MAY 2005 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
Area	Civilian Labor Force			Employment			Unemployment			Unemployment Rate *
	May p	Apr r	May p	May p	Apr r	May p	May p	Apr r	May p	May p	Apr r	May p
	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004	2005	2005	2004
Alabama**	2,143,150	2,143,531	2,147,632	2,048,026	2,049,084	2,025,847	95,124	94,447	121,785	4.40%	4.40%	5.70%
Autauga	22,882	22,778	22,743	22,152	22,058	21,821	730	720	922	3.20%	3.20%	4.10%
Bullock	3,776	3,719	3,873	3,500	3,460	3,525	276	259	348	7.30%	7.00%	9.00%
Butler	8,941	8,911	9,053	8,431	8,386	8,207	510	525	846	5.70%	5.90%	9.30%
Crenshaw	5,715	5,628	5,868	5,450	5,369	5,525	265	259	343	4.60%	4.60%	5.80%
Dallas	15,840	15,789	16,441	14,749	14,702	15,025	1,091	1,087	1,416	6.90%	6.90%	8.60%
Elmore	32,880	32,762	32,785	31,874	31,739	31,398	1,006	1,023	1,387	3.10%	3.10%	4.20%
Lee	62,685	62,819	62,277	60,777	60,958	59,970	1,908	1,861	2,307	3.00%	3.00%	3.70%
Lowndes	5,077	4,999	5,038	4,683	4,663	4,613	394	336	425	7.80%	6.70%	8.40%
Macon	8,486	8,456	8,637	8,065	8,054	8,149	421	402	488	5.00%	4.80%	5.70%
Montgomery	105,483	104,735	105,129	101,047	100,621	99,538	4,436	4,114	5,591	4.20%	3.90%	5.30%
Pike	14,858	14,842	15,210	14,356	14,355	14,502	502	487	708	3.40%	3.30%	4.70%
Central Alabama	286,623	285,438	287,054	275,084	274,365	272,273	11,539	11,073	14,781	4.03%	3.88%	5.15%
Tri-County Area (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm)	161,245	160,275	160,657	155,073	154,418	152,757	6,172	5,857	7,900	3.83%	3.65%	4.92%
Central AL without Montgomery MSA	125,378	125,163	126,397	120,011	119,947	119,516	5,367	5,216	6,881	4.28%	4.17%	5.44%
United States**	149,122,000	148,762,000	147,018,000	141,475,000	141,099,000	138,846,000	7,647,000	7,663,000	8,172,000	5.10%	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.