Wednesday,
August 21, 2002
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 |
JULY LOCAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES RELEASED
MADISON – Sixty-seven of Wisconsin’s seventy-two
counties saw some decrease in their July unemployment rates, while five counties
experienced an increase and one remained unchanged from June in figures released
today by the Department of Workforce Development. Thirty-four counties had lower
rates in July of 2002 than they had recorded in July of 2001.
"County and local employment figures for July reflect the improvement in
Wisconsin’s labor force experienced on the statewide level for the
month," said DWD Secretary Jennifer Alexander.
Twenty of Wisconsin’s counties had an unemployment rate below 4.0 percent
in July, and three of those had rates below 3.0 percent. The lowest rate was
reported in Dane County at 2.5 percent followed by Vilas County at 2.7 percent
and Sauk County at 2.9 percent. The states’ highest rate was experienced in
Menominee County with a 13.1 percent unemployment rate, down from 14.9 percent
in June. Rock County was next at 8.0 percent followed by Juneau County at 7.7
percent.
Of the state’s 28 largest municipalities, Madison had the lowest rate in
July at 2.9 percent, followed by Menomonee Falls at 3.0 percent and Greenfield
at 3.5 percent. The highest was recorded in Racine at 11.0 percent, followed by
Beloit at 10.7 percent and Janesville at 9.5 percent. Twenty-five areas
experienced a decrease and three had an increase in rate in July.
Although some improvement was seen in several counties with strong durable
goods manufacturing, such as Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan counties,
many of the state’s durable goods manufacturing areas, notably Milwaukee,
Racine and Beloit, continued to experience higher levels of unemployment.
Nevertheless, durable goods manufacturing employment appears to have leveled
off after very poor performance for the past eighteen months. The July figure
statewide was 339,700 compared to 341,900 in June a reduction of 2,200 jobs. The
norm for this time of the year is a reduction of about 3,500 jobs.
Areas of the state most heavily involved in tourism experienced low
unemployment rates. In addition to Vilas and Sauk counties mentioned above, Door
County - 3.0%, Jackson County - 3.2%, Sawyer County – 4.0%, Taylor County -
3.4% and Walworth County - 3.7%, all experienced unemployment rates of 4.0
percent or lower.
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Employment and Labor Force
Household Survey | Unadjusted estimates | July
2002 | June
2002 | July 2001 | | Total labor force |
3,117,000 |
3,113,700 |
3,060,700 |
| Employed |
2,970,600 |
2,954,500 |
2,920,100 |
| Unemployed |
146,400 |
159,200 |
140,600 |
| Wis. Unemployment Rate |
4.7% |
5.1% |
4.6% |
| U.S. Unemployment Rate |
6.0% |
6.0% |
4.7% |
| Seasonably adjusted | July
2002 | June
2002 | July 2001 | | Total labor force |
3,048,300 |
3,048,400 |
2,991,800 |
| Employed |
2,903,800 |
2,899,500 |
2,854,500 |
| Unemployed |
144,500 |
148,900 |
137,300 |
| Wis. Unemployment |
4.7% |
4.9% |
4.6% |
| U.S. Unemployment |
5.9% |
5.9% |
4.6% |
July
State Rank
*June
Area Rank |
Unemployment
% seasonally adjusted | July
2002 | June
2002 | July
2001 |
|
20th |
