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Kentucky's unemployments rises to 6% for October 2005 State's rate of unemployment is above U.S. average 5%; above year-ago October state rate of 4.8% By Kim Saylor Brannock Kentucky Education Cabinet KimS.Brannock@ky.gov FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 23, 2005) - Kentucky's seasonally adjusted unemploymentrate increased to a preliminary 6 percent in October 2005 from the September2005 rate of 5.7 percent, according to the Office of Employment andTraining, an agency of the Education Cabinet. October's rate was aboveOctober 2004's rate of 4.8 percent. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate went fell from 5.1 percent inSeptember 2005 to 5 percent in October 2005, according to the U.S.Department of Labor. Kentucky was one of nine states that reported higherunemployment rates in October 2005 as compared to October 2004. "Kentucky was one of 21 states plus the District of Columbia that reportedan unemployment rate above the U.S. jobless rate in October 2005," saidCarlos Cracraft, the department's chief labor market analyst. "This year we've seen some unusual movements in Kentucky's labor force.While the unemployment rate has increased in eight of the first 10 months of2005, we've also seen the number of people employed increase in seven ofthose 10 months. As a result, Kentucky's labor force broke the 2,000,000mark for the first time ever in September and October," Cracraft said."In addition, the number of people in Kentucky filing unemployment insuranceclaims has declined from an average of 35,500 per week during 2004 to anaverage of approximately 31,700 per week during 2005 to date." Four of the 10 major nonfarm job North American Industry ClassificationSystem (NAICS) sectors had employment increases in October, while fivedecreased and the remaining one stayed the same, Cracraft said. A drop of400 workers brought Kentucky's nonfarm employment to a seasonally adjustedtotal of 1,822,500 in October 2005. According to the seasonally adjusted employment data, the professional andbusiness services sector reported 900 more jobs in October 2005 than inSeptember 2005. This sector recorded 4,500 more employees in October 2005than October 2004. Construction sector had rising employment in October The state's construction sector rose by 300 jobs in October 2005. SinceOctober 2004, employment in this sector has risen by 3,600. Kentucky's manufacturing sector gained 300 jobs in October 2005. Compared toOctober 2004, the sector had 300 more employees in October 2005. The educational and health services sector reported 100 more jobs in October2005 than in September 2005. Since October 2004, the sector has jumped by4,200 jobs. Kentucky's trade, transportation and utilities sector recorded the sameemployment in September 2005 and October 2005. This sector includes retailand wholesale trade, transportation and utilities businesses, andwarehousing, and is the largest sector in Kentucky with 376,100 employees.Since October 2004, the number of jobs in this sector has jumped by 3,000. "Most of the over-the-year gain in the trade, transportation and utilitiessector was in the transportation and warehousing industries," Cracraft said.On the negative side, the government sector, which includes public educationhad 1,100 fewer jobs in October 2005. Since October 2004, this sector hasgain of 1,000 jobs over the year. The state's leisure and hospitality sector fell by 600 jobs from September2005 to October 2005. Since October 2004, the sector's employment has goneup by 4,900 employees. The sector includes arts, entertainment, recreation,accommodations and food services and drinking places industries. Kentucky's information sector employment went down by 100 jobs fromSeptember 2005 to October 2005. This sector, which includes firms involvedin publishing, Internet activities and broadcasting and news syndication,has 700 fewer jobs since October 2004. Kentucky's financial activities sector fell by 100 jobs in October 2005.This sector, which includes establishments involved in finance, insurance,real estate and property leasing or rental, has decreased by 1,700 jobs overthe past 12 months. Employment in the other services sector, which includes such establishmentsas repair and maintenance places, personal and laundry services, religiousorganizations, and civic and professional organizations, decreased by 100jobs from September 2005 to October 2005. Over the past 12 months, thesector has added 1,200 positions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic's monthly estimate of the numberof employed Kentuckians for October 2005 was 1,901,229 on a seasonallyadjusted basis. This figure is up 3,906 from the 1,897,323 employed inSeptember 2005, and up 28,235 from the 1,872,994 employed in October 2004. The monthly estimate of the number of unemployed Kentuckians forOctober 2005 was 121,615. This figure is up 6,434 from the 115,181unemployed in September 2005, and up 26,173 from the 95,442 Kentuckiansunemployed in October 2004. The monthly estimate of the number of Kentuckians in the civilianlabor force for October 2005 was 2,022,844. This figure is up 10,340 fromthe 2,012,504 recorded in September 2005, and up 54,408 from the 1,968,436recorded for October 2004. Statistics designed to measure trends Unemployment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled to measuretrends rather than actually to count people working. Civilian labor forcestatistics include non-military workers and unemployed Kentuckians who areactively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who havenot looked for employment within the past four weeks. Kentucky's statewide unemployment rate and employment levels are seasonallyadjusted. Employment statistics undergo sharp fluctuations due to seasonalevents, such as weather changes, harvests, holidays and school openings andclosings. Seasonal adjustments eliminate these influences and make it easierto observe statistical trends. However, because of the small sample size,county unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted. This story was posted on 2005-11-23 10:32:18
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