Wednesday,
November 20, 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 |
OCTOBER LOCAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES RELEASED
MADISON – Forty of
Wisconsin’s seventy-two counties saw some decrease in their October
unemployment rates, twenty-one counties experienced an increase and
eleven saw no change from September in figures released today by the
Department of Workforce Development.
"Thirty-nine
Wisconsin counties reported rates last month equal to or lower than they
reported in October 2001," said DWD Secretary Jennifer Alexander.
"In October, forty Wisconsin counties had rates of 4.0 percent or
less and six had rates under 3.0 percent," she said.
Dane County had the
state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.1 percent. Buffalo and Iowa
counties were the next lowest at 2.6 percent. Three counties in the
state had 7.0 percent or higher unemployment rates including Juneau
County at 7.0 percent, Florence County at 8.0 percent and Menominee
County at 11.5 percent.
Many of the counties in
the west central and southwestern areas of the state have experienced
very low unemployment rates in the last few months. This includes
Buffalo, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iowa, Jackson, La Crosse, Pepin and
Trempealeau counties. Among these counties, only Pepin and Trempealeau
have experienced a 4.0 percent or higher unemployment rate since June.
Metropolitan
Statistical Areas of the state, particularly in the southeastern part of
the state continue to experience very sluggish labor markets. Racine
reported a 6.9 percent seasonally adjusted rate for October, Milwaukee
had a 5.2 percent seasonally adjusted rate, Kenosha had a 5.2 percent
seasonally adjusted rate, and Janesville/Beloit had a 5.4 percent
seasonally adjusted rate.
The greatest
improvement over last year’s figure was experienced in Dodge County,
where the 2001 rate was reported at 6.2 percent and the 2002 rate was
reported at 4.1 percent. Juneau County also saw considerable
improvement. Juneau County’s October 2001 rate was 8.4 percent, while
the 2002 October rate was 7.0 percent. The greatest deterioration was
experienced in Florence County, which went from 5.2 percent in October
of 2001 to 8.0 percent in October of 2002. Lafayette County also saw a
substantial increase over the year, 4.0 percent in 2001 and 5.6 percent
in 2002.
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Employment and Labor Force
Household Survey | Unadjusted estimates | Oct.
2002 | Sept.
2002 | Oct.
2001 | | Total labor force |
3,054,200 |
3,049,300 |
2,993,000 |
| Employed |
2,928,200 |
2,918,500 |
2,870,800 |
| Unemployed |
126,000 |
130,700 |
122,200 |
| Wis. Unemployment Rate |
4.1% |
4.3% |
4.1% |
| U.S. Unemployment Rate |
5.3% |
5.4% |
5.0% |
| Seasonably adjusted | Oct.
2002 | Sept.
2002 | Oct. 2001 | | Total labor force |
3,069,000 |
3,065,000 |
2,999,800 |
| Employed |
2,919,400 |
2,909,800 |
2,857,500 |
| Unemployed |
149,600 |
155,100 |
142,300 |
| Wis. Unemployment |
4.9% |
5.1% |
4.7% |
| U.S. Unemployment |
5.7% |
5.6% |
5.4% |
Oct.
State Rank
*Sept.
Area Rank |
Unemployment
% seasonally adjusted | Oct.
2002 | Sept.
2002 | Oct.