Wisconsin |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
|
116th |
Appleton-Oshkosh |
4.4 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
|
124th |
Eau Claire |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
|
116th |
Green Bay |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
|
252nd |
Janesville-Beloit |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.9 |
|
176th |
Kenosha |
4.6 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
|
45th |
La Crosse |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
|
8th |
Madison |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
|
213th |
Milwaukee-Waukesha |
5.1 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
|
279th |
Racine |
6.2 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
|
96th |
Sheboygan |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
|
82nd |
Wausau |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
- 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
July 2002 Unemployment Rates by County | WISCONSIN COUNTIES
Unemployment Rates
July
2002
Not Seasonally Adjusted)
| RANK | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | | RANK | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
65 |
|
ADAMS |
3.5% |
3.8% |
65 |
4.2% |
|
60 |
|
MARATHON |
3.7% |
4.3% |
59 |
3.7% |
|
4 |
|
ASHLAND |
7.1% |
9.5% |
2 |
7.7% |
|
16 |
|
MARINETTE |
5.6% |
6.1% |
19 |
7.1% |
|
35 |
|
BARRON |
4.4% |
5.1% |
35 |
4.0% |
|
21 |
|
MARQUETTE |
5.2% |
6.3% |
14 |
5.7% |
|
42 |
|
BAYFIELD |
4.2% |
5.2% |
31 |
4.1% |
|
1 |
|
MENOMINEE |
13.1% |
14.9% |
1 |
15.7% |
|
45 |
|
BROWN |
4.2% |
4.7% |
48 |
3.9% |
|
6 |
|
MILWAUKEE |
6.4% |
7.0% |
6 |
6.3% |
|
67 |
|
BUFFALO |
3.4% |
3.6% |
68 |
3.8% |
|
51 |
|
MONROE |
4.0% |
4.4% |
57 |
4.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46 |
|
BURNETT |
4.2% |
4.5% |
54 |
4.0% |
|
8 |
|
OCONTO |
6.1% |
7.0% |
5 |
6.5% |
|
53 |
|
CALUMET |
3.9% |
4.7% |
44 |
3.7% |
|
37 |
|
ONEIDA |
4.4% |
4.7% |
50 |
3.6% |
|
31 |
|
CHIPPEWA |
4.5% |
5.4% |
28 |
4.2% |
|
36 |
|
OUTAGAMIE |
4.4% |
4.8% |
43 |
3.7% |
|
28 |
|
CLARK |
4.7% |
5.5% |
25 |
6.5% |
|
52 |
|
OZAUKEE |
4.0% |
4.0% |
62 |
3.5% |
|
38 |
|
COLUMBIA |
4.3% |
5.1% |
34 |
4.6% |
|
18 |
|
PEPIN |
5.4% |
6.1% |
17 |
4.1% |
|
54 |
|
CRAWFORD |
3.9% |
4.7% |
45 |
4.3% |
|
40 |
|
PIERCE |
4.3% |
4.7% |
49 |
3.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
|
DANE |
2.5% |
2.7% |
72 |
2.1% |
|
22 |
|
POLK |
5.2% |
5.5% |
26 |
5.3% |
|
29 |
|
DODGE |
4.7% |
5.1% |
36 |
5.6% |
|
26 |
|
PORTAGE |
4.9% |
5.0% |
38 |
4.3% |
|
69 |
|
DOOR |
3.0% |
3.6% |
67 |
3.1% |
|
30 |
|
PRICE |
4.6% |
5.3% |
30 |
6.3% |
|
27 |
|
DOUGLAS |
4.8% |
5.6% |
23 |
4.0% |
|
5 |
|
RACINE |
6.8% |
7.0% |
7 |
7.6% |
|
64 |
|
DUNN |
3.5% |
3.9% |
63 |
3.2% |
|
56 |
|
RICHLAND |
3.9% |
4.6% |
51 |
3.9% |
|
57 |
|
EAU CLAIRE |
3.9% |
4.5% |
53 |
3.6% |
|
2 |
|
ROCK |
8.0% |
6.5% |
11 |
9.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
FLORENCE |
6.2% |
7.2% |
4 |
5.2% |
|
23 |
|
RUSK |
5.0% |
6.5% |
9 |
5.9% |
|
39 |
|
FOND DU LAC |
4.3% |
4.9% |
41 |
4.0% |
|
70 |
|
SAUK |
2.9% |
3.4% |
71 |
2.7% |
|
15 |
|
FOREST |
5.6% |
6.1% |
18 |
5.7% |
|
49 |
|
SAWYER |
4.0% |
4.8% |
42 |
4.0% |
|
44 |
|
GRANT |
4.2% |
4.9% |
40 |
4.9% |
|
34 |
|
SHAWANO |
4.4% |
5.2% |
32 |
4.6% |
|
19 |
|
GREEN |
