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Southeast - Labor Force Statistics
Civilian labor force in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area
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data |
Sep
2008 |
Jul
2009 |
Aug
2009 |
Sep
2009 |
Sep 2008 to
Sep 2009 |
Net
change |
Percent
change |
United States |
|
154,621 |
154,504 |
154,577 |
154,006 |
-615 |
-0.4 |
South |
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55,139.4 |
55,052.0 |
54,969.9 |
54,978.0 |
-161.4 |
-0.3 |
South Atlantic |
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29,562.0 |
29,316.8 |
29,269.1 |
29,270.8 |
-291.2 |
-1.0 |
Delaware |
|
443.9 |
434.0 |
432.8 |
431.7 |
-12.3 |
-2.8 |
District of Columbia |
|
334.2 |
329.6 |
324.4 |
327.8 |
-6.3 |
-1.9 |
Florida |
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9,277.7 |
9,207.9 |
9,204.4 |
9,193.4 |
-84.3 |
-0.9 |
Georgia |
|
4,852.1 |
4,764.6 |
4,740.2 |
4,734.9 |
-117.2 |
-2.4 |
Maryland |
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2,998.3 |
2,956.0 |
2,950.7 |
2,950.4 |
-47.9 |
-1.6 |
North Carolina |
|
4,571.0 |
4,535.4 |
4,521.5 |
4,534.1 |
-36.9 |
-0.8 |
South Carolina |
|
2,164.2 |
2,183.0 |
2,173.5 |
2,170.6 |
6.4 |
0.3 |
Virginia |
|
4,134.5 |
4,148.8 |
4,135.8 |
4,140.8 |
6.3 |
0.2 |
West Virginia |
|
804.8 |
788.7 |
788.0 |
791.7 |
-13.1 |
-1.6 |
East South Central |
|
8,572.3 |
8,491.3 |
8,459.0 |
8,430.8 |
-141.5 |
-1.7 |
Alabama |
|
2,156.5 |
2,108.8 |
2,093.7 |
2,086.7 |
-69.8 |
-3.2 |
Kentucky |
|
2,049.3 |
2,069.6 |
2,067.8 |
2,067.3 |
18.0 |
0.9 |
Mississippi |
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1,316.8 |
1,291.4 |
1,283.9 |
1,279.1 |
-37.7 |
-2.9 |
Tennessee |
|
3,047.0 |
3,022.1 |
3,013.8 |
3,004.6 |
-42.4 |
-1.4 |
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployed in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area
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data |
Sep
2008 |
Jul
2009 |
Aug
2009 |
Sep
2009 |
Sep 2008 to
Sep 2009 |
Net
change |
Percent
change |
United States |
|
9,592 |
14,462 |
14,928 |
15,142 |
5,550 |
57.9 |
South |
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3,272.2 |
5,109.5 |
5,080.9 |
5,119.4 |
1,847.2 |
56.5 |
South Atlantic |
|
1,837.1 |
2,882.2 |
2,833.5 |
2,875.5 |
1,038.4 |
56.5 |
Delaware |
|
23.1 |
35.2 |
34.7 |
35.9 |
12.8 |
55.2 |
District of Columbia |
|
24.9 |
34.9 |
35.9 |
37.5 |
12.7 |
50.9 |
Florida |
|
617.9 |
999.0 |
994.1 |
1,011.7 |
393.7 |
63.7 |
Georgia |
|
319.9 |
489.7 |
477.5 |
480.1 |
160.2 |
50.1 |
Maryland |
|
139.1 |
213.4 |
210.5 |
213.8 |
74.7 |
53.7 |
North Carolina |
|
308.8 |
495.5 |
488.9 |
491.8 |
182.9 |
59.2 |
South Carolina |
|
161.4 |
255.9 |
248.4 |
252.0 |
90.6 |
56.2 |
Virginia |
|
170.5 |
287.0 |
270.9 |
275.9 |
105.4 |
61.8 |
West Virginia |
|
34.5 |
69.9 |
69.9 |
70.8 |
36.4 |
105.6 |
East South Central |
|
563.9 |
896.0 |
897.7 |
876.8 |
313.0 |
55.5 |
Alabama |
|
116.9 |
215.3 |
216.6 |
223.2 |
106.3 |
91.0 |
Kentucky |
|
141.1 |
228.8 |
230.7 |
225.2 |
84.1 |
59.6 |
Mississippi |
|
97.4 |
125.7 |
124.0 |
117.7 |
20.3 |
20.9 |
Tennessee |
|
210.0 |
323.1 |
323.6 |
316.9 |
106.9 |
50.9 |
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area
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data |
Sep
2008 |
Jul
2009 |
Aug
2009 |
Sep
2009 |
Net change
Sep 2008 to
Sep 2009 |
United States |
|
6.2 |
9.4 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
3.6 |
South |
|
5.9 |
9.3 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
3.4 |
South Atlantic |
|
6.2 |
9.8 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
3.6 |
Delaware |
|
5.2 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
3.1 |
District of Columbia |
|
7.4 |
10.6 |
11.1 |
11.4 |
4.0 |
Florida |
|
6.7 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
11.0 |
4.3 |
Georgia |
|
6.6 |
10.3 |
10.1 |
10.1 |
3.5 |
Maryland |
|
4.6 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
2.6 |
North Carolina |
|
6.8 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
4.0 |
South Carolina |
|
7.5 |
11.7 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
4.1 |
Virginia |
|
4.1 |
6.9 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
2.6 |
West Virginia |
|
4.3 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
4.6 |
East South Central |
|
6.6 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
3.8 |
Alabama |
|
5.4 |
10.2 |
10.3 |
10.7 |
