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Article: Milwaukee area leads Midwest in job gains; 4-county region added more new positions than some states did in 2004
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- December 30, 2004
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Milwaukee area leads Midwest in job gains
4-county region added more new positions than some states did in
2004
The Milwaukee area added 17,100 jobs in the last year, topping the
gains of entire states in the region, according to federal data
released Wednesday.
Preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the
four-county Milwaukee area gaining more jobs from November 2003 to
November 2004 than any other metropolitan area in neighboring states
and the 22nd-most of 284 urban areas nationwide. Metro Milwaukee
increased employment by more jobs than all of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan or Ohio.
"Amazing," said Sammis White, director of the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee ...