December 2008 saw the close of a year of essentially no job growth with the inevitable—an increase of more than half in New Mexico's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from December 2007. Here are the numbers, in thousands, released yesterday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All December 2008 statistics are preliminary.
Civilian labor force
Dec 2007: 945.2 Oct. 2008: 961.6. Nov. 2008: 960.9. Dec. 2008: 966.1.
Unemployed number of people
Dec 2007: 30.6. Oct. 2008: 41.7. Nov. 2008: 41.7. Dec. 2008: 47.8.
Unemployed, percent of labor force:
Dec 2007: 3.2. Oct. 2008: 4.3. Nov. 2008: 4.3. Dec. 2008: 4.9.
www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.t03.htm.
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