May 30, 201213 yr Glad I'm not the only one who sees something wrong with these Cleveland numbers. Thought I was going crazy. Hopefully someome can find an answer as to why theres a discrepancy with a magnitude of tens of thousands.
May 30, 201213 yr I'm thinking that they just represent two different things and aren't meant to be measured together. I've been looking for definitions, but really haven't found them.
May 31, 201213 yr Cleveland's MSA added 27,600 farm jobs in the past year?? Am I interpreting these numbers correctly? That can't be right.... No, the 26,800 for Cleveland was for the increase in people who became employed over the last year. It's not the same thing as number of non-farm jobs, where Cleveland actually lost 800 in the last year. Exactly. I'm still lost. 26,800 people "became employed" over the last year...... I would think that means that there are 26,800 jobs which weren't there last year. How does it add up? An entire Metro can lower unemployment but still lose actual jobs. If I have 10000 empty jobs in 2011 and 1 year later I higher 600 people but eliminate 400 jobs (like a business moving out of Ohio) my mini metro has increased employment by 600, but non-farm jobs have decreased by 400 since those jobs are now gone from the market.
May 31, 201213 yr ^I could be wrong, but I think the jobs estimates are based on the actual payroll of the surveyed establishments, which would exclude unfilled positions. If so, in your scenario, there would be an increase of 600 for both jobs and employed people (putting aside inter-MSA commuting).
May 31, 201213 yr ^I could be wrong, but I think the jobs estimates are based on the actual payroll of the surveyed establishments, which would exclude unfilled positions. If so, in your scenario, there would be an increase of 600 for both jobs and employed people (putting aside inter-MSA commuting). You are correct. http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesfaq.htm#scope1
May 31, 201213 yr I'd say that you just take it as good news. I'd think that having 20k+ more people employed vs last year is a good thing in Cleveland.
June 4, 201213 yr http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/06/04/dayton-adds-4800-jobs-in-12-month.html Interesting story on jobs numbers. Good news for most Ohio cities. On the other hand, I don't know how to reconcile all the various numbers we see (including in this thread and elsewhere).
June 4, 201213 yr The numbers cited in this story are consistent with the BLS series that jbcmh81 draws from, but this story looks at the preliminary April numbers; jbcmh81 was looking only through March (i.e., at only final numbers).
June 4, 201213 yr Just struggling with some of the conclusions. Jcbmh says 20,000 more people are employed, but that article says Cleveland lost nearly 8000 jobs. So is it actually the case that Cleveland is plus 28000 in relative terms of unemployment? Does the 20,000 account for the 8000 jobs that were lost (and presumably mean 8000 people not employed)?
June 4, 201213 yr ^That's the weirdness we were discussing above. It's not strange that there's a difference between an MSA's number of jobs and its number of employed people, but the sudden widening of this difference in the Cleveland area is peculiar. But note that jcbmh's numbers and the article are not looking at the same exact time frames. And there is some month to month lumpiness that makes the exact time frame matter. From March-April 2011 Cleveland MSA saw a much larger increase in jobs than in March-April 2012.http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/SMU39174600000000001?data_tool=XGtable
June 5, 201213 yr According to that article, didn't Cleveland lose 8000 jobs between April 2011 and April 2012?
June 5, 201213 yr Honestly I don't care about a year ago. I care about right now. What are we expected to do with these numbers? Spend more because we are adding jobs or stop spending because we are losing jobs??
June 5, 201213 yr ^Yea. There's just too many different numbers to make any sense out of, at least in the Cleveland case. The other metros it seems have been gaining jobs and certain data suggests Cleveland seems to have been gaining as well, except for the other data that suggests it hasn't. To top it off there is nothing explaining the difference. What is going on?
June 5, 201213 yr It's a WAG, but could new jobs created versus jobs transferred in from far away be part of the reason? There have been a fair number of companies that consolidated operations from several different states into their NEOH campuses recently.
June 5, 201213 yr Honestly I don't care about a year ago. I care about right now. What are we expected to do with these numbers? Spend more because we are adding jobs or stop spending because we are losing jobs?? what is with people on this thread? No one is making you read this. Seriously. Just stop looking at this thread if it's that frustrating. These are official government numbers & estimations. Of course theyre not set in stone but they're often a food indicator of trends. I'd it pisses you off so much stop commenting on this thread and let those of us who enjoy these updates have civil discord and discussion about trends of our metros.
June 5, 201213 yr It's a WAG, but could new jobs created versus jobs transferred in from far away be part of the reason? There have been a fair number of companies that consolidated operations from several different states into their NEOH campuses recently. That shouldn't matter, either way they are now in the region and would show up in the numbers.
June 6, 201213 yr Honestly I don't care about a year ago. I care about right now. What are we expected to do with these numbers? Spend more because we are adding jobs or stop spending because we are losing jobs?? what is with people on this thread? No one is making you read this. Seriously. Just stop looking at this thread if it's that frustrating. These are official government numbers & estimations. Of course theyre not set in stone but they're often a food indicator of trends. I'd it pisses you off so much stop commenting on this thread and let those of us who enjoy these updates have civil discord and discussion about trends of our metros. Listen I never said it pissed me off. What pisses me off is people like you assuming.
June 6, 201213 yr None of this stuff is life and death. Either you enjoy the information for what it is or you don't. I have tried to just post the BLS numbers from the link I posted because I do agree, there are a lot of numbers out there and they don't always match. I'm sure there's an explanation for the differences and that they're measuring different things at different times, and some are probably seasonally adjusted and some aren't, but it's hard to find a reason behind them sometimes. I'm basically just reporting what these numbers are, I don't make them.
June 6, 201213 yr I'm here to bring civil discord and bash the two Cs I am not from. Bash. Now wasn't that civil? And discordant?
June 6, 201213 yr None of this stuff is life and death. Either you enjoy the information for what it is or you don't. I have tried to just post the BLS numbers from the link I posted because I do agree, there are a lot of numbers out there and they don't always match. I'm sure there's an explanation for the differences and that they're measuring different things at different times, and some are probably seasonally adjusted and some aren't, but it's hard to find a reason behind them sometimes. I'm basically just reporting what these numbers are, I don't make them. Exactly. People are freaking out because the numbers don't line up. These are just the official government numbers. And they are estimates- not exact counts . But the trends they show ate usually pretty accurate.
June 6, 201213 yr Am I the only one who is confused in terms of who's arguing with who.... and about what?
June 6, 201213 yr Am I the only one who is confused in terms of who's arguing with who.... and about what? No.