2001 |
|
25th |
Wisconsin |
4.9 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
|
105th |
Appleton-Oshkosh |
4.5 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
|
64th |
Eau
Claire |
4.5 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
|
86th |
Green
Bay |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
|
214th |
Janesville-Beloit |
5.4 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
|
158th |
Kenosha |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
|
33rd |
La
Crosse |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
|
7th |
Madison |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
|
197th |
Milwaukee-Waukesha |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
|
275th |
Racine |
6.9 |
6.9 |
7.5 |
|
86th |
Sheboygan |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
|
44th |
Wausau |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
- 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
October 2002 Unemployment Rates by County | WISCONSIN COUNTIES
Unemployment Rates
October
2002
Not Seasonally Adjusted)
| | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | |
RANK | COUNTY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR
AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
46 |
|
ADAMS |
3.7% |
3.2% |
64 |
3.6% |
|
60 |
|
MARATHON |
3.2% |
3.4% |
59 |
3.0% |
|
10 |
|
ASHLAND |
5.5% |
5.9% |
7 |
4.9% |
|
12 |
|
MARINETTE |
5.0% |
5.3% |
11 |
5.1% |
|
36 |
|
BARRON |
4.0% |
4.0% |
36 |
3.8% |
|
8 |
|
MARQUETTE |
5.8% |
5.3% |
13 |
5.8% |
|
50 |
|
BAYFIELD |
3.6% |
3.6% |
52 |
3.7% |
|
1 |
|
MENOMINEE |
11.5% |
10.2% |
1 |
10.4% |
|
37 |
|
BROWN |
4.0% |
4.0% |
37 |
3.7% |
|
6 |
|
MILWAUKEE |
5.9% |
6.2% |
4 |
5.7% |
|
71 |
|
BUFFALO |
2.6% |
2.7% |
69 |
3.4% |
|
30 |
|
MONROE |
4.1% |
4.1% |
32 |
5.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
|
BURNETT |
4.0% |
3.7% |
50 |
4.2% |
|
7 |
|
OCONTO |
5.9% |
5.9% |
8 |
5.9% |
|
52 |
|
CALUMET |
3.5% |
3.9% |
43 |
4.1% |
|
18 |
|
ONEIDA |
4.7% |
4.8% |
19 |
3.4% |
|
25 |
|
CHIPPEWA |
4.2% |
4.2% |
25 |
4.4% |
|
33 |
|
OUTAGAMIE |
4.0% |
4.4% |
22 |
3.5% |
|
27 |
|
CLARK |
4.2% |
4.1% |
33 |
4.6% |
|
58 |
|
OZAUKEE |
3.2% |
3.5% |
54 |
3.1% |
|
23 |
|
COLUMBIA |
4.3% |
4.0% |
42 |
4.0% |
|
55 |
|
PEPIN |
3.4% |
3.5% |
56 |
3.6% |
|
61 |
|
CRAWFORD |
3.2% |
3.2% |
63 |
3.1% |
|
44 |
|
PIERCE |
3.7% |
3.8% |
47 |
3.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
|
DANE |
2.1% |
2.3% |
72 |
1.9% |
|
24 |
|
POLK |
4.2% |
4.4% |
23 |
4.1% |
|
32 |
|
DODGE |
4.1% |
4.0% |
39 |
6.2% |
|
65 |
|
PORTAGE |
3.0% |
3.4% |
57 |
3.0% |
|
69 |
|
DOOR |
2.7% |
2.7% |
70 |
3.1% |
|
41 |
|
PRICE |
3.8% |
4.0% |
34 |
3.6% |
|
47 |
|
DOUGLAS |
3.6% |
3.8% |
44 |
4.3% |
|
4 |
|
RACINE |
6.0% |
6.2% |
5 |
6.6% |
|
67 |
|
DUNN |
2.8% |
2.9% |
68 |
3.0% |
|
40 |
|
RICHLAND |
3.9% |
3.6% |
53 |
3.2% |
|
59 |
|
EAU
CLAIRE |
3.2% |
3.4% |
58 |
3.7% |
|
11 |
|
ROCK |
5.0% |
5.4% |
10 |
5.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
FLORENCE |
8.0% |
6.7% |
3 |
5.2% |
|
21 |
|
RUSK |
4.4% |
4.9% |
15 |
4.8% |
|
45 |
|
FOND
DU LAC |
3.7% |
3.8% |
48 |
3.8% |
|
64 |
|
SAUK |
3.1% |
3.0% |
66 |
2.9% |
|
15 |
|
FOREST |
5.0% |
4.8% |
20 |
4.0% |
|
56 |
|
SAWYER |
3.4% |
3.4% |
60 |
3.3% |
|
51 |
|
GRANT |
3.5% |
4.1% |
28 |
3.3% |
|
22 |
|
SHAWANO |
4.3% |
4.2% |
27 |
4.6% |
|
43 |
|
GREEN |
3.7% |
4.1% |
29 |
4.4% |
|
39 |
|
SHEBOYGAN |
3.9% |
4.0% |
35 |
4.1% |
|
31 |
|
GREEN
LAKE |
4.1% |
4.0% |
38 |
4.3% |
|
16 |
|
ST.
