| County Unemployment Rates | ||||||||||||
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| FEBRUARY 2005 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA | ||||||||||||
| Area | Civilian Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Unemployment Rate * | ||||||||
| Feb p | Jan r | Feb p | Feb p | Jan r | Feb p | Feb p | Jan r | Feb p | Feb p | Jan r | Feb p | |
| 2005 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | 2004 | |
| Alabama** | 2,161,924 | 2,160,852 | 2,139,841 | 2,049,482 | 2,047,276 | 2,020,212 | 112,442 | 113,576 | 119,629 | 5.20% | 5.30% | 5.60% |
| Autauga | 23,017 | 22,911 | 22,884 | 21,907 | 21,845 | 21,821 | 1,110 | 1,066 | 1,063 | 4.80% | 4.70% | 4.60% |
| Bullock | 3,856 | 3,870 | 3,671 | 3,439 | 3,423 | 3,259 | 417 | 447 | 412 | 10.80% | 11.60% | 11.20% |
| Butler | 9,136 | 9,095 | 8,939 | 8,383 | 8,365 | 8,159 | 753 | 730 | 780 | 8.20% | 8.00% | 8.70% |
| Crenshaw | 5,663 | 5,684 | 5,529 | 5,253 | 5,250 | 5,117 | 410 | 434 | 412 | 7.20% | 7.60% | 7.50% |
| Dallas | 15,924 | 15,978 | 16,238 | 14,377 | 14,414 | 14,638 | 1,547 | 1,564 | 1,600 | 9.70% | 9.80% | 9.90% |
| Elmore | 33,111 | 32,953 | 33,016 | 31,522 | 31,432 | 31,398 | 1,589 | 1,521 | 1,618 | 4.80% | 4.60% | 4.90% |
| Lee | 63,242 | 62,722 | 62,380 | 60,406 | 59,923 | 59,689 | 2,836 | 2,799 | 2,691 | 4.50% | 4.50% | 4.30% |
| Lowndes | 5,131 | 5,113 | 5,058 | 4,631 | 4,618 | 4,613 | 500 | 495 | 445 | 9.70% | 9.70% | 8.80% |
| Macon | 8,604 | 8,570 | 8,537 | 7,990 | 7,949 | 7,977 | 614 | 621 | 560 | 7.10% | 7.20% | 6.60% |
| Montgomery | 105,852 | 105,714 | 105,497 | 99,933 | 99,646 | 99,539 | 5,919 | 6,068 | 5,958 | 5.60% | 5.70% | 5.60% |
| Pike | 14,925 | 14,839 | 14,706 | 14,181 | 14,065 | 13,854 | 744 | 774 | 852 | 5.00% | 5.20% | 5.80% |
| Central Alabama | 288,461 | 287,449 | 286,455 | 272,022 | 270,930 | 270,064 | 16,439 | 16,519 | 16,391 | 5.70% | 5.75% | 5.72% |
| Tri-County Area (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm) | 161,980 | 161,578 | 161,397 | 153,362 | 152,923 | 152,758 | 8,618 | 8,655 | 8,639 | 5.32% | 5.36% | 5.35% |
| Central AL without Montgomery MSA | 126,481 | 125,871 | 125,058 | 118,660 | 118,007 | 117,306 | 7,821 | 7,864 | 7,752 | 6.18% | 6.25% | 6.20% |
| United States** | 148,132,000 | 147,979,000 | 146,529,000 | 140,144,000 | 140,241,000 | 138,334,000 | 7,988,000 | 7,737,000 | 8,195,000 | 5.40% | 5.20% | 5.60% |
| 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 | ||||||||||||