Total Covered Employment (Annual Average Growth Rates) *

                        1988 -    1992-   Jan-Sept 93 -
                         1993     1993     Jan-Sept 94
                        Growth   Growth      Growth
Calhoun County             -6.3%    -6.4%          -5.3%
Columbia County             1.3%     1.3%           1.9%
Dallas County              -0.2%     2.4%          -3.8%
Hempstead County            3.5%     1.6%           5.1%
Howard County               2.7%     2.3%           5.0%
Lafayette County            0.1%     0.9%           3.3%
Little River County         1.5%     3.0%           2.2%
Miller County               2.9%     1.6%          -0.1%
Nevada County              -1.3%     0.2%           0.9%
Ouachita County            -2.2%     0.3%           1.9%
Sevier County               6.0%     3.2%          -0.3%
Union County                1.5%     0.8%           2.2%
Southwest PDD               1.2%     1.1%           1.6%
State of Arkansas           2.8%     3.6%           4.3%

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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This page was compiled by the Institute for Economic Advancement and funded in part by the Economic Development Administration.