CROIX |
4.8% |
5.4% |
9 |
3.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70 |
|
IOWA |
2.6% |
3.1% |
65 |
2.6% |
|
66 |
|
TAYLOR |
3.0% |
3.2% |
62 |
2.9% |
|
17 |
|
IRON |
4.8% |
5.0% |
14 |
4.4% |
|
48 |
|
TREMPEALEAU |
3.6% |
3.8% |
45 |
3.6% |
|
62 |
|
JACKSON |
3.2% |
3.0% |
67 |
3.4% |
|
49 |
|
VERNON |
3.6% |
3.8% |
46 |
3.5% |
|
57 |
|
JEFFERSON |
3.3% |
3.5% |
55 |
3.5% |
|
68 |
|
VILAS |
2.8% |
2.6% |
71 |
2.8% |
|
3 |
|
JUNEAU |
7.0% |
6.9% |
2 |
8.4% |
|
53 |
|
WALWORTH |
3.5% |
3.6% |
51 |
3.6% |
|
19 |
|
KENOSHA |
4.6% |
4.8% |
18 |
4.9% |
|
28 |
|
WASHBURN |
4.2% |
4.0% |
40 |
4.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
KEWAUNEE |
5.0% |
4.9% |
16 |
3.5% |
|
29 |
|
WASHINGTON |
4.2% |
4.0% |
41 |
3.5% |
|
63 |
|
LA
CROSSE |
3.1% |
3.3% |
61 |
3.0% |
|
54 |
|
WAUKESHA |
3.4% |
3.7% |
49 |
3.4% |
|
9 |
|
LAFAYETTE |
5.6% |
5.3% |
12 |
4.0% |
|
34 |
|
WAUPACA |
4.0% |
4.1% |
30 |
4.4% |
|
5 |
|
LANGLADE |
6.0% |
6.1% |
6 |
6.6% |
|
26 |
|
WAUSHARA |
4.2% |
4.2% |
26 |
4.7% |
|
20 |
|
LINCOLN |
4.5% |
4.5% |
21 |
4.1% |
|
35 |
|
WINNEBAGO |
4.0% |
4.1% |
31 |
3.5% |
|
14 |
|
MANITOWOC |
5.0% |
4.9% |
17 |
4.8% |
|
42 |
|
WOOD |
3.7% |
4.2% |
24 |
3.3% |
| Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
| WISCONSIN CITIES
Unemployment Rates
October
2002
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) | RANK | CITY | RATE | LAST
RATE | LAST
RANK | YR AGO
RATE | | | | | | | | |
|
9 |
|
APPLETON CITY |
5.5% |
5.9% |
6 |
4.5% |
|
2 |
|
BELOIT CITY |
8.2% |
8.6% |
2 |
9.1% |
|
25 |
|
BROOKFIELD
CITY |
3.2% |
3.4% |
25 |
2.9% |
|
22 |
|
EAU CLAIRE
CITY |
3.7% |
4.1% |
21 |
4.3% |
|
14 |
|
FOND DU LAC
CITY |
4.9% |
4.9% |
14 |
4.9% |
|
20 |
|
FRANKLIN CITY |
4.0% |
4.2% |
20 |
3.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
GREEN BAY CITY |
6.5% |
6.4% |
4 |
5.9% |
|
24 |
|
GREENFIELD CITY |
3.4% |
3.7% |
23 |
3.1% |
|
11 |
|
JANESVILLE CITY |
5.0% |
5.5% |
10 |
5.3% |
|
8 |
|
KENOSHA CITY |
5.6% |
5.8% |
8 |
6.2% |
|
19 |
|
LA CROSSE CITY |
4.3% |
4.4% |
19 |
4.1% |
|
28 |
|
MADISON CITY |
2.3% |
2.5% |
28 |
2.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
MANITOWOC CITY |
6.1% |
5.9% |
7 |
5.8% |
|
27 |
|
MENOMONEE FALLS CITY |
3.1% |
3.3% |
26 |
3.2% |
|
3 |
|
MILWAUKEE CITY |
8.2% |
8.6% |
3 |
7.9% |
|
6 |
|
NEENAH CITY |
5.8% |
5.8% |
9 |
5.3% |
|
26 |
|
NEW BERLIN CITY |
3.2% |
3.3% |
27 |
3.2% |
|
17 |
|
OAK CREEK CITY |
4.3% |
4.6% |
17 |
4.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
OSHKOSH CITY |
4.3% |
4.6% |
18 |
4.0% |
|
1 |
|
RACINE CITY |
9.9% |
10.0% |
1 |
10.6% |
|
10 |
|
SHEBOYGAN CITY |
5.1% |
4.8% |
16 |
5.3% |
|
16 |
|
STEVENS POINT CITY |
4.4% |
5.2% |
11 |
4.3% |
|
23 |
|
SUPERIOR CITY |
3.5% |
3.7% |
24 |
4.2% |
|
13 |
|
WAUKESHA CITY |
4.9% |
5.2% |
12 |
4.8% |
|
15 |
|
WAUSAU CITY |
4.5% |
4.8% |
15 |
4.2% |
|
21 |
|
WAUWATOSA CITY |
3.8% |
3.8% |
22 |
3.7% |
|
12 |
|
WEST ALLIS CITY |
5.0% |
5.1% |
13 |
4.4% |
|
7 |
|
WEST BEND CITY |
5.6% |
6.0% |
5 |
4.7% |
| Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Bureau of Labor Market Information and Customer Service
WISCONSIN LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
IN THOUSANDS | | | | | | Net Change From | | ITEM | Prelim.
