MARCH 2005 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
Area	Civilian Labor Force			Employment			Unemployment			Unemployment Rate *
	Mar p	Feb r	Mar p	Mar p	Feb r	Mar p	Mar p	Feb r	Mar p	Mar p	Feb r	Mar p
	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004
Alabama**	2,152,725	2,161,746	2,143,207	2,050,713	2,049,299	2,021,966	102,012	112,447	121,241	4.70%	5.20%	5.70%
Autauga	22,987	23,125	22,876	22,093	22,016	21,795	894	1,109	1,081	3.90%	4.80%	4.70%
Bullock	3,770	3,857	3,767	3,451	3,439	3,362	319	418	405	8.50%	10.80%	10.80%
Butler	9,139	9,157	9,109	8,531	8,404	8,224	608	753	885	6.70%	8.20%	9.70%
Crenshaw	5,641	5,667	5,690	5,318	5,257	5,288	323	410	402	5.70%	7.20%	7.10%
Dallas	15,728	15,904	16,263	14,415	14,356	14,638	1,313	1,548	1,625	8.30%	9.70%	10.00%
Elmore	33,071	33,267	32,966	31,789	31,678	31,361	1,282	1,589	1,605	3.90%	4.80%	4.90%
Lee	63,326	63,324	62,631	61,023	60,490	59,891	2,303	2,834	2,740	3.60%	4.50%	4.40%
Lowndes	5,075	5,151	5,059	4,671	4,654	4,608	404	497	451	8.00%	9.60%	8.90%
Macon	8,527	8,608	8,636	8,034	7,997	8,061	493	611	575	5.80%	7.10%	6.70%
Montgomery	105,781	106,342	105,523	100,778	100,426	99,422	5,003	5,916	6,101	4.70%	5.60%	5.80%
Pike	14,838	14,923	15,116	14,241	14,177	14,294	597	746	822	4.00%	5.00%	5.40%
Central Alabama	287,883	289,325	287,636	274,344	272,894	270,944	13,539	16,431	16,692	4.70%	5.68%	5.80%
Tri-County Area (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm)	161,839	162,734	161,365	154,660	154,120	152,578	7,179	8,614	8,787	4.44%	5.29%	5.45%
Central AL without Montgomery MSA	126,044	126,591	126,271	119,684	118,774	118,366	6,360	7,817	7,905	5.05%	6.18%	6.26%
United States**	148,157,000	148,132,000	146,737,000	140,501,000	140,144,000	138,408,000	7,656,000	7,988,000	8,330,000	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.