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Rates

St. Thomas - St. John Labor Force, 1995-2007

  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg.
1995 27,890 28,200 28,240 27,730 27,720 27,870 28,670 27,420 27,150 27,860 27,660 27,620 27,840
1996 27,050 26,910 27,340 26,710 26,820 27,080 27,080 27,250 26,850 26,940 27,610 27,390 27,090
1997 26,800 27,050 27,090 27,060 27,130 27,150 27,780 27,380 26,860 26,550 26,880 27,330 27,100
1998 27,040 27,510 27,520 27,490 27,280 27,340 27,780 27,160 26,930 26,940 26,720 27,380 27,310
1999 27,040 27,220 27,340 27,220 27,110 27,100 27,670 27,070 26,470 26,620 26,940 27,350 27,100
2000 27,120 27,540 27,530 28,060 28,000 28,120 28,120 28,260 27,560 27,560 28,350 28,740 27,910
2001 28,380 28,670 28,630 28,530 28,650 28,670 28,500 28,240 27,880 27,550 27,700 28,030 28,290
2002 29,000 29,570 29,660 29,580 29,380 29,550 28,960 28,570 28,290 28,370 28,650 28,720 28,980
2003 28,300 28,370 28,510 28,350 28,190 28,140 28,340 28,230 27,930 28,020 28,100 28,090 28,210
2004 29,398 29,748 29,725 29,546 29,651 29,496 30,104 29,791 29,468 29,677 29,798 29,574 29,665
2005 29,072 29,562 29,020 28,690 28,406 28,418 29,316 28,995 28,868 28,645 28,836 28,869 28,891
2006 28,607 29,056 29,483 29,991 29,253 29,502 29,520 29,423 29,441 29,449 29,684 29,777 29,433
2007 29,142 29,562 29,623 29,526 30,067 30,248 30,420 29,955 29,619 29,582 29,526 29,557 29,736
Years 2006 and 2007 have been benchmarked
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St. Thomas - St. John Employment, 1995-2007
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg.
1995 27,130 27,400 27,440 26,990 26,940 27,030 27,820 26,640 26,550 24,890 25,100 25,190 26,590
1996 24,790 25,020 25,410 25,290 25,430 25,760 25,790 25,940 25,550 25,650 26,340 26,140 25,590
1997 25,570 25,810 25,810 25,710 25,690 25,680 26,270 25,860 25,310 25,010 25,370 25,870 25,670
1998 25,550 26,030 26,050 26,010 25,790 25,870 26,240 25,610 25,360 25,250 25,720 25,830 25,780
1999 25,480 25,670 25,780 25,650 25,490 25,440 26,030 25,420 24,740 24,840 25,200 25,650 25,360
2000 25,450 25,910 25,920 26,470 26,380 26,490 26,460 26,590 25,850 25,830 26,640 27,060 26,250
2001 26,450 26,770 26,730 26,620 26,700 26,700 26,510 26,230 25,810 25,460 25,640 25,990 26,300
2002 27,070 27,670 27,760 27,370 27,430 27,580 26,970 26,560 26,220 26,280 26,590 26,680 26,990
2003 26,250 26,350 26,480 26,340 26,170 26,110 26,300 26,210 25,840 25,950 26,090 26,100 26,180
2004 27,441 27,826 27,778 27,681 27,589 27,427 28,043 27,871 27,399 27,544 27,704 27,626 27,661
2005 27,131 27,741 27,158 26,892 26,510 26,650 27,675 27,254 26,955 26,833 27,162 27,300 27,105
2006 27,127 27,581 27,974 28,576 27,746 27,898 28,008 27,837 27,800 27,831 28,114 28,291 27,899
2007 27,696 28,080 28,178 28,023 28,539 28,763 28,764 28,433 28,289 28,391 28,422 28,422 28,422
Years 2006 and 2007 have been benchmarked
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St. Thomas - St. John Unemployment, 1995-2007
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg.
1995 760 800 800 740 780 840 850 780 600 2,970 2,560 2,430 1250
1996 2,260 1,890 1,930 1,420 1,390 1,320 1,290 1,310 1,300 1,290 1,270 1,250 1,490
1997 1,230 1,240 1,280 1,350 1,440 1,470 1,510 1,520 1,550 1,540 1,510 1,460 1,430
1998 1,490 1,480 1,470 1,480 1,490 1,470 1,540 1,550 1,570 1,690 1,590 1,550 1,530
1999 1,560 1,550 1,560 1,570 1,620 1,660 1,640 1,650 1,730 1,780 1,740 1,700 1,650
2000 1,670 1,630 1,610 1,590 1,620 1,630 1,660 1,670 1,710 1,730 1,710 1,680 1,660
2001 1,670 1,650 1,620 1,630 1,650 1,680 1,690 1,700 1,810 2,170 1,980 1,900 1,760
2002 1,930 1,900 1,900 1,910 1,950 1,970 1,990 2,010 2,070 2,090 2,060 2,040 1,990
2003 2,050 2,020 2,030 2,010 2,020 2,030 2,040 2,020 2,090 2,070 2,010 1,990 2,030
2004 1,957 1,922 1,947 1,865 2,062 2,069 2,061 1,920 2,069 2,133 2,094 1,948 2,004
2005 1,941 1,821 1,862 1,798 1,896 1,768 1,641 1,741 1,913 1,812 1,674 1,569 1,786
2006 1,480 1,475 1,509 1,415 1,507 1,604 1,512 1,586 1,641 1,618 1,570 1,486 1,534
2007 1,446 1,482 1,445 1,503 1,528 1,485 1,600 1,522 1,539 1,508 1,428 1,442 1,494
Years 2006 and 2007 have been benchmarked
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St. Thomas - St. John Rates, 1995-2007

