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Table 1:
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Job and Unemployment Growth, October 2004 |
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(Household Data; Seasonally adjusted) |
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Sep-04 |
Oct-04 |
Increase/Decr. |
% Incr./Decr. |
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Race/ethnicity |
Employment (1000s) |
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White |
115,323 |
115,572 |
249 |
0.22% |
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Black |
14,981 |
15,037 |
56 |
0.37% |
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Hispanic |
18,073 |
18,220 |
147 |
0.81% |
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All workers |
139,480 |
139,778 |
298 |
0.21% |
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Unemployed (1000s) |
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White |
5,693 |
5,668 |
-25 |
-0.44% |
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Black |
14,981 |
15,037 |
56 |
0.37% |
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Hispanic |
1,372 |
1,313 |
-59 |
-4.30% |
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All workers |
8,003 |
8,072 |
69 |
0.86% |
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Unemployment Rate (%) |
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White |
4.7 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
0.00% |
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Black |
10.3 |
10.7 |
0.4 |
3.88% |
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Hispanic |
7.1 |
6.7 |
-0.4 |
-5.63% |
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All workers |
5.4 |
5.5 |
0.1 |
1.85% |
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Source: BLS, "The
Unemployment Situation: October 2004,"
November 5, 2004. |
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Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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