IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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 2012 [30 October 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

 

 

Unemployment rates were lower in September than a year earlier in 345

of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 22 areas, and unchanged in 5

areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Two areas

recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 41 areas

registered rates of less than 5.0 percent. Two hundred sixty-seven

metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll

employment, 94 reported decreases, and 11 had no change. The national

unemployment rate in September was 7.6 percent, not seasonally

adjusted, down from 8.8 percent a year earlier.

 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

In September, 35 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least

10.0 percent, down from 84 areas a year earlier, while 171 areas posted

rates below 7.0 percent, up from 92 areas in September of last year.

Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., recorded the highest unemployment

rates in September, 29.7 and 28.5 percent, respectively. Bismarck,

N.D., registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.2 percent. A total of

217 areas recorded September unemployment rates below the U.S. figure

of 7.6 percent, 146 areas reported rates above it, and 9 areas had

rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.)

 

The largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases in September were

registered in El Centro, Calif., and Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (-3.1 and

-3.0 percentage points, respectively). Thirty-six additional areas had

decreases of 2.0 percentage points or more. Kennewick-Pasco-Richland,

Wash., reported the largest over-the-year jobless rate increase

(+1.2 percentage points), followed by Elmira, N.Y. (+1.0 point).

 

Among the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1

million or more, the highest unemployment rates in September were

registered in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., and Las Vegas-

Paradise, Nev., 11.6 and 11.5 percent, respectively. The lowest jobless

rate among the large areas was recorded in Oklahoma City, Okla., 4.6

percent. Forty-six large areas reported over-the-year unemployment rate

decreases, two registered increases, and one had no change. Las Vegas-

Paradise, Nev., experienced the largest unemployment rate decline from

September 2011 (-2.5 percentage points). Five other large areas

reported rate decreases of at least 2.0 percentage points. Buffalo-

Niagara Falls, N.Y., recorded the largest unemployment rate increase

(+0.7 percentage 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.