  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg.
1995 2.7% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.8% 3.0% 3.0% 2.8% 2.2% 10.7% 9.3% 8.8% 4.5%
1996 8.4% 7.0% 7.1% 5.3% 5.2% 4.9% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.6% 4.6% 5.5%
1997 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 5.0% 5.3% 5.4% 5.4% 5.6% 5.8% 5.8% 5.6% 5.4% 5.3%
1998 5.5% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.5% 5.4% 5.5% 5.7% 5.6% 6.2% 5.8% 5.7% 5.6%
1999 5.8% 5.7% 5.7% 5.8% 6.0% 6.1% 5.9% 6.1% 6.5% 6.7% 6.5% 6.2% 6.1%
2000 6.2% 5.9% 5.8% 5.7% 5.9% 5.8% 5.9% 5.9% 6.2% 6.3% 6.0% 5.8% 5.9%
2001 5.9% 5.8% 5.7% 5.7% 5.8% 5.9% 5.9% 6.0% 6.5% 7.8% 7.1% 6.8% 6.2%
2002 6.7% 6.4% 6.4% 6.4% 6.6% 6.7% 6.9% 7.0% 7.3% 7.4% 7.2% 7.1% 6.7%
2003 7.2% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 7.1% 7.5% 7.4% 7.1% 7.0% 7.2%
2004 6.7% 6.5% 6.6% 6.3% 7.0% 7.0% 6.8% 6.4% 7.0% 7.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.8%
2005 6.7% 6.2% 6.4% 6.3% 6.7% 6.2% 5.6% 6.0% 6.6% 6.3% 5.8% 5.4% 6.2%
2006 5.2% 5.1% 5.1% 4.7% 5.2% 5.4% 5.1% 5.4% 5.6% 5.5% 5.3% 5.0% 5.2%
2007 5.0% 5.0% 4.9% 5.1% 5.1% 4.9% 5.3% 5.1% 5.2% 5.1% 4.8% 4.9% 5.0%
Years 2006 and 2007 have been benchmarked
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