Oct.
2002 | Final
Sept.
2002 | Year Ago
Oct.
2001 | Month
Ago | Year
Ago | | | | | | | | | PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA | | | | | | | | |
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
3054.2 |
3049.3 |
2993.0 |
4.9 |
61.2 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT |
126.0 |
130.7 |
122.2 |
-4.7 |
3.8 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
|
EMPLOYMENT (1) |
2928.2 |
2918.5 |
2870.8 |
9.7 |
57.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| PLACE OF WORK DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
| NONFARM WAGE & SALARY |
2868.3 |
2854.3 |
2846.5 |
14.0 |
21.8 |
|
MANUFACTURING |
570.6 |
572.8 |
580 |
-2.2 |
-9.4 |
|
DURABLE GOODS |
339.4 |
339.8 |
347.6 |
-0.4 |
-8.2 |
|
Lumber and Wood Products |
32.7 |
32.7 |
32.2 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
|
Furniture and Fixtures |
20.3 |
20.3 |
18.7 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
|
Stone, Clay & Glass Products |
12.1 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
Primary Metal Industries |
22.6 |
22.8 |
23.5 |
-0.2 |
-0.9 |
|
Fabricated Metal Products |
61.8 |
62.2 |
62.5 |
-0.4 |
-0.7 |
|
Nonelectrical Machinery |
93.8 |
94 |
100.1 |
-0.2 |
-6.3 |
|
Electrical Machinery |
37.3 |
37.4 |
40.5 |
-0.1 |
-3.2 |
|
Transportation Equipment |
30.6 |
30.7 |
29.3 |
-0.1 |
1.3 |
Prof., Scient. & Control
Instruments |
17.5 |
17.4 |
17.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
|
Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
10.8 |
10.6 |
12.1 |
0.2 |
-1.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NONDURABLE GOODS |
231.2 |
233.1 |
232.4 |
-1.9 |
-1.2 |
|
Food and Kindred Products |
69.7 |
71 |
68.1 |
-1.3 |
1.6 |
|
Textile Mill Products |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Apparel & Other Finished
Products |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
-0.1 |
-0.2 |
|
Paper and Allied Products |
50.3 |
50.3 |
50.5 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
|
Printing, Publishing & Allied |
50.9 |
50.9 |
51.9 |
0.0 |
-1.0 |
|
Chemicals and Allied Products |
15 |
15 |
15.2 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
Rubber & Misc. Plastic
Products |
34.8 |
35.3 |
35.7 |
-0.5 |
-0.9 |
|
Leather & Leather Products |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
|
All Other Nondurable Goods |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MINING |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
|
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION |
130.9 |
132.5 |
129.4 |
-1.6 |
1.5 |
TRANS, COMM, ELEC, GAS &
SAN. SERV. |
133 |
132.3 |
134.3 |
0.7 |
-1.3 |
|
TRADE |
647.9 |
645 |
645.8 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
|
WHOLESALE TRADE |
136.5 |
136.7 |
138.1 |
-0.2 |
-1.6 |
|
RETAIL TRADE |
511.3 |
508.4 |
507.7 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL
ESTATE |
153.8 |
153.7 |
150.8 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
|
SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS |
804 |
808 |
778.6 |
-4.0 |
25.4 |
|
GOVERNMENT |
425 |
406.8 |
424.4 |
18.2 |
0.6 |
|
FEDERAL |
30.2 |
30 |
30.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|
STATE |
103.8 |
99.3 |
104.5 |
4.5 |
-0.7 |
|
LOCAL |
290.9 |
277.5 |
289.7 |
13.4 |
1.2 |
| | | | | | |
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 |
3069.0 |
3065.0 |
2999.8 |
4.0 |
69.2 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT |
149.6 |
155.1 |
142.3 |
-5.5 |
7.3 |
|
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
4.9 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
-0.2 |
0.2 |
|
EMPLOYMENT |
2919.4 |
2909.8 |
2857.5 |
9.6 |
61.9 |
|
NONFARM WAGE & SALARY |
2840.2 |
2835.6 |
2818.2 |
4.6 |
22.0 |
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