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Total Covered Employment *

                     1986     1987     1988     1989     1990     1991     1992     1993
Baxter County          9,400    9,382    9,352    9,755    9,920   10,276   10,930   11,525
Benton County         35,650   38,091   39,842   41,596   43,580   45,883   48,205   51,515
Boone County          10,675   11,238   11,778   11,974   11,921   11,692   12,047   12,581
Carroll County         6,253    6,738    6,711    6,735    7,203    7,785    8,367    9,062
Madison County         1,677    1,745    1,763    1,886    1,998    2,332    2,382    2,394
Marion County          2,317    2,476    2,690    2,655    2,680    2,633    2,816    3,072
Newton County            700      764      837      864      869      842      885      921
Searcy County          1,541    1,655    1,712    1,578    1,486    1,506    1,512    1,570
Washington County     42,732   46,169   48,963   51,212   53,084   53,636   56,246   59,817
Northwest EDD        110,945  118,258  123,648  128,255  132,741  136,585  143,390  152,457
State of Arkansas    774,734  797,452  825,820  851,400  877,684  887,236  914,767  947,353

Source: Covered Employment & Earnings, Arkansas Employment Security Department

* Currently excluded from coverage is employment covered by the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; some domestic service workers; employees of small agricultural establishments; self-employed and unpaid family workers; insurance and real estate agents who are on commission only; and employees of churches and religious organizations, except separately incorporated schools.


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