June 11, 201213 yr This post is about how individual industry jobs have recovered from their recession bottom. I only did the 3-Cs for this. The "peak" is based on when an industry had the most jobs in a metro area, while the bottom, of course, is the opposite. I focused solely on the 2006-2012 period, as that represented at least one full year prior to the start of the recession and at least a few years of recovery since the end of it. All peaks and bottoms happened in different months and in some cases different years depending on the metro. This is about measuring peak to trough and the recovery from that trough through April 2012. I think these numbers show a different side to the jobs numbers, as they're focused on the recovery aspect only and which industries are recovering the fastest and in which metro. First, overall Non-Farm jobs. Peak Cincinnati: 1,060,400 Cleveland: 1,090,200 Columbus: 957,200 Bottom Cincinnati: 959,000 Cleveland: 969,200 Columbus: 884,100 Total Non-Farm Jobs Loss Peak to Trough Cincinnati: -101,400 Cleveland: -121,000 Columbus: -73,100 April 2012 Non-Farm Jobs Cincinnati: 1,007,900 Cleveland: 988,800 Columbus: 928,000 % of Total Non-Farm Jobs recovered from trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 48.2% Cleveland: 16.2% Columbus: 60.1% For specific industries, I'm going to be a bit shorter and just get to the main points of recovery. Mining/Logging/Construction Job Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -22,900 Cleveland: -18,200 Columbus: -17,800 % of Mining/Logging/Construction Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 21.0% Cleveland: 14.3% Columbus: 25.8% Manufacturing Job Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -20,300 Cleveland: -34,800 Columbus: -17,500 % of Manufacturing Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 50.2% Cleveland: 24.4% Columbus: 0.0%*** ***Anytime you see a 0% change in recovery usually means that April 2012 represents the bottom for the industry in that metro. In this case, Columbus' share of manufacturing jobs reached a low that month. Trade/Transportation/Utilities Job Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -29,300 Cleveland: -34,200 Columbus: -28,600 % of Trade/Transportation/Utilities Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 15.0% Cleveland: 15.5% Columbus: 29.0% Information Jobs Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -2,000 Cleveland: -4,400 Columbus: -2,600 % of Information Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 0.0% Cleveland: 0.0% Columbus: 7.7% Financial Activities Job Losses peak to trough Cincinnati: -6,500 Cleveland: -10,500 Columbus: -6,600 % of Financial Activities Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 3.1% Cleveland: 7.6% Columbus: 45.5% Professional and Business Services Job Loss from peak to trough Cincinnati: -17,600 Cleveland: -20,900 Columbus: -14,000 % of Professional and Business Services Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 89.2% Cleveland: 46.4% Columbus: 85.0% Education and Health Job Loss peak to trough** **None of the metros actually lost jobs in this industry. All 3-Cs have had steady growth in this catergory before, during and after the recession. % of Education and Health Jobs recovered trough to April 2012.* Cincinnati: 91.8% Cleveland: 91.8% Columbus: 81.7% *For this, since there weren't any losses, I just took the lowest number during the 2006-2012 period and got the % change vs that and April 2012. Leisure and Hospitality Jobs Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -19,600 Cleveland: -24,300 Columbus: -13,700 % of Leisure and Hospitality jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 67.3% Cleveland: 20.6% Columbus: 62.0% Other Services Jobs Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -4,900 Cleveland: -4,400 Columbus: -3,600 % of Other Services Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 14.3% Cleveland: 13.6% Columbus: 72.2% Government Jobs Loss peak to trough Cincinnati: -19,300 Cleveland: -18,600 Columbus: -13,500 % of Government Jobs recovered trough to April 2012 Cincinnati: 59.1% Cleveland: 14.5% Columbus: 27.4%
June 12, 201213 yr On financial services, Columbus has strongly benefitted from having the back office of J.P. Morgan/Chase, which continued to expand right through the collapse.
June 20, 201212 yr April 2012 Metro Unemployment Rates, highest to lowest. 1. Toledo: 8.1% 2. Youngstown: 7.8% 3. Dayton: 7.6% 4. Cincinnati: 7.1% 5. Akron: 7.0% 6. Cleveland: 6.7% 7. Columbus: 6.4% 6 of the 7 largest metros had unemployment below the national average. Only Toledo was right even with it. City Unemployment Rates, highest to lowest. 1. Youngstown: 10.0% 2. Dayton: 9.2% 3. Cleveland: 9.1% 4. Toledo: 8.9% 5. Akron: 8.0% 6. Cincinnati: 7.6% 7. Columbus: 6.5% County Unemployment Rates, highest to lowest. 1. Lucas: 8.2% 2. Mahoning: 8.1% 3. Montgomery: 8.0% 4. Summit: 7.1% 5. Cuyahoga: 7.0% 6. Hamilton: 7.0% 7. Franklin: 6.5% Metro Civilian Labor Force, highest to lowest, and change April 2011-April 2012 Cincinnati: 1,097,400 +1,300 Cleveland: 1,084,800 +9,800 Columbus: 954,200 -500 Dayton: 407,400 -2,500 Akron: 369,100 -4,500 Toledo: 316,000 -4,200 Youngstown: 264,300 -2,600 Metro Employment, highest to lowest, and change April 2011-April 2012 Cincinnati: 1,019,500 +15,800 Cleveland: 1,011,900 +16,300 Columbus: 893,300 +10,200 Dayton: 376,300 +3,500 Akron: 343,200 +1,100 Toledo: 290,200 +300 Youngstown: 243,700 +1,700 Metro Unemployment, highest to lowest, and change April 2011-April 2012 Cincinnati: 77,900 -14,500 Cleveland: 72,800 -6,700 Columbus: 60,900 -10,600 Dayton: 31,100 -6,100 Akron: 25,900 -5,600 Toledo: 25,800 -4,400 Youngstown: 20,700 -4,200 Metro Unemployment Rate change April 2011-April 2012 Dayton: -1.5 Youngstown: -1.5 Akron: -1.4 Cincinnati: -1.3 Toledo: -1.3 Columbus: -1.1 Cleveland: -0.7 Total Non-Farm Jobs, highest to Lowest, and change April 2011-April 2012 Cincinnati: 1,008,100 +17,300 Cleveland: 987,900 -8,800 Columbus: 930,000 +12,200 Dayton: 380,000 +4,000 Akron: 320,600 +2,100 Toledo: 301,000 -100 Youngstown: 224,400 +1,000
June 20, 201212 yr Awesome. Looks like some good movement overall for the state of Ohio, especially in the three C's. I still don't totally get the way the government calculates non-farm jobs and why Cleveland has such a big gap (is there a lot of agriculture up there compared to the rest of the state??), but still very good movement and data. Thanks!
