Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Governor
Scott McCallum
Secretary
Jennifer Reinert |
News Media Contact
Christopher Marschman
608/261-6705
e-mail: news@dwd.state.wi.us
fax: 608/266-1784 | Contact: Terry Ludeman, 608/267-3262 APRIL LOCAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES RELEASED MADISON – Unemployment rates in most Wisconsin counties and municipalities dropped for the second consecutive month largely reflecting a decrease in unemployment experienced by the state overall last month, according to employment data released today by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Wisconsin’s April labor market continued to see a slight step-up in springtime activity in the figures released by the department. Sixty of Wisconsin’s 72 counties reported lower unemployment rates. Meanwhile, two counties, Milwaukee County at 4.9 percent and Sheboygan County at 3.3 percent, reported no change, and ten counties reported some unemployment rate increase between March and April. "Wisconsin’s labor market continued to move in a positive direction in April, with nearly all counties showing a decrease in unemployment and ten counties reporting rates of 3.5 percent or less," said DWD Secretary Jennifer Reinert. Urban areas of the state, predominantly found in the southern-most areas of the state, also generally experienced the lowest unemployment rates. The lowest unemployment in the state of Wisconsin was reported for Dane County with a rate of 1.8 percent. The highest rate in the state was estimated for Menominee County at 11.4 percent. Manufacturing employment continued to be sluggish throughout most of the state, although Dane, Brown and Sheboygan counties bucked the tide and reported very small increases in manufacturing employment. Retail trade employment generally increased throughout the state. Construction and Mining also experienced recovery from winter levels. There were 121,900 construction workers reported for April, up from 113,200 in March. The Services industry also experienced improvement throughout most of the state, increasing from 769,100 workers in March to 775,700 workers in April. (end)
Employment and Labor Force
Household Survey | Unadjusted estimates | April 2001 | March 2001 | April 2000 | | Total labor force | 3,031,100 | 3,028,900 | 2,878,700 | | Employed | 2,897,900 | 2,882,700 | 2,768,700 | | Unemployed | 133200 | 146,200 | 110,000 | | Wis. Unemployment Rate | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.8 | | U.S. Unemployment Rate | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | | Seasonably adjusted | April 2001 | March 2001 | April 2000 | | Total labor force | 3,052,900 | 3,059,500 | 2,898,900 | | Employed | 2,942,200 | 2,932,500 | 2,793,700 | | Unemployed | 128,700 | 127,000 | 105,300 | | Wis. Unemployment | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | | U.S. Unemployment | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
April
State Rank
*March
Area Rank |
Unemployment
% seasonally adjusted
| April
2001 | March
2001 | April
2000 | | 24th | Wisconsin | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | | 145th | Appleton-Oshkosh | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | | 260th | Eau Claire | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | | 145th | Green Bay | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | | 284th | Janesville-Beloit | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.1 | | 231st | Kenosha | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | | 210th | La Crosse | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | | 18th | Madison | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | | 195th | Milwaukee-Waukesha | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | | 296th | Racine | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | | 113th | Sheboygan | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | | 263rd | Wausau | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | - This is the latest available data for the U.S.’s 331 largest metro areas. Urban rankings are NOT seasonally adjusted. Lower is better. Ties are shown only if existing with other Wisconsin urban areas; ties with urban areas in other states are not shown, but are available upon request. Rankings are by the U.S. Labor Department and are based on unadjusted data for the previous month, while the rates shown above for Wisconsin metropolitan areas are seasonally-adjusted and for the current month.
