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Montana State Library This cover sheet created b\ Internet Archixe for tbrniatling. ON MONTANASTATELIBRARY 331.11 TANA ElOmeg December 2001 3 0864 0015 3114 7 Dec. 2001 •tcONOMYATA GLANCE UNEMPLOYMENT NEW FROM THE DECEMBER 2001 HIGHLIGHTS BY COUNTY CENSUS BUREAU Not seasonally adjusted Nonag Payroll Employment July 1,2001 Dec Dec Montana Jobs (SeasonallyAdjusted) population estimates 2000 2oar UNITEDSTATES 3.7% 5.4% MONTANA 49% 49% QDecember2000 The U.S. Census Bureau Cascade" 4.6% 4.3% December2001 recently released July 1, " Missoula 3.4% 4.1% 2001 population estimates Yellowstone"* 3.4% 3.6% for the nation using Census Beaverhead 4.3% 3.2% BigHorn 17.3% 16.0% 2000 data for a benchmark. Blaine 6.4% 4.3% Those estimates say: Broadwater 5.0% 5.3% Carbon 5.3% 5.6% •The United States popu- Carter 1.7% 2.4% Chouteau 3.3% 3.2% lation increased by 3.4 Custer 5.1% 3.8% million people to 284.8 Daniels 3.2% 2.0% Dawson 2.9% 2.1% million between April 1, DFaelelronLodge 83..38%% 82..43%% •Rnance/lnsurance/RealEstate Transportation/CommunicalionsAJtiiities 2000 and July 1, 2001. Fergus 7.1% 5.8% Montana's nonagricultural payroll employment was up 0.9 •Montana's population Flathead 6.1% 6.5% Gallatin 3.0% 2.9% percent over the year. Services was up 3,600 jobs. Manu- grew by 2,238 people to GGalrafciieelrd 145..65%% 122..26%% facturing was down 1,600 jobs. 904,433. GoldenValley 7.4% 5.5% Earnings For a link to U.S. Census Granite 8.1% 7.8% Hill 4.1% 3.6% Bureau July 1, 2001 Jefferson 5.2% 5.2% Montana's average weekly December earnings outpaced population estimates, visit JLuadkiethBasin 66..51%% 38..79%% the increase in U.S. inflation. Over the year, average weekly the Montana Census and Lewis&Clark 4.3% 4.5% earnings for Montana's private sector nonsupervisory Economic Information LLiibnecrotlyn 102.93%% 132..24%% workers increased 8.3 percent, while U.S. inflation Center website at hitp.7/ McCone 2.4% 2.2% increased 1.6 .^^ percent. ceic.commerce,state,mt.us. Madison 4.7% 4.3% Meagher 8.4% 6.5% Mineral 10.7% 9.4% ONLINE AT Musselshell 7.9% 9.7% Park 6.4% 6.5% Petroleum 4.8% 0.9% & Phillips 4.5% 4.7% Research Pondera 4.5% 4.2% Montanaearnings ^^^^ U.S.inflation Analysis Bureau PowderRiver 2.6% 2.6% Powell 4.8% 5.0% Unemployment Prairie 6.5% 5.2% Workforce Services RRaivcahlllaind 45..38%% 53..59%% Seasonallyadjusted(preliminaryDecember2001 data±^ Division Roosevelt 7.9% 7.0% n Rosebud 7.2% 7.0% Montana Dept. of Sanders 9.2% 9.0% Labor & Industry Sheridan 3.7% 4.2% J- SilverBow 6.1% 5.4% Stillwater 4.6% 3.9% 840 Helena Ave. ! SweetGrass 2.9% 4.2% ( Teton 4.4% 3.9% P.O. Box 1728 Toole 2.5% 26% j Treasure 4.3% 3.8% Montana Helena MT 59624 Valley 3.9% 33% 4.5% (jj Wheatland 5.0% 5.5% 3 Wibaux 2.5% 1.5% 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 406-444-2430 '"DCeacsecmabdeer=2G0r0ea1traFtalelpsrMelSiAminary Montana's 4.5 percent unemployment rate in December Fax 406-444-2638 c Missoula-MissoulaMSA Yellowslone=BillingsMSA was the same as in November and 1.3 percentage points TDD 406-444-0532 * lower than the national rate for December. Montana Economy at a Glance - December 2001 STATS IN BRIEF ON THE WEB IS Our monthly Statistics in 5r;>/^publication is on our Internet website. •Go to http:// rad.dli.state.mt.us/ & •Click on "Publications Other Data" •Then click on "Statistics in Brief" Montana State Library This cover sheet created by Internet Archive for formatting.