5.3 |
Kentucky |
|
6.9 |
11.1 |
11.2 |
10.9 |
4.0 |
Mississippi |
|
7.4 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
9.2 |
1.8 |
Tennessee |
|
6.9 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
10.5 |
3.6 |
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in the Southeast by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
(news release)
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data |
Sep
2008 |
Jul
2009 |
Aug
2009 |
Sep
2009 |
Net change
Sep 2008 to
Sep 2009 |
Alabama |
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Anniston-Oxford |
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5.4 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
|
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Auburn-Opelika |
|
4.7 |
8.8 |
8.7 |
|
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Birmingham-Hoover |
|
4.8 |
9.9 |
10.2 |
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Decatur |
|
5.1 |
11.1 |
11.2 |
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Dothan |
|
5.0 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
|
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Florence-Muscle Shoals |
|
5.4 |
11.0 |
11.1 |
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Gadsden |
|
5.7 |
10.6 |
10.5 |
|
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Huntsville |
|
4.0 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
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Mobile |
|
5.5 |
10.8 |
11.1 |
|
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Montgomery |
|
5.5 |
10.0 |
10.2 |
|
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Tuscaloosa |
|
4.6 |
10.0 |
9.8 |
|
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Florida |
|
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice |
|
7.9 |
11.9 |
11.9 |
|
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Cape Coral-Fort Myers |
|
9.4 |
13.3 |
13.5 |
|
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Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach |
|
7.3 |
11.3 |
11.1 |
|
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Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin |
|
4.9 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
|
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Gainesville |
|
4.6 |
7.8 |
7.3 |
|
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Jacksonville |
|
6.4 |
10.6 |
10.5 |
|
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Lakeland-Winter Haven |
|
7.9 |
12.4 |
12.2 |
|
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Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach |
|
6.5 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
|
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Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach |
|
6.0 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
|
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Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall |
|
6.3 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.3 |
5.0 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach |
|
7.6 |
11.4 |
11.3 |
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Naples-Marco Island |
|
8.4 |
12.3 |
12.6 |
|
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Ocala |
|
8.6 |
12.6 |
12.9 |
|
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Orlando-Kissimmee |
|
6.5 |
11.1 |
10.9 |
|
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Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville |
|
7.3 |
11.1 |
10.8 |
|
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Palm Coast |
|
10.5 |
16.2 |
15.7 |
|
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Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach |
|
5.5 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
|
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Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent |
|
6.2 |
10.0 |
9.5 |
|
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Port St. Lucie |
|
9.6 |
13.7 |
13.6 |
|
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Punta Gorda |
|
9.4 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
|
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Tallahassee |
|
5.1 |
7.9 |
7.4 |
|
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Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
|
7.2 |
11.4 |
11.3 |
|
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Sebastian-Vero Beach |
