APRIL 2005 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
Area	Civilian Labor Force			Employment			Unemployment			Unemployment Rate *
	Apr p	Mar r	Apr p	Apr p	Mar r	Apr p	Apr p	Mar r	Apr p	Apr p	Mar r	Apr p
	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004
Alabama**	2,143,582	2,153,150	2,144,932	2,049,034	2,051,334	2,023,856	94,548	101,816	121,076	4.40%	4.70%	5.60%
Autauga	22,831	22,964	22,842	22,111	22,073	21,915	720	891	927	3.20%	3.90%	4.10%
Bullock	3,720	3,795	3,713	3,465	3,475	3,371	255	320	342	6.90%	8.40%	9.20%
Butler	8,980	9,165	8,939	8,457	8,558	8,108	523	607	831	5.80%	6.60%	9.30%
Crenshaw	5,647	5,709	5,698	5,389	5,386	5,339	258	323	359	4.60%	5.70%	6.30%
Dallas	15,811	15,961	16,260	14,724	14,648	14,844	1,087	1,313	1,416	6.90%	8.20%	8.70%
Elmore	32,843	33,037	32,950	31,816	31,760	31,533	1,027	1,277	1,417	3.10%	3.90%	4.30%
Lee	63,005	63,462	62,802	61,142	61,163	60,481	1,863	2,299	2,321	3.00%	3.60%	3.70%
Lowndes	5,008	5,069	5,062	4,675	4,666	4,633	333	403	429	6.60%	8.00%	8.50%
Macon	8,472	8,553	8,639	8,070	8,062	8,150	402	491	489	4.70%	5.70%	5.70%
Montgomery	104,986	105,680	105,282	100,863	100,686	99,966	4,123	4,994	5,316	3.90%	4.70%	5.00%
Pike	14,865	14,857	15,090	14,379	14,259	14,390	486	598	700	3.30%	4.00%	4.60%
Central Alabama	286,168	288,252	287,277	275,091	274,736	272,730	11,077	13,516	14,547	3.87%	4.69%	5.06%
Tri-County Area (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm)	160,660	161,681	161,074	154,790	154,519	153,414	5,870	7,162	7,660	3.65%	4.43%	4.76%
Central AL without Montgomery MSA	125,508	126,571	126,203	120,301	120,217	119,316	5,207	6,354	6,887	4.15%	5.02%	5.46%
United States**	148,762,000	148,157,000	146,788,000	141,099,000	140,501,000	138,645,000	7,663,000	7,656,000	8,143,000	5.20%	5.20%	5.50%
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.