- **State ranking is seasonally adjusted
- *Metropolitan ranking is not seasonally adjusted and is for the prior month
| Source *Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Maps of April 2001 Unemployment Rates by County | WISCONSIN COUNTIES
Unemployment Rates
April 2001
Not Seasonally Adjusted) | RANK | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | | RANK | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51 | | ADAMS | 4.4% | 6.0% | 41 | 4.6% | | 59 | | MARATHON | 3.9% | 5.3% | 49 | 3.5% | | 6 | | ASHLAND | 8.9% | 9.3% | 6 | 10.0% | | 20 | | MARINETTE | 6.9% | 7.6% | 22 | 5.0% | | 18 | | BARRON | 7.0% | 7.9% | 21 | 4.8% | | 15 | | MARQUETTE | 7.6% | 10.1% | 3 | 7.2% | | 10 | | BAYFIELD | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10 | 9.1% | | 1 | | MENOMINEE | 11.4% | 9.1% | 9 | 10.2% | | 65 | | BROWN | 3.5% | 3.7% | 67 | 2.8% | | 45 | | MILWAUKEE | 4.9% | 4.9% | 54 | 5.0% | | 50 | | BUFFALO | 4.5% | 5.0% | 53 | 4.2% | | 47 | | MONROE | 4.7% | 6.2% | 39 | 4.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | | BURNETT | 5.8% | 7.1% | 28 | 4.8% | | 21 | | OCONTO | 6.7% | 7.3% | 24 | 5.2% | | 58 | | CALUMET | 4.0% | 3.8% | 66 | 2.8% | | 9 | | ONEIDA | 8.5% | 7.3% | 25 | 6.9% | | 25 | | CHIPPEWA | 6.3% | 6.8% | 33 | 5.2% | | 62 | | OUTAGAMIE | 3.8% | 4.0% | 63 | 2.9% | | 8 | | CLARK | 8.5% | 10.8% | 1 | 6.4% | | 71 | | OZAUKEE | 2.7% | 2.6% | 71 | 2.2% | | 40 | | COLUMBIA | 5.2% | 6.2% | 40 | 5.3% | | 26 | | PEPIN | 6.1% | 8.1% | 17 | 5.4% | | 27 | | CRAWFORD | 6.1% | 6.8% | 32 | 3.7% | | 54 | | PIERCE | 4.1% | 4.4% | 59 | 3.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 72 | | DANE | 1.8% | 2.2% | 72 | 1.8% | | 17 | | POLK | 7.2% | 8.1% | 18 | 4.1% | | 49 | | DODGE | 4.5% | 5.1% | 51 | 3.1% | | 52 | | PORTAGE | 4.4% | 5.3% | 50 | 3.8% | | 24 | | DOOR | 6.3% | 7.9% | 20 | 5.9% | | 4 | | PRICE | 9.8% | 9.4% | 5 | 9.9% | | 39 | | DOUGLAS | 5.3% | 5.8% | 45 | 6.0% | | 29 | | RACINE | 6.0% | 6.4% | 38 | 4.9% | | 48 | | DUNN | 4.6% | 5.1% | 52 | 4.7% | | 35 | | RICHLAND | 5.5% | 6.6% | 35 | 4.1% | | 60 | | EAU CLAIRE | 3.9% | 4.2% | 61 | 4.0% | | 33 | | ROCK | 5.7% | 5.9% | 42 | 4.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | FLORENCE | 8.0% | 8.9% | 11 | 8.2% | | 12 | | RUSK | 8.1% | 9.2% | 8 | 8.4% | | 56 | | FOND DU LAC | 4.0% | 4.8% | 55 | 3.4% | | 61 | | SAUK | 3.8% | 4.6% | 58 | 3.3% | | 2 | | FOREST 1 | 10.4% | 9.3% | 7 | 7.5% | | 14 | | SAWYER | 7.7% | 8.4% | 16 | 7.2% | | 28 | | GRANT | 6.0% | 7.9% | 19 | 3.3% | | 32 | | SHAWANO | 5.7% | 6.4% | 37 | 4.5% | | 44 | | GREEN | 5.0% | 5.8% | 43 | 4.1% | | 69 | | SHEBOYGAN | 3.3% | 3.3% | 68 | 2.5% | | 34 | | GREEN LAKE | 5.5% | 6.6% | 34 | 4.4% | | 43 | | ST. CROIX | 5.1% | 5.8% | 44 | 2.