.0 to 2.9 points. No area had a jobless rate
decrease of more than 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier.
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1
million or more, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rates in
November 2008, 9.5 percent each. Twelve additional large areas posted
rates of 7.0 percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless
rates in November were Oklahoma City, Okla., and Washington-Arlington-
Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 4.4 percent each. All 49 large areas
registered higher unemployment rates than in November 2007. Providence-
Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., had the largest jobless rate increase
from a year earlier (+3.6 percentage points), followed by Charlotte-
Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C., and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
(+3.3 points each). Seventeen additional large areas recorded over-the-
year unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and
27 other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 point.
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: NOVEMBER 2008 [6 January 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in November than a year earlier in
364 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 4 areas, and unchanged in
1 area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Twenty-three areas recorded jobless rates of at least
10.0 percent, while eight areas registered rates below 3.0 percent.
The national unemployment rate in November was 6.5 percent, not season-
ally adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In November, 121 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at
least 7.0 percent, up from 18 areas a year earlier, while 34 areas
posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 133 areas in November 2007.
El Centro, Calif., and neighboring Yuma, Ariz., continued to record
the highest unemployment rates, 23.4 and 17.9 percent, respectively.
Logan, Utah-Idaho, registered the lowest jobless rate, 2.4 percent.
Overall, 140 areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of
6.5 percent, 218 areas reported rates below it, and 11 areas had the
same rate. (See table 1.)
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase
from November 2007 (+7.9 percentage points), followed by Danville,
Va. (+6.5 points). Both areas experienced layoffs in manufacturing.
An additional 56 areas registered over-the-year unemployment rate
increases of 3.0 percentage points or more, and another 112 areas had
rate increases of 2.0 to 2.9 points. No area had a jobless rate
decrease of more than 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier.
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1
million or more, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rates in
November 2008, 9.5 percent each. Twelve additional large areas posted
rates of 7.0 percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless
rates in November were Oklahoma City, Okla., and Washington-Arlington-
Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 4.4 percent each. All 49 large areas
registered higher unemployment rates than in November 2007. Providence-
Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., had the largest jobless rate increase
from a year earlier (+3.6 percentage points), followed by Charlotte-
Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C., and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
(+3.3 points each). Seventeen additional large areas recorded over-the-
year unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and
27 other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 point.
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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