Louisiana
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Apr
2004 |
May
2004 |
June
2004 |
July
2004 |
Aug
2004 |
Sept
2004 |
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| Labor Force Data |
|---|
| Civilian Labor Force (1) |
 |
2,022.3 |
2,024.3 |
2,031.8 |
2,048.0 |
2,033.0 |
2,059.9 |
| Employment (1) |
|
1,903.3 |
1,899.9 |
1,910.8 |
1,922.5 |
1,932.1 |
1,951.2 |
| Unemployment (1) |
|
119.0 |
124.4 |
121.0 |
125.5 |
100.9 |
108.7 |
| Unemployment Rate (2) |
|
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
| Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment |
|---|
| Total Nonfarm (3) |
|
1,913.5 |
1,908.5 |
1,910.8 |
1,914.5 |
1,909.3 |
1,903.0 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm |
|
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.2 (P) |
| Natural Resources and Mining (3) |
|
49.2 |
48.0 |
48.3 |
48.0 |
47.0 |
47.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- NR & Mining |
|
2.9 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
2.4 (P) |
| Construction (3) |
|
116.3 |
116.3 |
116.8 |
117.0 |
115.6 |
115.0 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Construction |
|
-1.7 |
-2.1 |
-1.8 |
-1.6 |
-2.4 |
-3.1 (P) |
| Manufacturing (3) |
|
157.1 |
155.6 |
155.1 |
154.9 |
153.7 |
154.7 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Manufacturing |
|
1.1 |
-0.4 |
-0.3 |
0.2 |
-0.5 |
0.1 (P) |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3) |
|
383.7 |
383.9 |
382.9 |
383.5 |
383.3 |
381.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- TTU |
|
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.8 (P) |
| Information (3) |
|
29.1 |
29.0 |
29.1 |
29.0 |
28.8 |
28.7 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Information |
|
-1.0 |
-1.7 |
-2.0 |
2.8 |
0.3 |
-0.3 (P) |
| Financial Activities (3) |
|
100.0 |
100.9 |
100.8 |
101.0 |
100.9 |
100.9 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Financial Activities |
|
-1.2 |
-0.3 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
-0.7 |
-0.9 (P) |
| Professional & Business Services (3) |
|
178.5 |
178.1 |
178.6 |
178.3 |
178.1 |
177.5 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- PBS |
|
-0.4 |
-0.4 |
0.3 |
-0.6 |
-0.5 |
-0.6 (P) |
| Educational & Health Services (3) |
|
250.1 |
248.1 |
248.9 |
248.4 |
247.9 |
245.9 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- EHS |
|
2.8 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
0.4 (P) |
| Leisure & Hospitality (3) |
|
200.5 |
200.9 |
201.5 |
200.0 |
199.3 |
199.9 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality |
|
1.4 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
0.8 (P) |
| Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) (4) |
|
70.4 |
70.4 |
70.7 |
71.1 |
71.2 |
71.2 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Other Services |
|
-1.1 |
-1.7 |
-1.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 (P) |
| Government (3) |
|
378.6 |
377.3 |
378.1 |
383.3 |
383.5 |
380.4 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Government |
|
-0.1 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
0.3 (P) |
| Mass layoffs |
|---|
| Layoff events, all industries |
|
28 |
21 |
31 |
22 |
16 (P) |
5 (P) |
| 12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries |
|
8 |
-1 |
3 |
2 |
-1 (P) |
1 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries |
|
40.0 |
-4.5 |
10.7 |
10.0 |
-5.9 (P) |
25.0 (P) |
| Initial claimants, all industries |
|
2,554 |
1,869 |
2,686 |
1,501 |
1,155 (P) |
402 (P) |
| 12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries |
|
-223 |
-136 |
378 |
-798 |
-60 (P) |
171 (P) |
| 12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries |
|
-8.0 |
-6.8 |
16.4 |
-34.7 |
-4.9 (P) |
74.0 (P) |
Footnotes:
(P) Preliminary
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
(2) Percent
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
Data extracted on: October 28, 2004
Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Geographically based survey data available from BLS:
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Prices & Living Conditions
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