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 55 | | IOWA | 4.0% | 5.4% | 47 | 3.2% | | 19 | | TAYLOR | 6.9% | 9.5% | 4 | 5.6% | | 3 | | IRON | 9.9% | 8.7% | 13 | 11.8% | | 23 | | TREMPEALEAU | 6.5% | 7.5% | 23 | 4.9% | | 37 | | JACKSON | 5.3% | 7.0% | 30 | 4.5% | | 42 | | VERNON | 5.1% | 6.9% | 31 | 4.4% | | 63 | | JEFFERSON | 3.5% | 4.1% | 62 | 3.0% | | 11 | | VILAS | 8.2% | 8.7% | 12 | 8.1% | | 5 | | JUNEAU | 9.0% | 10.4% | 2 | 8.0% | | 66 | | WALWORTH | 3.4% | 3.9% | 64 | 3.0% | | 53 | | KENOSHA | 4.1% | 4.7% | 57 | 4.1% | | 16 | | WASHBURN | 7.5% | 8.4% | 15 | 6.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57 | | KEWAUNEE | 4.0% | 4.7% | 56 | 2.6% | | 64 | | WASHINGTON | 3.5% | 3.9% | 65 | 2.8% | | 68 | | LA CROSSE | 3.3% | 4.2% | 60 | 3.4% | | 70 | | WAUKESHA | 2.9% | 3.1% | 70 | 2.6% | | 36 | | LAFAYETTE | 5.4% | 7.2% | 26 | 3.7% | | 46 | | WAUPACA | 4.8% | 5.4% | 48 | 3.9% | | 7 | | LANGLADE | 8.6% | 8.5% | 14 | 5.8% | | 38 | | WAUSHARA | 5.3% | 6.4% | 36 | 4.9% | | 22 | | LINCOLN | 6.6% | 7.2% | 27 | 5.4% | | 67 | | WINNEBAGO | 3.4% | 3.3% | 69 | 2.5% | | 31 | | MANITOWOC | 5.8% | 5.6% | 46 | 3.7% | | 41 | | WOOD | 5.1% | 7.0% | 29 | 4.6% | | Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
| WISCONSIN CITIES
Unemployment Rates
April 2001
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) | RANK | CITY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | APPLETON | 4.4% | 4.4% | 16 | 3.6% | | 2 | | BELOIT | 9.2% | 8.9% | 2 | 7.8% | | 26 | | BROOKFIELD | 2.4% | 2.2% | 28 | 2.3% | | 14 | | EAU CLAIRE | 4.4% | 4.8% | 14 | 4.5% | | 9 | | FOND DU LAC | 4.9% | 5.9% | 6 | 4.0% | | 22 | | FRANKLIN | 3.0% | 3.2% | 22 | 2.7% | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | GREEN BAY | 5.4% | 5.6% | 9 | 4.4% | | 24 | | GREENFIELD | 2.5% | 2.8% | 24 | 2.3% | | 8 | | JANESVILLE | 5.2% | 5.5% | 10 | 4.8% | | 7 | | KENOSHA | 5.2% | 5.8% | 7 | 5.1% | | 16 | | LA CROSSE | 4.1% | 5.1% | 13 | 4.4% | | 28 | | MADISON | 1.9% | 2.2% | 27 | 1.9% | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | MANITOWOC | 7.3% | 6.9% | 4 | 4.6% | | 25 | | MENOMONEE FALLS | 2.4% | 2.5% | 26 | 2.0% | | 4 | | MILWAUKEE | 6.9% | 6.9% | 3 | 7.2% | | 11 | | NEENAH | 4.8% | 4.2% | 17 | 2.9% | | 27 | | NEW BERLIN | 2.3% | 2.5% | 25 | 2.2% | | 21 | | OAK CREEK | 3.7% | 3.6% | 21 | 3.0% | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | OSHKOSH | 3.8% | 3.7% | 20 | 2.8% | | 1 | | RACINE | 9.7% | 10.0% | 1 | 7.6% | | 18 | | SHEBOYGAN | 4.1% | 4.1% | 18 | 3.0% | | 5 | | STEVENS POINT | 5.5% | 6.6% | 5 | 4.9% | | 12 | | SUPERIOR | 4.7% | 5.4% | 12 | 5.6% | | 17 | | WAUKESHA | 4.1% | 4.5% | 15 | 3.6% | | 13 | | WAUSAU | 4.4% | 5.4% | 11 | 4.3% | | 23 | | WAUWATOSA | 2.9% | 3.0% | 23 | 2.8% | | 19 | | WEST ALLIS | 4.0% | 3.9% | 19 | 3.4% | | 10 | | WEST BEND | 4.9% | 5.7% | 8 | 4.3% | | Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
WISCONSIN LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
IN THOUSANDS | | | | | | Net Change From | | ITEM | Prelim.