June 20, 201212 yr Awesome. Looks like some good movement overall for the state of Ohio, especially in the three C's. I still don't totally get the way the government calculates non-farm jobs and why Cleveland has such a big gap (is there a lot of agriculture up there compared to the rest of the state??), but still very good movement and data. I was wondering the same thing, especially since there's no way we gained over 20k farm jobs (no, there aren't that many).
June 20, 201212 yr Maybe the better question is what does the government consider a "Farm Job?" It may be possible for a job nobody would consider a farm job to be classified as one by the government. Just a thought.
July 7, 201212 yr I wanted to do a larger update for May's numbers and just a general bunch of numbers on where the metros are standing up through then. First, the general numbers. May 2012 National Unemployment Rate: 8.2% May 2012 Ohio Unemployment Rate: 7.3% Unemployment Rates by Metro, May 2012 Akron: 6.6% Cleveland: 6.9% Cincinnati: 6.7% Columbus: 6.1% Dayton: 7.3% Toledo: 7.6% Youngstown: 7.4% All the biggest metros are now well below the national average. Unemployment Rate Change May 2011 to May 2012 by Metro Akron: -1.6 Cincinnati: -1.5 Cleveland: -0.9 Columbus: -1.3 Dayton: -1.8 Toledo: -1.6 Youngstown: -1.7 May 2012 Unemployment Rate by County Summit: 6.6% Hamilton: 6.7% Cuyahoga: 7.1% Franklin: 6.2% Montgomery: Lucas: 7.8% Mahoning: 7.4% May 2012 Unemployment Rate by City Akron: 7.6% Cincinnati: 7.3% Cleveland: 9.3% Columbus: 6.2% Dayton: 8.9% Toledo: 8.5% Youngstown: 9.5% May 2012 Civilian Labor Force and Chance since May 2011 Akron: 370,000 -4,500 Cincinnati: 1,105,100 -300 Cleveland: 1,083,700 +2,300 Columbus: 960,300 +200 Dayton: 407,700 -4,000 Toledo: 316,000 -4,700 Youngstown: 265,100 -4, 700 Generally, when a labor force grows, it means that people are starting to come back onto the rolls as looking for work, meaning the perception is that the economy is getting better. Although employment has been rising in every metro and the unemployment level is dropping, there is still a perception out there in most cities that there aren't as many jobs. May 2012 Total Employment and Change since May 2011 Akron: 345,700 +1,900 Cincinnati: 1,029,100 +16,300 Cleveland: 1,011,000 +11,700 Columbus: 902,100 +13,400 Dayton: 378,000 +3,700 Toledo: 292,000 +700 Youngstown: 245,400 +100 May 2012 Total Unemployment and Change since May 2011 Akron: 24,300 -6,400 Cincinnati: 76,000 -16,600 Cleveland: 72,700 -9,300 Columbus: 58,200 -13,200 Dayton: 29,800 -7,600 Toledo: 24,100 -9,900 Youngstown: 19,700 -4,900 With the unemployment and employment numbers, if they closely match, it's usually a good sign. For Cincinnati, Columbus, and to a lesser degree, Cleveland, the number of people who became employed encompassed about the same number that dropped off the unemployed total, meaning that most were actually hired into jobs intead of just dropping out of the employment search altogether. The other cities, in particular Toledo, have much larger unemployment falls than employment gains, indicating more people just stopped looking for work than became employed. May 2012 Total Non-Farm Jobs and Change since May 2011 Akron: 322,100 +2,100 Cincinnati: 1,016,700 +18,200 Cleveland: 1,002,200 -1,900 Columbus: 937,700 +14,200 Dayton: 380,000 +4,000 Toledo: 302,400 +300 Youngstown: 225,600 -700
July 7, 201212 yr Here are the May numbers by industry and change since May 2011. Mining/Logging/Construction Akron: 12,800 +1,600 Cincinnati: 39,000 +800 Cleveland: 32,000 +200 Columbus: 28,100 -700 Dayton: 10,800 -500 Toledo: 12,000 +800 Youngstown: 8,300 -400 Manufacturing Akron: 41,800 +2,300 Cincinnati: 112,200 +7,500 Cleveland: 122,800 +3,000 Columbus: 61,500 -2,800 Dayton: 39,600 -400 Toledo: 39,400 +0 Youngstown: 29,800 -400 Trade/Transportation/Utilities Akron: 61,800 -200 Cincinnati: 198,700 +3,200 Cleveland: 180,000 +3,100 Columbus: 183,700 +4,800 Dayton: 63,300 +600 Toledo: 57,500 -400 Youngstown: 46,200 -100 Information Akron: 3,700 -100 Cincinnati: 13,800 -200 Cleveland: 14,800 -600 Columbus: 16,700 -200 Dayton: 9,700 -100 Toledo: 3,400 +0 Youngstown: 2,300 +0 Financial Activities Akron: 13,600 -100 Cincinnati: 62,200 -1,500 Cleveland: 65,400 +900 Columbus: 71,800 +1,800 Dayton: 17,100 +0 Toledo: 11,000 -300 Youngstown: 8,800 +0 Professional and Business Services Akron: 49,200 -200 Cincinnati: 158,300 +4,700 Cleveland: 134,500 -3,900 Columbus: 154,000 +4,600 Dayton: 48,700 +1,700 Toledo: 33,900 +600 Youngstown: 21,800 -500 Education and Health Akron: 50,300 -500 Cincinnati: 151,800 +1,300 Cleveland: 192,400 +3,800 Columbus: 140,100 +10,100 Dayton: 70,800 +1,000 Toledo: 51,900 +0 Youngstown: 44,700 +600 Leisure and Hospitality Akron: 28,900 -1,500 Cincinnati: 110,700 +2,300 Cleveland: 88,000 -1,800 Columbus: 90,500 -1,100 Dayton: 39,500 +2,200 Toledo: 34,700 +1,300 Youngstown: 22,800 +500 Other Services Akron: 13,100 -200 Cincinnati: 40,800 -200 Cleveland: 41,500 +200 Columbus: 37,800 +2,400 Dayton: 15,200 +0 Toledo: 13,100 -100 Youngstown: 9,900 -100 Government Akron: 46,900 -100 Cincinnati: 129,200 +300 Cleveland: 130,800 -6,800 Columbus: 153,500 -4,700 Dayton: 66,200 -700 Toledo: 45,500 -1,600 Youngstown: 31,000 -300
July 7, 201212 yr Another month of good data for Ohio. Cincy & Cleveland are neck & neck! Fun to watch that "battle". Thanks for posting these.
