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Article: Oklahoma jobless rate increases
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- April 18, 2003
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Oklahoma's unemployment rate climbed to 5.6 percent in February,
according to a monthly report from the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission.
The state's jobless rate was up from 5.4 percent in January and
4.9 percent for February 2002. Statewide unemployment totaled 94,100
with employment of 1,593,500.
The unemployment rate in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan
Statistical Area in February was 4.8 percent, up from 4.7 percent for
both January and February 2002. Unemployment in the Oklahoma City
area totaled 27,760 with employment of 547,250.
Of the six counties in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical
Area, Cleveland County had the lowest jobless rate in February with
3.5 percent, down ...