Apr.
2001 | Final
March 2001 | Year Ago
Apr.
2000 | Month
Ago | Year
Ago | | | | | | | | | PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | 3031.1 | 3028.9 | 2878.7 | 2.2 | 152.4 | | UNEMPLOYMENT | 133.2 | 146.2 | 110.0 | -13.0 | 23.2 | | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 0.6 | | EMPLOYMENT (1) | 2897.9 | 2882.7 | 2768.7 | 15.2 | 129.2 | | | | | | | | | PLACE OF WORK DATA | | | | | | | NONFARM WAGE & SALARY | 2832.3 | 2806.2 | 2819.9 | 26.1 | 12.4 | | MANUFACTURING | 598.7 | 600.4 | 611.8 | -1.7 | -13.1 | | DURABLE GOODS | 361.6 | 363.5 | 375.1 | -1.9 | -13.5 | | Lumber and Wood Products | 30.9 | 30.3 | 31.8 | 0.6 | -0.9 | | Furniture and Fixtures | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.0 | -0.1 | 0.7 | | Stone, Clay & Glass Products | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 0.3 | -0.7 | | Primary Metal Industries | 24.3 | 24.5 | 26.3 | -0.2 | -2.0 | | Fabricated Metal Products | 65.3 | 65.3 | 67.8 | 0.0 | -2.5 | | Nonelectrical Machinery | 105.4 | 106.7 | 110.4 | -1.3 | -5.0 | | Electrical Machinery | 44.0 | 44.6 | 46.2 | -0.6 | -2.2 | | Transportation Equipment | 33.1 | 33.6 | 34.4 | -0.5 | -1.3 | Prof., Scient. & Control
Instruments | 18.1 | 18.2 | 17.7 | -0.1 | 0.4 | | Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | | | | | | | | | NONDURABLE GOODS | 237.0 | 237.0 | 236.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | | Food and Kindred Products | 67.4 | 66.9 | 64.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | | Textile Mill Products | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Apparel & Other Finished
Products | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | -0.1 | 0.0 | | Paper and Allied Products | 50.8 | 50.9 | 51.7 | -0.1 | -0.9 | | Printing, Publishing & Allied | 54.4 | 54.7 | 54.1 | -0.3 | 0.3 | | Chemicals and Allied Products | 15.3 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | Rubber & Misc. Plastic
Products | 37.6 | 37.7 | 39.6 | -0.1 | -2.0 | | Leather & Leather Products | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -0.4 | | All Other Nondurable Goods | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | | | | | | | | MINING | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | -0.3 | | CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION | 119.5 | 111.1 | 121.3 | 8.4 | -1.8 | TRANS, COMM, ELEC, GAS &
SAN. SERV. | 135.0 | 133.1 | 133.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | | TRADE | 628.2 | 622.8 | 626.5 | 5.4 | 1.7 | | WHOLESALE TRADE | 137.0 | 136.8 | 138.7 | 0.2 | -1.7 | | RETAIL TRADE | 491.1 | 485.9 | 487.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL
ESTATE | 150.6 | 150.1 | 147.1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | | SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS | 775.7 | 769.1 | 758.5 | 6.6 | 17.2 | | GOVERNMENT | 422.3 | 417.5 | 418.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | | FEDERAL | 29.8 | 29.8 | 33.5 | 0.0 | -3.7 | | STATE | 104.9 | 102.7 | 104.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | | LOCAL | 287.6 | 285.1 | 281.1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | PERSONS INVOLVED IN L-M
DISPUTES | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | | (1) Includes L-M Disputes | | SEASONALLY ADJUSTED LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | 3052.9 | 3059.5 | 2898.9 | -6.6 | 154.0 | | UNEMPLOYMENT | 128.7 | 127.0 | 105.3 | 1.7 | 23.4 | | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | | EMPLOYMENT | 2924.2 | 2932.5 | 2793.7 | -8.3 | 130.5 | | NONFARM WAGE & SALARY | 2848.7 | 2852.4 | 2838.3 | -3.7 | 10.4 | | News Release Index Page
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