|
10.0 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
|
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Georgia |
|
Albany |
|
7.1 |
10.5 |
10.0 |
|
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Athens-Clarke County |
|
5.3 |
7.6 |
7.3 |
|
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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta |
|
6.7 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
|
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Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
|
6.6 |
10.1 |
9.5 |
|
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Brunswick |
|
5.9 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
|
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Columbus, GA-AL |
|
6.6 |
9.9 |
9.6 |
|
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Dalton |
|
7.7 |
13.1 |
12.5 |
|
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Gainesville |
|
5.9 |
9.4 |
9.1 |
|
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Hinesville-Fort Stewart |
|
6.3 |
8.4 |
7.9 |
|
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Macon |
|
6.8 |
10.2 |
9.9 |
|
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Rome |
|
6.9 |
11.3 |
11.1 |
|
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Savannah |
|
5.9 |
9.9 |
8.5 |
|
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Valdosta |
|
6.0 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
|
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Warner Robins |
|
5.6 |
7.5 |
7.2 |
|
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Kentucky |
|
Bowling Green |
|
5.4 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
|
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Elizabethtown |
|
6.3 |
11.0 |
10.5 |
|
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Lexington-Fayette |
|
5.3 |
9.2 |
8.8 |
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Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN |
|
6.8 |
10.3 |
10.3 |
|
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Owensboro |
|
6.0 |
10.6 |
10.2 |
|
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Mississippi |
|
Gulfport-Biloxi |
|
5.9 |
8.5 |
7.7 |
|
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Hattiesburg |
|
6.0 |
8.9 |
8.3 |
|
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Jackson |
|
5.8 |
8.3 |
7.5 |
|
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Pascagoula |
|
6.8 |
9.4 |
8.6 |
|
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North Carolina |
|
Asheville |
|
5.0 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
|
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Burlington |
|
6.8 |
12.7 |
12.2 |
|
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Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC |
|
6.7 |
12.4 |
11.8 |
|
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Durham-Chapel Hill |
|
5.0 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
|
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Fayetteville |
|
6.4 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
|
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Goldsboro |
|
6.1 |
9.7 |
8.9 |
|
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Greensboro-High Point |
|
6.6 |
11.9 |
11.6 |
|
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Greenville |
|
6.8 |
10.9 |
10.5 |
|
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Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton |
|
7.9 |
15.0 |
14.6 |
|
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Jacksonville |
|
5.8 |
8.8 |
8.2 |
|
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Raleigh-Cary |
|
5.1 |
9.1 |
8.7 |
|
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Rocky Mount |
|
9.2 |
14.0 |
13.8 |
|
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Wilmington |
|
5.8 |
10.1 |
9.7 |
|
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Winston-Salem |
|
6.1 |
10.2 |
10.0 |
|
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South Carolina |
|
Anderson |
|
7.2 |
12.4 |
12.5 |
|
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Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville |
|
6.2 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
|
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Columbia |
|
6.5 |
9.2 |
9.4 |
|
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Florence |
