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Unemployment Rate Remains Stable
BATON ROUGE – The state’s unemployment rate for April 2006 remained unchanged from March at 4.8 percent and was below the April 2005 unemployment rate of 5.2 percent. Nonfarm employment declined two tenths of a percent in April.
“Jobs in the mining and construction industries have continued to expand this month,” said Secretary of Labor John Warner Smith. “Mining was the only industry sector with continued annual job growth since the hurricanes struck last year. Construction has steadily added workers since last December, and more workers are needed.”
According to estimates, the state’s civilian labor force in April 2006 was 1,872,671, up from 1,871,974 in March. The number of employed in April fell slightly to 1,782,608, from 1,782,722 in March. Louisiana’s number of unemployed for April was 90,063, up from 89,252 for the previous month. Nationally the unemployment rate of 4.7 percent for April 2006 also showed no change over the month, but was below the year-ago level of 5.1 percent.
Unadjusted unemployment rates compare parishes and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to the state. The April 2006 unadjusted unemployment rate for Louisiana was 4.1 percent, down from the March 2006 rate of 4.4 percent. The unemployment rates for the MSAs were: Alexandria, 3.4 percent, down from 3.5 percent in March; Baton Rouge, 3.7 down from 4.0; Houma, 3.1, down from 3.3; Lafayette, 2.9, down from 3.1; Lake Charles, 3.2, down from 3.4; Monroe, 3.6, down from 3.8; New Orleans, 5.7, down from 6.1; and Shreveport-Bossier City, 3.6, down from 3.7 percent last month. Three parishes tied for the lowest unemployment rate at 2.7 percent; they were Cameron, Lafayette, and La Salle. East Carroll Parish had the highest unemployment rate with 8.5 percent for April.
Preliminary seasonally adjusted statewide total nonfarm employment for April 2006 was 1,759,500 compared to 1,763,900 for the revised March 2006 figure, for a decrease of 4,400 workers or two tenths of a percent. The sector breakdown was as follows: natural resources and mining, 47,400 employed in April, up from 46,800 employed in March; construction, 107,200, up from 105,900; manufacturing, 143,600, down from 143,700; trade, transportation, and utilities, 361,300, down from 364,100; information, 28,100, down from 28,300; financial activities, 94,300, down from 94,500; professional and business services, 168,800, up from 166,700; educational and health services, 210,100, down from 212,800; leisure and hospitality, 170,100, down from 171,700; other services, 58,500, up from 58,100; and government, 370,100, down from 371,300 for the revised March figure.
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