5.4% |
5.8% |
21 |
4.3% |
|
41 |
|
SHEBOYGAN |
4.3% |
4.5% |
55 |
4.5% |
|
33 |
|
GREEN LAKE |
4.4% |
5.6% |
22 |
4.8% |
|
10 |
|
ST. CROIX |
6.1% |
6.2% |
16 |
3.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
|
IOWA |
3.7% |
3.6% |
69 |
3.1% |
|
66 |
|
TAYLOR |
3.4% |
4.5% |
52 |
4.1% |
|
13 |
|
IRON |
5.6% |
6.5% |
10 |
5.5% |
|
50 |
|
TREMPEALEAU |
4.0% |
4.7% |
47 |
4.9% |
|
68 |
|
JACKSON |
3.2% |
3.7% |
66 |
4.1% |
|
47 |
|
VERNON |
4.1% |
5.0% |
37 |
4.0% |
|
59 |
|
JEFFERSON |
3.8% |
4.3% |
60 |
3.7% |
|
71 |
|
VILAS |
2.7% |
3.5% |
70 |
2.5% |
|
3 |
|
JUNEAU |
7.7% |
8.7% |
3 |
7.9% |
|
61 |
|
WALWORTH |
3.7% |
4.2% |
61 |
3.6% |
|
11 |
|
KENOSHA |
5.9% |
5.6% |
24 |
6.1% |
|
32 |
|
WASHBURN |
4.5% |
5.4% |
29 |
5.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
KEWAUNEE |
4.9% |
5.2% |
33 |
3.6% |
|
58 |
|
WASHINGTON |
3.9% |
4.4% |
56 |
3.9% |
|
63 |
|
LA CROSSE |
3.6% |
3.9% |
64 |
3.5% |
|
48 |
|
WAUKESHA |
4.1% |
4.4% |
58 |
3.6% |
|
20 |
|
LAFAYETTE |
5.3% |
6.3% |
15 |
4.8% |
|
43 |
|
WAUPACA |
4.2% |
4.9% |
39 |
4.9% |
|
9 |
|
LANGLADE |
6.1% |
6.6% |
8 |
6.9% |
|
17 |
|
WAUSHARA |
5.4% |
6.4% |
12 |
5.6% |
|
14 |
|
LINCOLN |
5.6% |
6.4% |
13 |
5.2% |
|
55 |
|
WINNEBAGO |
3.9% |
4.7% |
46 |
3.4% |
|
24 |
|
MANITOWOC |
4.9% |
6.0% |
20 |
5.9% |
|
12 |
|
WOOD |
5.8% |
5.5% |
27 |
4.8% |
| Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
| WISCONSIN CITIES
Unemployment Rates
July
2002
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) | RANK | CITY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | |
|
8 |
|
APPLETON CITY |
6.2% |
6.6% |
9 |
4.6% |
|
2 |
|
BELOIT CITY |
10.7% |
10.8% |
2 |
12.4% |
|
25 |
|
BROOKFIELD CITY |
3.5% |
3.8% |
25 |
3.0% |
|
18 |
|
EAU CLAIRE CITY |
4.8% |
5.4% |
19 |
4.4% |
|
11 |
|
FOND DU LAC CITY |
5.9% |
6.4% |
10 |
5.4% |
|
22 |
|
FRANKLIN CITY |
4.3% |
4.9% |
22 |
3.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
GREEN BAY CITY |
6.6% |
7.4% |
5 |
6.1% |
|
26 |
|
GREENFIELD CITY |
3.5% |
3.7% |
27 |
3.0% |
|
3 |
|
JANESVILLE CITY |
9.5% |
6.2% |
12 |
10.8% |
|
5 |
|
KENOSHA CITY |
7.4% |
6.7% |
7 |
7.8% |
|
19 |
|
LA CROSSE CITY |
4.7% |
5.3% |
21 |
4.4% |
|
28 |
|
MADISON CITY |
2.9% |
3.1% |
28 |
2.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
MANITOWOC CITY |
5.9% |
7.4% |
4 |
7.4% |
|
27 |
|
MENOMONEE FALLS CITY |
3.0% |
3.7% |
26 |
3.4% |
|
4 |
|
MILWAUKEE CITY |
8.9% |
9.8% |
3 |
8.8% |
|
12 |
|
NEENAH CITY |
5.8% |
6.6% |
8 |
4.6% |
|
23 |
|
NEW BERLIN CITY |
3.7% |
4.2% |
24 |
2.9% |
|
20 |
|
OAK CREEK CITY |
4.6% |
5.3% |
20 |
4.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
OSHKOSH CITY |
4.4% |
5.5% |
18 |
4.3% |
|
1 |
|
RACINE CITY |
11.0% |
10.9% |
1 |
12.5% |
|
14 |
|
SHEBOYGAN CITY |
5.6% |
5.8% |
16 |
5.5% |
|
7 |
|
STEVENS POINT CITY |
6.4% |
6.9% |
6 |
5.6% |
|
16 |
|
SUPERIOR CITY |
5.1% |
5.9% |
15 |
4.0% |
|
9 |
|
WAUKESHA CITY |
6.0% |
6.1% |
13 |
5.3% |
|
17 |
|
WAUSAU CITY |
4.9% |
5.7% |
17 |
4.6% |
|
24 |
|
WAUWATOSA CITY |
3.6% |
4.4% |
23 |
3.7% |
|
15 |
|
WEST ALLIS CITY |
5.3% |
6.0% |
14 |
4.8% |
|
13 |
|
WEST BEND CITY |
5.6% |
6.2% |
11 |
5.3% |
| Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
WISCONSIN LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
IN THOUSANDS | | | | | | Net Change From | | ITEM | Prelim.
