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Article: STATE JOBLESS RATE UP TO 6.5 PERCENT IN AUGUST
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- September 28, 1988
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The Oklahoma unemployment rate in August was 6.5 percent, an
improvement from the revised 6.7 percent jobless rate in August
1987.
But it fell behind July's revised rate of 6.3 percent, according
to statistics released Tuesday by the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission.
Oklahoma's total labor force numbered 1.5 million, with 1.4
million holding jobs and 97,100 unemployed. This compares to 1.55
million people in the labor force during August 1987, with 1.44
million employed and 104,300 unemployed.
The state had 50,700 fewer people in its labor force in August
than in August 1987, a decline of 3.26 percent. The number of
employed people almost matched that decline, down 43,500 ...