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Huntsville Regional Labor Force Growth 1990 - 2007
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
% Change
1990 -07
HUNTSVILLE REGIONAL COUNTIES
Madison County
Civilian Labor Force (1)
127,500
127,740
131,170
134,030
134,000
134,810
136,380
141,440
143,280
143,000
145,860
147,880
148,192
146,001
154,274
160,024
163,901
166,575
30.6%
Employment
121,290
120,530
124,720
126,290
126,720
128,380
131,960
137,270
139,410
138,330
141,760
142,900
142,258
139,652
147,519
154,664
159,356
162,089
33.6%
Unemployment
6,210
7,210
6,450
7,740
7,280
6,430
4,420
4,170
3,870
4,670
4,100
4,980
5,933
6,349
6,755
5,360
4,544
4,486
-27.8%
Unemployment Rate
4.9%
5.6%
4.9%
5.8%
5.4%
4.8%
3.2%
2.9%
2.7%
3.3%
2.8%
3.4%
4.0%
4.3%
4.4%
3.3%
2.8%
2.7%
-44.7%
Limestone County
Civilian Labor Force
26,390
26,750
27,280
27,200
27,300
26,810
27,570
28,720
29,190
29,000
29,610
30,200
30,363
31,551
33,163
35,288
36,127
36,619
38.8%
Employment
24,650
24,560
25,400
25,530
25,790
25,400
26,310
27,570
28,050
27,940
28,640
28,870
28,737
29,811
31,451
33,806
35,003
35,537
44.2%
Unemployment
1,740
2,190
1,880
1,670
1,510
1,410
1,260
1,150
1,140
1,060
970
1,330
1,626
1,740
1,713
1,483
1,124
1,083
-37.8%
Unemployment Rate
6.6%
8.2%
6.9%
6.1%
5.5%
5.3%
4.6%
4.0%
3.9%
3.7%
3.3%
4.4%
5.4%
5.5%
5.2%
4.2%
3.1%
3.0%
-55.2%
Jackson County
Civilian Labor Force
23,460
24,110
24,890
25,810
25,310
25,320
26,060
26,430
25,470
25,710
26,400
25,730
25,352
25,781
25,628
27,152
26,784
27,011
15.1%
Employment
21,290
21,560
22,260
23,200
22,970
22,800
23,630
24,240
23,960
24,000
24,740
23,580
23,346
23,765
23,533
25,831
25,703
25,906
21.7%
Unemployment
2,170
2,550
2,630
2,610
2,340
2,520
2,430
2,190
1,510
1,710
1,660
2,150
2,006
2,016
2,094
1,321
1,081
1,105
-49.1%
Unemployment Rate
9.2%
10.6%
10.6%
10.1%
9.2%
10.0%
9.3%
8.3%
5.9%
6.7%
6.3%
8.4%
7.9%
7.8%
8.2%
4.9%
4.0%
4.1%
-55.8%
Marshall County
Civilian Labor Force
34,920
34,730
35,730
37,560
38,180
39,510
39,760
41,040
40,510
40,030
39,070
38,800
39,300
40,060
38,513
41,824
43,148
42,482
21.7%
Employment
31,760
31,370
32,730
34,530
35,600
36,620
37,470
38,740
38,120
37,550
37,060
36,410
36,968
37,966
36,721
40,241
41,866
41,284
30.0%
Unemployment
3,160
3,360
3,000
3,030
2,580
2,890
2,290
2,300
2,390
2,480
2,010
2,390
2,333
2,094
1,793
1,583
1,283
1,281
-59.4%
Unemployment Rate
9.0%
9.7%
8.4%
8.1%
6.8%
7.3%
5.8%
5.6%
5.9%
6.2%
5.1%
6.2%
5.9%
5.2%
4.7%
3.8%
3.0%
3.0%
-66.7%
Morgan County
Civilian Labor Force
49,970
50,420
50,850
51,610
52,250
53,430
54,000
55,880
56,600
56,590
57,210
56,960
56,024
57,166
55,155
55,966
56,349
56,860
13.8%
Employment
46,730
46,830
47,020
47,770
48,840
50,060
51,460
53,200
54,440
54,150
54,870
53,810
52,296
53,392
51,410
53,512
54,347
55,067
17.8%
Unemployment
3,240
3,590
3,830
