Friday, April 22, 2005
March 2005 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment News
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2005 (22 April 2005)
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
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http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
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Regional and state unemployment rates were generally stable or downslightly in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Departmentof Labor reported today. Three of the four regions and 35 states record-ed unemployment rate shifts of 0.2 percentage point or less from February.Over the year, jobless rates were down in 36 states and up in 14 statesand the District of Columbia. In March, the national unemployment rate de-clined to 5.2 percent and was 0.5 percentage point lower than a year ago. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states over the month,decreased in 9 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchangedin 1 state. Five states had employment gains of 10,000 or more--Florida(+19,400), California (+17,600), Illinois (+16,200), Texas (+10,600), andMissouri (+10,000). Only one state--Michigan--had an employment loss ofa similar magnitude in March (-17,000). Over the year, nonfarm employmentincreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 2states (Michigan and South Carolina). The largest percentage gain inemployment was in Nevada (+6.7 percent), followed by Arizona (+3.9 per-cent), Oregon (+3.8 percent), Utah (+3.7 percent), and Florida (+3.5 per-cent).
--Notice courtesy of the Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell University
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]andSupplemental Files
Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally stable or downslightly in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Departmentof Labor reported today. Three of the four regions and 35 states record-ed unemployment rate shifts of 0.2 percentage point or less from February.Over the year, jobless rates were down in 36 states and up in 14 statesand the District of Columbia. In March, the national unemployment rate de-clined to 5.2 percent and was 0.5 percentage point lower than a year ago. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states over the month,decreased in 9 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchangedin 1 state. Five states had employment gains of 10,000 or more--Florida(+19,400), California (+17,600), Illinois (+16,200), Texas (+10,600), andMissouri (+10,000). Only one state--Michigan--had an employment loss ofa similar magnitude in March (-17,000). Over the year, nonfarm employmentincreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 2states (Michigan and South Carolina). The largest percentage gain inemployment was in Nevada (+6.7 percent), followed by Arizona (+3.9 per-cent), Oregon (+3.8 percent), Utah (+3.7 percent), and Florida (+3.5 per-cent).
--Notice courtesy of the Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell University
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