|
8.3 |
12.2 |
12.1 |
|
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Greenville-Mauldin-Easley |
|
6.4 |
10.4 |
10.4 |
|
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Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway |
|
7.3 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
|
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Spartanburg |
|
7.4 |
12.5 |
12.4 |
|
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Sumter |
|
9.3 |
13.4 |
13.4 |
|
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Tennessee |
|
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
|
5.9 |
9.4 |
9.6 |
|
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Clarksville, TN-KY |
|
7.4 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
|
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Cleveland |
|
6.6 |
10.1 |
10.4 |
|
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Jackson |
|
6.8 |
10.8 |
11.1 |
|
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Johnson City |
|
6.0 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
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Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
|
5.6 |
9.8 |
9.5 |
|
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Knoxville |
|
5.4 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
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Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
|
6.9 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
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Morristown |
|
7.1 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
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Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin |
|
5.8 |
9.6 |
9.8 |
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area
(news release) |
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data |
Sep
2008 |
Jul
2009 |
Aug
2009 |
Sep
2009 |
Sep 2008 to
Sep 2009
|
Net
change |
Percent
change |
United States |
|
136,732 |
131,411 |
131,210 |
130,947 |
-5,785 |
-4.2 |
Alabama |
|
1,988.9 |
1,909.8 |
1,898.7 |
1,894.5 |
-94.4 |
-4.7 |
Delaware |
|
432.0 |
411.3 |
410.3 |
410.8 |
-21.2 |
-4.9 |
District of Columbia |
|
708.0 |
717.5 |
712.6 |
702.6 |
-5.4 |
-0.8 |
Florida |
|
7,694.2 |
7,369.9 |
7,347.8 |
7,333.8 |
-360.4 |
-4.7 |
Georgia |
|
4,083.5 |
3,888.4 |
3,853.6 |
3,838.1 |
-245.4 |
-6.0 |
Kentucky |
|
1,845.0 |
1,773.1 |
1,773.2 |
1,758.6 |
-86.4 |
-4.7 |
Maryland |
|
2,591.7 |
2,548.5 |
2,537.5 |
2,533.9 |
-57.8 |
-2.2 |
Mississippi |
|
1,142.1 |
1,118.4 |
1,108.4 |
1,103.8 |
-38.3 |
-3.4 |
North Carolina |
|
4,131.9 |
3,909.6 |
3,922.3 |
3,921.7 |
-210.2 |
-5.1 |
South Carolina |
|
1,916.9 |
1,848.7 |
1,847.4 |
1,848.4 |
-68.5 |
-3.6 |
Tennessee |
|
2,764.1 |
2,664.2 |
2,649.8 |
2,649.0 |
-115.1 |
-4.2 |
Virginia |
|
3,764.6 |
3,657.4 |
3,656.2 |
3,644.0 |
-120.6 |
-3.2 |
West Virginia |
|
763.7 |
735.0 |
738.3 |
736.1 |
-27.6 |
-3.6 |
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance in the Southeast,
not seasonally adjusted
Area
(news release) |
Mass Layoff Events |
Mass Layoff Initial Claimants for
Unemployment Insurance |
Back
data |
Sep
2008 |
Sep
2009 |
Back
data |
Sep
2008 |
Sep
2009 |
United States |
|
1,292 |
1,371 |
|
129,586 |
123,177 |
South |
|
475 |
334 |
|
43,772 |
28,943 |
South Atlantic |
|
153 |
182 |
|
12,291 |
14,927 |
Delaware |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
District of Columbia |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
Florida |
|
96 |
91 |
|
5,988 |
5,975 |
Georgia |
|
20 |
35 |
|
1,885 |
2,817 |
Maryland |
|
5 |
7 |
|
349 |
463 |
North Carolina |
|
9 |
8 |
|
793 |
918 |
South Carolina |
|
16 |
18 |
|
1,793 |
2,831 |
Virginia |
|
4 |
22 |
|
546 |
1,868 |
West Virginia |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
East South Central |
|
54 |
71 |
|
4,788 |
6,844 |
Alabama |
|
12 |
22 |
|
1,090 |
2,044 |
Kentucky |
|
24 |
32 |
|
2,351 |
3,394 |
Mississippi |
|
6 |
5 |
|
463 |
323 |
Tennessee |
|
12 |
12 |
|
884 |
1,083 |
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(-) Zero or data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
SOURCE: Mass Layoff Statistics
Monthly data report summary information on establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Data are available for 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as by industry.
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