3,840
3,410
3,370
2,540
2,680
2,160
2,440
2,340
3,150
3,728
3,774
3,745
2,454
2,002
1,794
-44.6%
Unemployment Rate
6.5%
7.1%
7.5%
7.4%
6.5%
6.3%
4.7%
4.8%
3.8%
4.3%
4.1%
5.5%
6.7%
6.6%
6.8%
4.4%
3.6%
3.2%
-51.4%
Franklin County, TN
Civilian Labor Force
15,850
16,060
16,330
16,620
18,390
18,360
18,460
18,060
18,330
18,300
18,140
18,540
18,988
20,193
20,880
20,195
20,394
20,266
27.9%
Employment
15,040
15,060
15,340
15,680
17,440
17,310
17,090
17,090
17,500
17,480
17,440
17,830
18,137
19,293
19,941
19,083
19,265
19,273
28.1%
Unemployment
810
1,000
990
940
950
1,050
1,370
970
830
820
700
710
852
901
939
1,113
1,130
993
22.5%
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
6.2%
6.1%
5.7%
5.2%
5.7%
7.4%
5.4%
4.5%
4.5%
3.9%
3.8%
4.5%
4.5%
4.5%
5.5%
5.5%
4.9%
-4.2%
Giles County, TN
Civilian Labor Force
12,440
13,040
13,040
13,490
15,040
15,990
16,050
15,250
15,460
16,310
16,340
16,270
15,978
15,999
15,391
13,483
13,497
13,416
7.8%
Employment
11,770
12,080
12,160
12,830
14,390
15,210
14,990
14,340
14,840
15,670
15,630
15,270
14,775
14,588
14,347
12,469
12,527
12,599
7.0%
Unemployment
670
960
930
660
650
780
1,060
910
620
640
710
1,000
1,203
1,411
1,044
1,014
970
836
24.8%
Unemployment Rate
5.4%
7.4%
7.1%
4.9%
4.3%
4.9%
6.6%
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
4.3%
6.1%
7.5%
8.8%
6.8%
7.5%
7.2%
6.2%
15.7%
Lincoln County, TN
Civilian Labor Force
14,050
14,170
14,350
14,090
15,090
15,300
15,170
14,350
14,100
14,270
14,260
14,440
14,900
14,853
15,396
15,903
16,633
16,992
20.9%
Employment
13,420
12,830
13,500
13,140
14,330
14,390
13,520
13,070
13,310
13,680
13,740
13,780
14,248
14,093
14,628
15,100
15,917
16,368
22.0%
Unemployment
630
1,340
850
950
760
910
1,650
1,280
790
590
520
660
653
759
768
803
717
623
-1.1%
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
9.5%
5.9%
6.7%
5.0%
5.9%
10.9%
8.9%
5.6%
4.1%
3.6%
4.6%
4.4%
5.1%
5.0%
5.0%
4.3%
3.7%
-18.2%
HUNTSVILLE REGIONAL TOTAL
Civilian Labor Force
304,580
307,020
313,640
320,410
325,560
329,530
333,450
341,170
342,940
343,210
346,890
348,820
349,097
351,604
358,400
369,835
376,832
380,221
24.8%
Employment
285,950
284,820
292,850
298,630
304,320
310,170
316,430
325,520
329,630
328,800
333,880
332,450
330,763
332,559
339,549
354,705
363,983
368,123
28.7%
Unemployment
18,630
22,200
20,560
21,440
19,480
19,360
17,020
15,650
13,310
14,410
13,010
16,370
18,333
19,044
18,851
15,130
12,851
12,200
-34.5%
Unemployment Rate
6.1%
7.2%
6.6%
6.7%
6.0%
5.9%
5.1%
4.6%
3.9%
4.2%
3.8%
4.7%
5.3%
5.4%
5.3%
4.1%
3.4%
3.2%
-47.5%

Sources: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, Annual Averages. (www.dir.state.al.us)
              Tennessee Department of Employment Security, Annual Averages. (www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd)

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