July
2002 | Final
June
2002 | Year Ago
July
2001 | Month
Ago | Year
Ago | | | | | | | | | PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA | | | | | | | | |
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
3117.0 |
3113.7 |
3060.7 |
3.3 |
56.3 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT |
146.4 |
159.2 |
140.6 |
-12.8 |
5.8 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
4.7 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
|
EMPLOYMENT (1) |
2970.6 |
2954.5 |
2920.1 |
16.1 |
50.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| PLACE OF WORK DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
| NONFARM WAGE & SALARY |
2847.3 |
2871.4 |
2835.3 |
-24.1 |
12.0 |
|
MANUFACTURING |
573.6 |
573.6 |
588.3 |
0.0 |
-14.7 |
|
DURABLE GOODS |
339.7 |
341.9 |
351.6 |
-2.2 |
-11.9 |
|
Lumber and Wood Products |
33.6 |
33.2 |
33.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
|
Furniture and Fixtures |
19.5 |
19.9 |
17.5 |
-0.4 |
2.0 |
|
Stone, Clay & Glass Products |
12 |
12 |
11.8 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
Primary Metal Industries |
22.4 |
22.7 |
23.5 |
-0.3 |
-1.1 |
|
Fabricated Metal Products |
62.8 |
62.3 |
63.6 |
0.5 |
-0.8 |
|
Nonelectrical Machinery |
93.8 |
95.4 |
101.5 |
-1.6 |
-7.7 |
|
Electrical Machinery |
37.5 |
37.8 |
42.2 |
-0.3 |
-4.7 |
|
Transportation Equipment |
29.4 |
30 |
29.8 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
Prof., Scient. & Control
Instruments |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.6 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NONDURABLE GOODS |
233.9 |
231.6 |
236.7 |
2.3 |
-2.8 |
|
Food and Kindred Products |
70.3 |
67.5 |
69.5 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
|
Textile Mill Products |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Apparel & Other Finished
Products |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
|
Paper and Allied Products |
51.2 |
51.2 |
51.6 |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
|
Printing, Publishing & Allied |
51.3 |
51.4 |
53.5 |
-0.1 |
-2.2 |
|
Chemicals and Allied Products |
14.9 |
15.2 |
15.1 |
-0.3 |
-0.2 |
Rubber & Misc. Plastic
Products |
35.4 |
35.5 |
35.5 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
|
Leather & Leather Products |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
|
All Other Nondurable Goods |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MINING |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION |
136 |
133.7 |
134.4 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
TRANS, COMM, ELEC, GAS &
SAN. SERV. |
129.5 |
132.6 |
131.6 |
-3.1 |
-2.1 |
|
TRADE |
652.5 |
651.3 |
648.2 |
1.2 |
4.3 |
|
WHOLESALE TRADE |
139.6 |
139.8 |
139.3 |
-0.2 |
0.3 |
|
RETAIL TRADE |
512.9 |
511.5 |
508.9 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL
ESTATE |
154.7 |
153.9 |
152.2 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
|
SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS |
810 |
806.7 |
790.1 |
3.3 |
19.9 |
|
GOVERNMENT |
388 |
416.6 |
387.4 |
-28.6 |
0.6 |
|
FEDERAL |
30.7 |
30.6 |
30.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
|
STATE |
91.6 |
94.2 |
96.3 |
-2.6 |
-4.7 |
|
LOCAL |
265.7 |
291.8 |
260.8 |
-26.1 |
4.9 |
| | | | | | |
PERSONS INVOLVED IN L-M
DISPUTES | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
(1) Includes L-M Disputes | | SEASONALLY ADJUSTED LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
3048.3 |
3048.4 |
2991.8 |
-0.1 |
56.5 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT |
144.5 |
148.9 |
137.3 |
-4.4 |
7.2 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
-0.2 |
0.1 |
|
EMPLOYMENT |
2903.8 |
2899.5 |
2854.5 |
4.3 |
49.3 |
|
NONFARM WAGE & SALARY |
2834.3 |
2831.6 |
2822.4 |
2.7 |
11.9 |
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