Texas Economy at a Glance

Texas

Data Series	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	Aug 2004	Sept 2004
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	10,969.0	10,956.2	10,933.5	10,953.0	10,963.2	10,976.3
Employment ⁽¹⁾	10,311.2	10,309.6	10,306.4	10,324.2	10,335.9	10,377.7
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	657.8	646.6	627.1	628.8	627.3	598.6
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	9,433.2	9,452.4	9,450.4	9,451.7	9,461.2	9,467.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.3 ^(P)
Natural Resources and Mining ⁽³⁾	148.1	148.8	149.0	149.1	149.3	149.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.2	0.9	0.9 ^(P)
Construction ⁽³⁾	549.9	552.4	550.2	549.9	552.2	553.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction	-0.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.1 ^(P)
Manufacturing ⁽³⁾	889.3	891.2	890.3	886.9	885.5	883.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	-2.1	-1.4	-1.0	-1.0	-0.9	-0.9 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	1,947.6	1,946.9	1,946.0	1,950.9	1,954.0	1,952.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.5 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	230.0	230.7	231.6	232.3	231.7	230.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	-2.5	-2.2	-2.0	-1.5	-1.4	-0.8 ^(P)
Financial Activities ⁽³⁾	589.5	589.5	589.5	588.6	589.3	589.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.4 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	1,050.8	1,054.1	1,051.8	1,057.4	1,063.1	1,068.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.5	2.9 ^(P)
Educational & Health Services ⁽³⁾	1,145.9	1,152.7	1,151.2	1,154.5	1,157.8	1,159.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	2.8	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	872.6	872.7	872.4	871.8	872.3	872.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8 ^(P)
Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	360.7	362.2	366.8	362.8	361.5	358.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	1,653.6	1,655.5	1,660.5	1,642.6	1,652.9	1,650.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	0.2	0.2	0.2	-1.0	0.2	0.7 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	62	52	59	73	40 ^(P)	32 ^(P)
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries	-7	-57	-31	-2	-34 ^(P)	-25 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries	-10.1	-52.3	-34.4	-2.7	-45.9 ^(P)	-43.9 ^(P)
Initial claimants, all industries	5,984	4,683	5,060	7,204	3,201 ^(P)	2,965 ^(P)
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries	-364	-7,852	-3,402	-559	-3,370 ^(P)	-2,622 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries	-5.7	-62.6	-40.2	-7.2	-51.3 ^(P)	-46.9 ^(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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