July 7, 201212 yr This post is about job recovery since the recession ended. I did the April numbers earlier in the thread. So how this works is that I took the pre-recession or recession peak of jobs in each industry, compared that to the bottom reached during or after the recession ended, and then figured out the total recovery seen to the most recent month of data. I only did the 3-Cs last time, but will include the 7 largest metros this time around. Civilian Labor Force Pre-recession/recesssion peak and month of peak Akron: 393,994 July 2008 Cincinnati: 1,144,487 July 2008 Cleveland: 1,127,579 July 2007 Columbus: 982,730 July 2009 Dayton: 429,802 November 2006 Toledo: 343,304 July 2006 Youngstown: 285,364 July 2006 Recession/post-recession bottom and month of bottom Akron: 366,324 January 2012 Cincinnati: 1,081885 January 2011 Cleveland: 1,061,410 January 2010 Columbus: 945,373 January 2011 Dayton: 406,338 February 2012 Toledo: 315,995 April 2012 Youngstown: 263,658 February 2012 Total and % Change from Peak to Bottom Akron: -27,670 -7.0% Cincinnati: -58,602 -5.5% Cleveland: -66,169 -5.9% Columbus: -37,357 -3.8% Dayton: -23,464 -5.5% Toledo: -27,309 -8.0% Youngstown: -21,706 -7.6% May 2012 Civilian Labor Force Akron: 370,022 Cincinnati: 1,105,100 Cleveland: 1,083,700 Columbus: 960,300 Dayton: 407,728 Toledo: 316,045 Youngstown: 265,114 Total Change and % Recovery from recession bottom to May 2012 Akron: +3,698 +13.4% Cincinnati: +23,215 +39.6% Cleveland: 22,290 +33.7% Columbus: 14,927 +40.0% Dayton: +1,390 +5.9% Toledo: +50 +0.2% Youngstown: +1,456 +6.7% Non-Farm Jobs Pre-Recession/Recession Peak Akron: 346,600 December 2007 Cincinnati: 1,060,400 December 2007 Cleveland: 1,090,200 June 2007 Columbus: 957,200 November 2007 Dayton: 412,200 May 2006 Toledo: 336,100 September 2006 Youngstown: 246,200 May 2006 Recession/Post-recession bottom Akron: 308,500 January 2010 Cincinnati: 959,000 January 2010 Cleveland: 969,200 January 2010 Columbus: 884,100 February 2010 Dayton: 363,000 January 2010 Toledo: 297,500 January 2010 Youngstown: 214,400 February 2010 Total Change and % Change from Peak to Bottom Akron: -38,100 Cincinnati: -101,400 Cleveland: -121,000 Columbus: -73,100 Dayton: -49,200 Toledo: -38,600 Youngstown: -31,800 May 2012 Non-Farm Jobs Akron: 322,100 Cincinnati: 1,016,700 Cleveland: 1,002,200 Columbus: 937,700 Dayton: 380,900 Toledo: 302,400 Youngstown: 225,600 Total and % Recovery from bottom to May 2012 Akron: +13,600 35.7% Cincinnati: +57,700 56.9% Cleveland: +33,000 27.3% Columbus: +53,600 73.3% Dayton: +17,900 36.4% Toledo: +4,900 12.7% Youngstown: +11,200 35.2%
July 7, 201212 yr And finally, the recovery by industry from the respective recession bottoms to May 2012. I'm only going to do percentages for this. So this is the total % of jobs gained back since the recession by industry. These will also be in order from best recovery to worst. Mining/Logging/Construction Akron: 51.5% Toledo: 41.3% Youngstown: 32.6% Cincinnati: 31.0% Cleveland: 29.7% Columbus: 24.2% Dayton: 21.7% Manufacturing Cincinnati: 49.8% Akron: 44.3% Toledo: 36.5% Youngstown: 33.7% Cleveland: 26.1% Dayton: 12.2% Columbus: 1.7% Trade/Transportation/Utilities Columbus: 37.1% Dayton: 25.5% Cincinnati: 23.2% Cleveland: 22.5% Toledo: 21.8% Akron: 15.2% Youngstown: 14.7% Information Toledo: 22.2% Columbus: 7.7% Youngstown: 7.7% Akron: 0.0% Cincinnati: 0.0% Cleveland: 0.0% Dayton: 0.0% Financial Activities Columbus: 56.1% Cincinnati: 36.9% Akron: 33.3% Youngstown: 25.0% Cleveland: 14.3% Dayton: 14.3% Toledo: 7.7% Professional and Business Services Youngstown: 103.6% Columbus: 90.7% Cincinnati: 83.0% Toledo: 77.6% Dayton: 51.6% Akron: 43.9% Cleveland: 40.2% Education and Health (For this industry, it's % growth since January 2007) Columbus: 24.4% Cleveland: 10.1% Akron: 9.6% Cincinnati: 9.0% Dayton: 8.1% Youngstown: 6.9% Toledo: 4.0% Leisure and Hospitality Dayton: 110.2% Toledo: 85.5% Cincinnati: 83.7% Columbus: 73.7% Youngstown: 66.0% Cleveland: 46.5% Akron: 39.3% Other Services Columbus: 86.1% Cincinnati: 26.5% Cleveland: 22.7% Dayton: 21.1% Youngstown: 20.0% Akron: 16.7% Toledo: 11.5% Government Dayton: 111.8% Youngstown: 65.5% Cincinnati: 60.6% Akron: 47.3% Columbus: 31.1% Toledo: 29.9% Cleveland: 11.3%
July 24, 201212 yr Since we're at the halfway point for 2012's jobs data, I'm going to do an update for all the numbers, from labor size to industry and recession jobs recovery. First, June 2012 unemployment rates. Metro Unemployment, June 2012, lowest to highest. 1. Columbus: 6.4% 2. Akron: 7.0% 3. Cincinnati: 7.2% 4. Cleveland: 7.5% 5. Dayton; 7.8% 6. Toledo: 8.1% 7. Youngstown: 8.2% All these rates went up from May, but all of them are still at or below the national average. Metro unemployment rate change June 2011 to June 2012, best to worst. Dayton: -2.0 Akron: -1.9 Cincinnati: -1.9 Toledo: -1.9 Columbus: -1.7 Youngstown: -1.6 Cleveland: -0.7 County unemployment rate, June 2012, lowest to highest. 1. Franklin: 6.5% 2. Summit: 7.1% 3. Hamilton: 7.2% 4. Cuyahoga: 7.9% 5. Mahoning: 7.9% 6. Montgomery: 8.1% 7. Lucas: 8.3% City unemployment rate, June 2012, lowest to highest. 