JANUARY 2005 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
Area	Civilian Labor Force			Employment			Unemployment			Unemployment Rate *
	Jan p	Dec r	Jan p	Jan p	Dec r	Jan p	Jan p	Dec r	Jan p	Jan p	Dec r	Jan p
	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004
Alabama**	2,161,669	2,156,180	2,141,133	2,047,890	2,041,259	2,018,591	113,779	114,921	122,542	5.30%	5.30%	5.70%
Autauga	22,892	23,069	22,806	21,821	22,094	21,736	1,071	975	1,070	4.70%	4.20%	4.70%
Bullock	3,870	3,889	3,822	3,422	3,403	3,346	448	486	476	11.60%	12.50%	12.50%
Butler	9,133	9,146	8,986	8,398	8,443	8,102	735	703	884	8.00%	7.70%	9.80%
Crenshaw	5,686	5,655	5,639	5,251	5,260	5,193	435	395	446	7.70%	7.00%	7.90%
Dallas	16,019	16,093	16,390	14,447	14,583	14,650	1,572	1,510	1,740	9.80%	9.40%	10.60%
Elmore	32,920	33,225	32,836	31,398	31,791	31,276	1,522	1,434	1,560	4.60%	4.30%	4.80%
Lee	62,709	63,724	61,968	59,906	61,251	59,249	2,803	2,473	2,719	4.50%	3.90%	4.40%
Lowndes	5,113	5,064	5,077	4,613	4,671	4,595	500	393	482	9.80%	7.80%	9.50%
Macon	8,574	8,675	8,524	7,949	8,139	7,929	625	536	595	7.30%	6.20%	7.00%
Montgomery	105,621	106,661	105,458	99,540	100,786	99,153	6,081	5,875	6,305	5.80%	5.50%	6.00%
Pike	14,837	15,079	14,607	14,065	14,357	13,767	772	722	840	5.20%	4.80%	5.80%
Central Alabama	287,374	290,280	286,113	270,810	274,778	268,996	16,564	15,502	17,117	5.76%	5.34%	5.98%
Montgomery MSA (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm)	161,433	162,955	161,100	152,759	154,671	152,165	8,674	8,284	8,935	5.37%	5.08%	5.55%
Central AL without Montgomery MSA	125,941	127,325	125,013	118,051	120,107	116,831	7,890	7,218	8,182	6.26%	5.67%	6.54%
United States**	147,979,000	148,203,000	146,785,000	140,241,000	140,156,000	138,481,000	7,737,000	8,047,000	8,303,000	5.20%	5.40%	5.70%
p= Preliminary   r= Revised
* Unemployment rate computed using unrounded data.
**  State and National data are seasonally adjusted. "
'Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2004 benchmark.