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<br />Houston
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<br />Indianapolis
<br />Jackson, Miss.
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<br />_K_ a_n_?.a?..Clt y, Mo.-Kans.
<br />
<br />Knoxville
<br />
<br />Little Rock
<br />
<br />Mobile
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<br />Unemployment
<br />
<br />7.5%
<br />
<br />8.1%
<br />
<br />6.9%
<br />
<br />5.7%
<br />
<br />9.4%
<br />
<br />6.5%
<br />
<br />i~: Nonfarm
<br />i?,.'Employment ~
<br />," '.~'~. Compared ':.r ~:.~
<br />~,,;:~ With a
<br /> :~,:'"~ Year Ago ";th '
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<br /> Up 2.2%
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<br />',' ' ' ,
<br /> : , .income of ~t'~.
<br />"."' ,:" Average ¢!b~?' ~'
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<br />· ~.¥ ,'. factory
<br />;,:' .:i:Workere'. ,~
<br />;~,?!':" Income ':,"
<br />~r "Compared"
<br />"?-:. With a ;
<br />.i !i :"'Year Ag?.' ~;..,
<br />
<br />'..',.. Conetructlon
<br /> ;.; . Activity h.:
<br />'., ."'Compared . '
<br /> "..- With a ' .'.'!'
<br /> :, ;.Year Ago~.~*~
<br />
<br /> $24,089 Up 4.0% Down 7.1%
<br />Up 3.9% $23,334 Up 2.4% Up 15.3%
<br />
<br />Up 4.4%.
<br />
<br />$17,379
<br />
<br />$23,071
<br />
<br />$15,691
<br />
<br />$17,487
<br />
<br />Up 2.1%
<br />
<br />Down 0.1%
<br />
<br />Up 6.7%
<br />
<br />Up 2.9%
<br />
<br />Down 12.0%
<br />
<br />Up 6.7%
<br />
<br />Up 2.2%
<br />
<br />Up 9.7%
<br />Up 6.0%
<br />
<br />Down 8,2%
<br />
<br />Up 11.5%
<br />Up 2.6%
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<br />Louisville 9.1%t Up 1.9% $22,004 Up 1.2%
<br />_Memphis 6.6% Up 4.3% $18,176 Up 5.1% Up 10.4%
<br />Milwaukee 6.3% Up 2.6% $24,294 Down 0.7% Up 4.5%
<br />Minneapolis-St. Paul 4.8% Up 5.6% $22,392 Up 21.6%
<br />
<br />Up 4.8%
<br />
<br />Up 0.1%
<br />
<br />Up 1.7%
<br />
<br />$22,990
<br />
<br />$21,975
<br />
<br />10.7%
<br />
<br />New Orleans
<br />
<br />11.2%
<br />
<br />6.5%
<br />
<br />6.1%
<br />
<br />$22,061
<br />
<br />$18,852
<br />
<br />Up 1.3%
<br />
<br />Up 6.4%
<br />
<br />5.9%
<br />8.7%
<br />
<br />Oklahoma City
<br />
<br />Omaha
<br />
<br />San Antonio
<br />
<br />St. Louis
<br />
<br />Sioux Falls, S.D.
<br />
<br />Up 21.5%
<br />
<br />Up 2.7%
<br />
<br />Down 4.3% Down 10.6%
<br />Up 1.7% Down 8.,0%
<br />Down 3.5%
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<br />Wichita
<br />
<br />5.5%
<br />
<br />Topeka 5.7%
<br />Tulsa 7.8%
<br /> 5.8%
<br />
<br />Up 8.2%
<br />
<br />Up 4.2% $13,990 Down 0.2% Up 7.0%
<br />Up 2.4% $22,568 Up 1.3% Up 1.0%
<br />Up 2.3% $16,830 l/p 8.8% Up 21.1%
<br />
<br />Up 2.1% $21,729 Up 9.6% Down 15.4%
<br />Up 0.9% $21,724 Up 1.2% Down 4.1%
<br />Up 2.0% $19,810 Down 10.7% Down 3.6%
<br />
<br />Billings, Mont. 8.3%**
<br />Boise 6.8%
<br />Casper 7.8%*'
<br />Denver-Boulder 5.9%
<br />Fresno 15.2%
<br />Honolulu 4.0%
<br />Las Vegas 8.5%
<br />
<br />Los Angeles-Long Beach
<br />Phoenix
<br />
<br />Portland, Oreg.
<br />
<br />6.5%##
<br />
<br />4.3%
<br />
<br />8.6%
<br />
<br />Up 3.2%**
<br />
<br />Up 3.8%
<br />
<br />$21,583'*
<br />
<br />$17,805'*
<br />
<br />Down 3.2%** $16,681 **
<br />Up 2.8% $21,025
<br />Up NA
<br />
<br /> 5.1%
<br />Up 1.9~o
<br />
<br />$16,667
<br />
<br />Up. 6.9% $23,241
<br />Up 3.4% NA
<br />Up 8.6% $20,330**
<br />
<br />Up 3.5%
<br />
<br />$20,754
<br />
<br />Down
<br />
<br />2.1%** Up 17.7%**
<br />
<br />Up 1.0%**
<br />
<br />Down 3.6%**
<br />
<br />NC
<br />
<br />Down 20.0%**
<br />
<br />Up 5.0% Up 5.0%
<br />NA Up 14.9%
<br />Down 1.1% Up 4.9%
<br />
<br />Up 3.6%
<br />
<br />NA
<br />
<br />Up 4.0%**
<br />
<br />Up 15.2%
<br />
<br />Up 8.6%
<br />
<br />Up 20.6%
<br />
<br />Down 4.1% Up 15.1%
<br />NA Up 21.8%
<br /> Up 3.1% Up 24.7%
<br /> NA Up 20.8%
<br /> NA Up 6.O%
<br /> NA Up 6.9%
<br /> Up 4.0%** Up 11.0%
<br />
<br />Sacramento
<br />
<br />Salt Lake City-Ogden
<br />San Diego
<br />
<br />8.2%
<br />
<br />6.9%
<br />
<br /> 5.6%
<br />San Francisco-Oakland 4.8%
<br />Seattle 8.1%
<br />
<br />Tucson
<br />
<br />5.2%
<br />
<br /> Up 6.3% NA
<br />Up 5.3% $18,453
<br />Up 6.5% NA
<br />Up 2.4% NA
<br />Up 4.6% NA
<br />
<br />Up 7.5%
<br />
<br />$20,330'*
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<br />Nolo: Cily-by-cily figures me based on official repods loc February. latest available. Most statistics are fo~ metropolitan areas. 'Faclory workers' weekly earnings at
<br />annual rates, ' * Stal ewide Pgum. '* ' Based on number o! workers In consfruction. NA----No{ available. NC~No change. # # March data. tJanuanj data.
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<br />U S NEWS & WORLD REPORT, April 29, 1985
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