1. Columbus: 6.5% 2. Akron: 7.9% 3. Cincinnati: 7.9% 4. Toledo: 9.0% 5. Dayton: 9.6% 6. Youngstown: 10.0% 7. Cleveland: 10.3% Metro Civilian Labor Force, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 1,116,700 2. Cleveland: 1,089,300 3. Columbus: 971,200 4. Dayton: 407,700 5. Akron: 372,700 6. Toledo: 317,200 7. Youngstown: 269,900 Metro Civilian Labor Force Change June 2007 to June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: +12,800 2. Youngstown: -10,200 3. Cincinnati: -12,300 4. Akron: -17,200 5. Dayton: -19,000 6. Toledo: -19,300 7. Cleveland: -25,900 Metro Civilian Labor Force Change June 2011 to June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: +3,500 2. Cincinnati: +2,800 3. Youngstown: -400 4. Akron: -2,800 5. Toledo: -4,900 6. Cleveland: -5,400 7. Dayton: -6,300 Metro Civilian Labor Force Change May 2012 to June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: +11,600 2. Columbus: +10,900 3. Cleveland: +5,600 4. Youngstown: +4,800 5. Akron: +2,700 6. Toledo: +1,200 7. Dayton: +0 Metro Employment June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 1,035,800 2. Cleveland: 1,007,700 3. Columbus: 909,000 4. Dayton: 375,900 5. Akron: 346,800 6. Toledo: 291,600 7. Youngstown: 247,800 Metro Employment Change, June 2011 to June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: +23,200 2. Columbus: +20,100 3. Akron: +4,800 4. Youngstown: +4,100 5. Cleveland: +3,100 6. Dayton: +2,400 7. Toledo: +1,700 Metro Employment Change, May 2012 to June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: +6,900 2. Cincinnati: +6,700 3. Youngstown: +2,400 4. Akron: +1,100 5. Toledo: -400 6. Dayton: -2,100 7. Cleveland: -3,300 Metro Unemployment, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cleveland: 81,500 2. Cincinnati: 81,000 3. Columbus: 62,300 4. Dayton: 31,800 5. Akron: 25,900 6. Toledo: 25,600 7. Youngstown: 22,100 Metro Unemployment Change, June 2011 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: -20,400 2. Columbus: -16,400 3. Dayton: -8,700 4. Cleveland: -8,600 5. Akron: -7,600 6. Toledo: -6,500 7. Youngstown: -4,400 Metro Unemployment Change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Toledo: +1,500 2. Akron: +1,600 3. Dayton: +2,000 4. Youngstown: +2,400 5. Columbus: +4,100 6. Cincinnati: +5,000 7. Cleveland: +8,800 Metro Non-Farm Jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 1,018,800 2. Cleveland: 1,008,700 3. Columbus: 943,200 4. Dayton: 377,900 5. Akron: 321,300 6. Toledo: 301,700 7. Youngstown: 228,000 Metro Non-Farm Jobs Change June 2011 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +21,500 2. Columbus: +19,000 3. Youngstown: +3,400 4. Akron: +2,800 5. Cleveland: +2,800 6. Dayton: +1,200 7. Toledo: +1,100 Metro Non-Farm Jobs Change May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cleveland: +6,400 2. Columbus: +5,900 3. Youngstown: +2,800 4. Cincinnati: +2,200 5. Toledo: +500 6. Akron: -500 7. Dayton: -1,500
July 25, 201212 yr June 2012 metro job information by industry. I'm going to provide more information, again, than in most months. Mining/Logging/Construction Jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 40,200 2. Cleveland: 32,700 3. Columbus: 29,600 4. Akron: 13,300 5. Toledo: 12,500 6. Dayton: 11,400 7. Youngstown: 10,900 Mining/Logging/Construction jobs change June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Youngstown: +1,800 2. Akron: +1,500 3. Cincinnati: +1,300 4. Toledo: +400 5. Columbus: -200 6. Dayton: -300 7. Cleveland: -900 Mining/Logging/Construction jobs change May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Youngstown: +2,600 2. Columbus: +1,400 3. Cincinnati: +1,300 4. Cleveland: +900 5. Akron: +600 6. Dayton: +600 7. Toledo: +600 Manufacturing Jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cleveland: 123,900 2. Cincinnati: 112,300 3. Columbus: 62,900 4. Akron: 41,500 5. Dayton: 40,200 6. Toledo: 39,500 7. Youngstown: 30,800 Manufacturing jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +7,100 2. Cleveland: +4,700 3. Akron: +2,800 4. Youngstown: +400 5. Dayton: -100 6. Toledo: -200 7. Columbus: -1,800 Manufacturing jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +1,500 2. Cleveland: +900 3. Youngstown: +800 4. Cincinnati: +500 5. Dayton: +500 6. Toledo: +300 7. Akron: +100 Trade/Transportation/Utilities jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 199,500 2. Columbus: 185,000 3. Cleveland: 181,500 4. Dayton: 62,600 5. Akron: 62,500 6. Toledo: 58,000 7. Youngstown: 47,600 Trade/Transportation/Utilities jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +5,900 2. Cleveland: +3,800 3. Cincinnati: +3,500 4. Youngstown: +1,500 5. Akron: +300 6. Dayton: -200 7. Toledo: -300 Trade/Transportation/Utilities jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +1,600 2. Youngstown: +1,300 3. Columbus: +900 4. Cleveland: +800 5. Akron: +400 6. Toledo: +200 7. Dayton: -700 Information jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: 16,700 2. Cleveland: 14,800 3. Cincinnati: 13,800 4. Dayton: 9,700 5. Akron: 3,700 6. Toledo: 3,400 7. Youngstown: 2,300 Information jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Toledo: +0 2. Youngstown: +0 3. Akron: -200 4. Cincinnati: -200 5. Columbus: -200 6. Dayton: -200 7. Cleveland: -500 Information jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Dayton: +100 2. All others at +0 Financial Activities jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: 71,600 2. Cleveland: 65,900 3. Cincinnati: 62,800 4. Dayton: 17,100 5. Akron: 13,700 6. Toledo: 11,100 7. Youngstown: 8,900 Financial Activities jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +1,500 2. Cleveland: +1,400 3. Youngstown: +100 4. Akron: +0 5. Dayton: +0 6. Toledo: -200 7. Cincinnati: -1,000 Financial Activities jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +500 2. Cleveland: +500 