MAY 2006 PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
Area	Civilian Labor Force			Employment			Unemployment			Unemployment Rate *
	MAY	APR	MAY	MAY	APR	MAY	MAY	APR	MAY	MAY	APR	MAY
	2006	2006	2005	2006	2006	2005	2006	2006	2005	2006	2006	2005
Alabama **	2,173,733	2,173,549	2,150,262	2,095,515	2,095,043	2,064,241	78,218	78,506	86,021	3.60%	3.60%	4.00%
Autauga	23,419	23,364	23,364	22,890	22,826	22,707	529	538	657	2.30%	2.30%	2.80%
Bullock	3,702	3,655	3,706	3,491	3,446	3,456	211	209	250	5.70%	5.70%	6.70%
Butler	9,130	9,133	9,179	8,755	8,719	8,716	375	414	463	4.10%	4.50%	5.00%
Crenshaw	6,708	6,616	6,185	6,516	6,416	5,947	192	200	238	2.90%	2.80%	3.50%
Dallas	15,597	15,621	15,716	14,671	14,691	14,732	926	930	984	5.90%	6.00%	6.30%
Elmore	33,675	33,567	33,479	32,829	32,737	32,567	846	830	912	2.50%	2.50%	2.70%
Lee	65,053	64,835	63,323	63,556	63,399	61,600	1,497	1,436	1,723	2.30%	2.20%	2.70%
Lowndes	4,953	4,964	5,000	4,681	4,668	4,644	272	296	356	5.50%	6.00%	7.10%
Macon	8,864	8,866	8,643	8,537	8,532	8,262	327	334	381	3.70%	3.80%	4.40%
Montgomery	105,965	105,668	105,721	102,532	102,241	101,710	3,433	3,427	4,011	3.20%	3.20%	3.80%
Pike	15,285	15,269	14,861	14,861	14,850	14,408	424	419	453	2.80%	2.70%	3.00%
Central Alabama	292,351	291,558	289,177	283,319	282,525	278,749	9,032	9,033	10,428	3.09%	3.10%	3.61%
Tri-County Area (Autauga, Elmore, Mgm)	163,059	162,599	162,564	158,251	157,804	156,984	4,808	4,795	5,580	2.95%	2.95%	3.43%
Central AL without Montgomery Tri-County	129,292	128,959	126,613	125,068	124,721	121,765	4,224	4,238	4,848	3.27%	3.29%	3.83%
United States **	150,991,000	150,811,000	149,201,000	143,976,000	143,688,000	141,571,000	7,015,000	7,123,000	7,629,000	4.60%	4.70%	5.10%
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.