3. Columbus: +300 4. Akron: +100 5. Toledo: +100 6. Youngstown: +100 Dayton: +0 Professional and Business Services jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 159,900 2. Columbus: 152,400 3. Cleveland: 139,200 4. Akron: 49,800 5. Dayton: 48,500 6. Toledo: 34,500 7. Youngstown: 21,800 Professional and Business Services jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +5,800 2. Columbus: +2,400 3. Toledo: +1,700 4. Dayton: +1,200 5. Akron: +100 6. Cleveland: +100 7. Youngstown: -600 Professional and Business Services jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cleveland: +3,500 2. Cincinnati: +1,500 3. Toledo: +700 4. Akron: +400 5. Youngstown: +0 6. Dayton: -200 7. Columbus: -1,000 Heatlh and Education jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cleveland: 189,100 2. Cincinnati: 150,600 3. Columbus: 138,000 4. Dayton: 69,700 5. Toledo: 511,800 6. Akron: 51,100 7. Youngstown: 44,000 Health and Education jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +9,500 2. Cleveland: +2,600 3. Cincinnati: +1,900 4. Dayton: +1,000 5. Youngstown: +900 6. Akron: +400 7. Toledo: +200 Health and Education jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Akron: +800 2. Dayton: +100 3. Youngstown: +0 4. Toledo: -100 5. Cincinnati: -1,100 6. Columbus: -2,200 7. Cleveland: -2,400 Leisure and Hospitality jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cincinnati: 114,300 2. Columbus: 96,300 3. Cleveland: 90,000 4. Dayton: 39,700 5. Toledo: 35,400 6. Akron: 30,200 7. Youngstown: 23,900 Leisure and Hospitality jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cincinnati: +2,800 2. Columbus: +2,800 3. Dayton: +1,600 4. Toledo: +1,300 5. Youngstown: +1,000 6. Akron: -1,100 7. Cleveland: -2,000 Leisure and Hospitality jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +5,800 2. Cleveland: +3,000 3. Cincinnati: +2,100 4. Toledo: +1,800 5. Akron: +1,100 6. Youngstown: +1,100 7. Dayton: +0 Other Services jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Cleveland: 42,000 2. Cincinnati: 41,300 3. Columbus: 39,000 4. Dayton: 15,400 5. Akron: 13,300 6. Toledo: 13,200 7. Youngstown: 10,000 Other Services jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +3,400 2. Cleveland: +500 3. Cincinnati: +300 4. Dayton: +100 5. Youngstown: +0 6. Akron: -100 7. Toledo: -200 Other Services jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Columbus: +1,100 2. Cincinnati: +1,000 3. Cleveland: +400 4. Akron: +200 5. Dayton: +200 6. Toledo: +100 7. Youngstown: +100 Government jobs, June 2012, highest to lowest. 1. Columbus: 151,700 2. Cleveland: 129,600 3. Cincinnati: 124,100 4. Dayton: 63,600 5. Toledo: 42,300 6. Akron: 42,200 7. Youngstown: 29,800 Government jobs change, June 2011-June 2012, best to worst. 1. Youngstown: +300 2. Cincinnati: +0 3. Akron: -900 4. Toledo: -1,600 5. Dayton: -1,900 6. Columbus: -4,300 7. Cleveland: -6,900 Government jobs change, May 2012 to June 2012, best to worst. 1. Cleveland: -1,200 2. Youngstown: -1,200 3. Columbus: -1,900 4. Dayton: -2,100 5. Toledo: -3,200 6. Akron: -4,200 7. Cincinnati: -5,200
July 25, 201212 yr The bloodletting in the Government sector is just killing our overall numbers here in Cleveland.
July 25, 201212 yr I dont know, It looks like the Cleveland area got off pretty easy (in govt sector) compared to others.
July 25, 201212 yr Something seems off in those last two categories. Obviously, in the second to last, there is a typo because Cleveland is listed twice and Cincy is absent. But, also, what is with the drastic drop from May to June this year? Did Cincy really lose over 5000 govt jobs in ONE month? Akron over 4000? I doubt it
July 25, 201212 yr Yeah these lists always seem a bit wack-o. Were there mass postal layoffs maybe (which I thought Cinci ended up being largely spared of)? Also, Ohio is supposedly ranked second for U.S. job gains for June (at a gain of 18,400 jobs). I just hope that isnt again contradicted by an article indicating that Ohio is near the bottomm in terms of recovery. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/07/ohio_unemployment_rate_drops_1.html
July 25, 201212 yr Something seems off in those last two categories. Obviously, in the second to last, there is a typo because Cleveland is listed twice and Cincy is absent. But, also, what is with the drastic drop from May to June this year? Did Cincy really lose over 5000 govt jobs in ONE month? Akron over 4000? I doubt it It was a typo and I changed it to add Cincinnati. As far as the numbers themselves, they are correct according to the BLS.
July 25, 201212 yr Nobody has ever suggested that you don't reproduce the BLS numbers accurately. However, we can still comment on BLS's accuracy, right? For instance, I would like to know the sectors in which Akron lost over 4000 govt jobs between May 2012 and June 2012. I don't recall any layoffs or RIFs of that magnitude over that period..... this is particularly suspicious when you compare it to the previous 11 months which would indicate that it gained over 3000 govt jobs from June 2011 through May 2012. Maybe I just missed it.... but I doubt it. Do you not find it the least bit fishy that Cincy lost the EXACT amount of govt jobs for that same month as it apparently gained during the preceding 11 months?
July 25, 201212 yr I'm going with mass government conspiracy. Fishy indeed These numbers are estimated based on best data available at the time. That means sometimes abrupt adjustments happen, they show trends well however.
July 25, 201212 yr This is metro job recovery for the first half of 2012. I took the 2006-2007 industry peak for each respective metro, found the respective recession bottom for each industry, than found the difference between that bottom number and each month so far this year. I then figured out the % of industry jobs recovered since the bottom. I think this gives a good idea of how metros are trending. Civilian Labor Force Total Loss during the Recession Peak to Bottom, best to worst. 1. Youngstown: -21,706 2. Dayton: -23,464 3. Toledo: -27,309 4. Akron: -27,670 5. Columbus: -37,357 6. Cincinnati: -62,602 7. Cleveland: -66,169 % of Total Labor Force recovered by each metro in 2012. 0% indicates month was equal to bottom. Akron January: 0.0% February: 8.6% March: 5.4% April: 10.2% May: 13.4% June: 23.0% Cincinnati January: 5.1% February: 10.0% March: 21.9% April: 24.8% May: 37.0% June: 55.6% Cleveland January: 12.7% February: 21.9% March: 36.7% April: 33.8% May: 42.1% June: 42.1% Columbus January: 11.9% February: 24.5% March: 21.7% April: 23.5% May: 39.9% June: 69.1% Dayton January: 0.5% February: 0.0% March: 1.3% April: 4.7% May: 5.9% June: 5.8% Toledo January: 5.2% February: 14.6% March: 6.7% April: 0.0% May: 0.2% June: 4.4% Youngstown January: 7.0% February: 0.0% March: 4.1% April: 3.2% May: 6.7% June: 28.8% Total Non-Farm Jobs loss during the Recession from peak to bottom, best to worst. 1. Youngstown: -31,800 2. Akron: -38,100 3. Toledo: -48,600 4. Dayton: -49,200 5. Columbus: -73,100 6. Cleveland: -101,400 7. Cincinnati: -121,000 % of Total Metro Non-Farm Jobs Recovered by each month in 2012. Akron January: 5.8% February: 13.1% March: 16.8% April: 31.8% May: 34.9% June: 33.6% Cincinnati January: 7.1% February: 10.7% March: 22.6% April: 32.1% May: 39.2% June: 41.0% Cleveland January: 10.2% February: 18.0% March: 21.5% April: 28.5% May: 42.7% June: 49.0% Columbus January: 37.1% February: 45.0% March: 50.8% April: 62.8% May: 72.8% June: 80.8% Dayton January: 18.3% February: 18.9% March: 24.8% April: 34.6% May: 33.3% June: 30.3% Toledo January: 18.7% February: 26.1% March: 25.3% April: 27.8% May: 28.2% June: 29.2% Youngstown January: 20.1% February: 17.9% March: 24.5% April: 31.4% May: 34.0% June: 42.8% I'll do this by industry a bit later.
July 26, 201212 yr Metro Job Recovery By Industry, 1st Half of 2012. Same principle as the above post where it's measuring the % recovery from the industry bottom in each metro. Mining/Logging/Construction Akron January: 7.4% February: 7.4% March: 10.3% April: 32.4% May: 50.0% June: 58.8% Cincinnati January: 8.3% February: 7.9% March: 13.1% April: 21.4% May: 30.6% June: 36.2% Cleveland January: 3.3% February: 3.8% March: 8.2% April: 14.3% May: 28.6% June: 33.5% Columbus January: 18.0% February: 17.4% March: 15.7% April: 24.2% May: 24.7% June: 32.6% Dayton January: 2.9% February: 0.0% March: 2.9% April: 17.4% May: 21.7% June: 30.4% Toledo January: 22.5% February: 20.0% March: 22.5% April: 28.7% May: 40.0% June: 47.5% Youngstown January: 11.6% February: 4.7% March: 7.0% April: 20.9% May: 32.6% June: 46.5% Manufacturing Akron January: 24.3% February: 27.8% March: 30.4% April: 36.5% May: 40.9% June: 41.7% Cincinnati January: 33.5% February: 33.0% March: 40.9% April: 49.8% May: 47.8% June: 50.2% Cleveland January: 19.3% February: 24.4% March: 24.1% April: 24.1% May: 26.7% June: 29.3% Columbus January: 9.7% February: 5.1% March: 5.1% April: 1.1% May: 1.1% June: 9.7% Dayton January: 11.2% February: 10.1% March: 11.2% April: 16.5% May: 12.8% June: 15.4% Toledo January: 38.0% February: 38.5% March: 39.1% April: 32.8% May: 35.4% June: 37.0% Youngstown January: 35.2% February: 33.3% March: 33.3% April: 32.1% May: 33.3% June: 38.2% Trade/Transportation/Utilities Akron January: 17.9% February: 8.0% March: 12.5% April: 18.8% May: 17.9% June: 21.4% Cincinnati January: 6.5% February: 5.5% March: 12.3% April: 12.6% May: 20.5% June: 25.9% Cleveland January: 12.9% February: 7.6% March: 12.9% April: 15.2% May: 24.6% June: 26.9% Columbus January: 22.4% February: 16.8% March: 24.8% April: 31.1% May: 38.5% June: 41.6% Dayton January: 17.3% February: 10.9% March: 18.2% April: 19.1% May: 25.5% June: 19.1% Toledo January: 25.2% February: 21.8% March: 22.7% April: 27.7% May: 24.4% June: 26.1% Youngstown January: 10.5% February: 4.2% March: 12.6% April: 15.8% May: 15.8% June: 29.5% Information Most metros are near or at their respective bottoms, and no statistically significant growth or decline has occurred since the recession.
July 26, 201212 yr Part 2 of the industry recovery. Financial Activities Akron January: 36.4% February: 36.4% March: 36.4% April: 36.4% May: 45.5% June: 54.5% Cincinnati January: 3.1% February: 0.0% March: 21.5% April: 30.8% May: 38.5% June: 46.2% Cleveland January: 12.4% February: 11.4% March: 9.5% April: 7.6% May: 14.3% June: 19.0% Columbus January: 48.5% February: 53.0% March: 53.0% April: 50.0% May: 48.5% June: 53.0% Dayton January: 8.3% February: 8.3% March: 8.3% April: 11.1% May: 13.9% June: 13.9% Toledo January: 3.8% February: 3.8% March: 3.8% April: 7.7% May: 7.7% June: 7.7% Youngstown January: 16.7% February: 25.0% March: 25.0% April: 25.0% May: 25.0% June: 33.3% Professional and Business Services Akron January: 17.1% February: 24.4% March: 17.1% April: 40.2% May: 46.3% June: 51.2% Cincinnati January: 41.5% February: 47.2% March: 69.3% April: 82.4% May: 83.5% June: 92.0% Cleveland January: 27.8% February: 35.9% March: 29.2% April: 45.5% May: 45.9% June: 62.7% Columbus January: 44.3% February: 59.3% March: 67.1% April: 90.0% May: 86.4% June: 79.3% Dayton January: 67.0% February: 59.3% March: 52.7% April: 59.3% May: 51.6% June: 49.5% Toledo January: 63.8% February: 86.2% March: 74.1% April: 70.7% May: 75.9% June: 87.9% Youngstown January: 96.4% February: 103.6% March: 103.6% April: 121.4% May: 103.6% June: 103.6% Health and Education For this catergory, all metros are growing and this industry did not really see any decline at all during the recession. So for this industry, I took the % growth from January 2007 (recession start) to each month in 2012. Akron January: 9.8% February: 10.5% March: 10.7% April: 10.9% May: 9.6% June: 5.2% Cincinnati January: 7.5% February: 8.2% March: 8.3% April: 9.5% May: 8.9% June: 8.1% Cleveland January: 8.1% February: 10.4% March: 10.6% April: 11.2% May: 11.8% June: 10.4% Columbus January: 24.9% February: 27.4% March: 27.1% April: 27.3% May: 29.2% June: 27.2% Dayton January: 4.7% February: 7.0% March: 8.5% April: 8.5% May: 6.3% June: 6.4% Toledo January: 3.2% February: 4.4% March: 4.4% April: 4.4% May: 4.0% June: 3.8% Youngstown January: 5.0% February: 4.8% March: 5.5% April: 6.7% May: 5.3% June: 5.3%
July 26, 201212 yr Finally, part 3 of metro industry recovery. I know this is a ton of data, but wanted this to be a big update. Leisure and Hospitality Akron January: 0.0% February: 4.5% March: 12.4% April: 23.6% May: 41.6% June: 53.9% Cincinnati January: 39.3% February: 41.8% March: 56.6% April: 69.9% May: 91.3% June: 102.0% Cleveland January: 7.4% February: 0.0% March: 7.8% April: 17.7% May: 42.4% June: 54.7% Columbus January: 25.5% February: 35.0% March: 32.8% April: 56.2% May: 73.7% June: 116.1% Dayton January: 46.9% February: 34.7% March: 53.1% April: 95.9% May: 114.3% June: 114.3% Toledo January: 34.2% February: 40.8% March: 40.8% April: 59.2% May: 71.1% June: 94.7% Youngstown January: 19.1% February: 21.3% March: 29.8% April: 44.7% May: 66.0% June: 89.4% Other Services Akron January: 0.0% February: 8.3% March: 8.3% April: 8.3% May: 16.7% June: 33.3% Cincinnati January: 8.2% February: 0.0% March: 8.2% April: 14.3% May: 16.3% June: 36.7% Cleveland January: 2.3% February: 13.6% March: 11.4% April: 15.9% May: 25.0% June: 34.1% Columbus January: 11.1% February: 19.4% March: 66.7% April: 75.0% May: 88.9% June: 119.4% Dayton January: 5.3% February: 10.5% March: 15.8% April: 15.8% May: 21.1% June: 31.6% Toledo January: 0.0% February: 7.7% March: 11.5% April: 7.7% May: 11.5% June: 15.4% Youngstown January: 0.0% February: 0.0% March: 10.0% April: 10.0% May: 20.0% June: 30.0% Government Akron January: 41.1% February: 64.4% March: 67.8% April: 65.6% May: 42.2% June: -4.4%* *Akron fell below its recession bottom in June. Cincinnati January: 37.8% February: 53.9% March: 58.0% April: 59.1% May: 61.1% June: 34.2% Cleveland January: 0.0% February: 19.9% March: 22.6% April: 14.0% May: 11.3% June: 4.8% Columbus January: 18.5% February: 30.4% March: 31.1% April: 26.7% May: 31.9% June: 17.8% Dayton January: 52.1% February: 75.0% March: 81.3% April: 79.2% May: 85.4% June: 41.7% Toledo January: 34.6% February: 48.6% March: 47.7% April: 48.6% May: 29.9% June: 0.0% Youngstown January: 56.4% February: 60.0% March: 67.3% April: 63.6% May: 65.5% June: 43.6%
September 26, 201212 yr Due to being so busy recently, I wasn't able to post July's numbers. July was actually not a great month overall for anyone. Most if not all metro unemployment rates rose. August's numbers have come and while the picture is not entirely rosy, it's an improvement from July. National unemployment rate: 8.1% August City Unemployment Rate, best to worst. Columbus: 6.0% Akron: 7.3% Cincinnati: 7.5% Toledo: 8.3% Dayton: 8.9% Youngstown: 9.3% Cleveland: 9.4% City unemployment rate change, August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Youngstown: -3.4% Cincinnati: -2.5% Toledo: -2.4% Dayton: -2.3% Akron: -2.0% Columbus: -1.8% Cleveland: -1.5% August County Unemployment Rate, best to worst Franklin: 6.0% Summit: 6.5% Hamilton: 6.8% Cuyahoga: 7.3% Mahoning: 7.3% Lucas: 7.6% Montgomery: 7.6% County unemployment rate change, August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Lucas: -2.2% Mahoning: -2.1% Hamilton: -2.0% Montgomery: -1.9% Summit: -1.8% Franklin: -1.7% Cuyahoga: -1.1% August Metro Unemployment Rates, best to worst. Columbus: 5.9% Akron: 6.4% Cincinnati: 6.7% Cleveland: 6.9% Dayton: 7.3% Toledo: 7.3% Youngstown: 7.9% Metro unemployment rate change August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Toledo: -2.0% Cincinnati: -1.9% Akron: -1.8% Dayton: -1.8% Columbus: -1.7% Youngstown: -1.4% Cleveland: -1.0% Metro unemployment rate change July 2012 to August 2012, best to worst. Toledo: -0.8% Youngstown: -0.8% Akron: -0.5% Cincinnati: -0.5% Dayton: -0.5% Cleveland: -0.4% Columbus: -0.4%
September 26, 201212 yr Civilian Labor Force, August 2012, highest to lowest. Cincinnati: 1,117,800 Cleveland: 1,075,900 Columbus: 967,000 Dayton: 406,000 Akron: 374,600 Toledo: 315,600 Younstown: 269,100 Civilian Labor Force change, August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Cincinnati: +8,400 Columbus: +8,100 Youngstown: +200 Akron: -1,000 Dayton: -4,700 Toledo: -8,600 Cleveland: -27,000 Pretty significant hit on the Cleveland labor force the past year. Employment, August 2012, highest to lowest. Cincinnati: 1,042,400 Cleveland: 1,002,000 Columbus: 909,500 Dayton: 376,900 Akron: 350,600 Toledo: 292,500 Youngstown: 247,800 Employment change, August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Cincinnati: +28,000 Columbus: +23,700 Akron: +5,900 Youngstown: +3,900 Toledo: +2,000 Dayton: -400 Cleveland: -14,300 Unemployment, August 2012, lowest to highest. Youngstown: 21,400 Toledo: 23,400 Akron: 23,900 Dayton: 29,500 Columbus: 57,500 Cleveland: 73,900 Cincinnati: 75,400 Unemployment change, August 2011-August 2012, best to worst. Cincinnati: -19,700 Columbus: -15,600 Cleveland: -12,700 Dayton: -8,100 Akron: -7,100 Toledo: -6,700 Youngstown: -3,700 Unemployment change, August 2011-August 2012 as a % of total number, best to worst. Akron: -22.9% Toledo: -22.5% Dayton: -21.5% Columbus: -21.3% Cincinnati: -20.7% Cleveland: -14.7% Youngstown: -14.7%
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