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Reading City, PA Employment

Date	Employment		Unemployment
Date	Total	% Change Year Ago	Rate	Unit Change Year Ago
1990	34,310	-	7.5	-
1991	33,082	-3.6	9.0	1.5
1992	33,276	0.6	9.7	0.7
1993	33,500	0.7	8.5	-1.2
1994	33,151	-1.0	7.5	-1.0
1995	32,677	-1.4	7.1	-0.4
1996	33,052	1.1	6.7	-0.4
1997	33,700	2.0	6.5	-0.2
1998	32,766	-2.8	5.8	-0.7
1999	32,353	-1.3	6.0	0.3
2000	32,237	-0.4	5.4	-0.6
2001	31,867	-1.1	7.2	1.8
2002	31,290	-1.8	8.8	1.6
2003	29,997	-4.1	8.9	0.1
2004	30,299	1.0	7.9	-1.0
2005	30,620	1.1	7.7	-0.2
2006	30,883	0.9	6.7	-1.0
2007	30,943	0.2	6.5	-0.2
Monthly Data
1990-Jan	34,154	-	6.8	-
Feb	33,967	-	7.1	-
Mar	34,079	-	6.8	-
Apr	34,065	-	7.6	-
May	34,349	-	7.7	-
Jun	34,558	-	8.1	-
Jul	34,659	-	8.2	-
Aug	34,472	-	7.2	-
Sep	34,233	-	7.8	-
Oct	34,505	-	7.7	-
Nov	34,399	-	7.5	-
Dec	34,285	-	7.7	-
1991-Jan	32,607	-4.5	8.8	2.1
Feb	32,213	-5.2	9.9	2.8
Mar	32,474	-4.7	9.9	3.1
Apr	32,533	-4.5	10.1	2.6
May	32,692	-4.8	10.0	2.3
Jun	33,297	-3.6	10.2	2.2
Jul	33,360	-3.7	9.7	1.5
Aug	33,600	-2.5	7.9	0.6
Sep	33,194	-3.0	8.0	0.2
Oct	33,703	-2.3	7.6	-0.2
Nov	33,725	-2.0	8.0	0.5
Dec	33,580	-2.1	7.9	0.2
1992-Jan	32,635	0.1	9.6	0.8
Feb	32,619	1.3	9.5	-0.3
Mar	32,775	0.9	9.2	-0.7
Apr	32,914	1.2	10.5	0.4
May	33,076	1.2	10.6	0.6
Jun	33,726	1.3	10.4	0.2
Jul	33,673	0.9	10.5	0.8
Aug	33,671	0.2	9.2	1.3
Sep	33,282	0.3	10.3	2.3
Oct	33,661	-0.1	9.2	1.6
Nov	33,713	0.0	9.0	0.9
Dec	33,568	0.0	8.2	0.2
1993-Jan	32,982	1.1	9.5	-0.2
Feb	32,957	1.0	9.4	-0.2
Mar	32,883	0.3	9.4	0.2
Apr	33,141	0.7	9.2	-1.3
May	33,347	0.8	9.7	-0.9
Jun	33,814	0.3	9.1	-1.3
Jul	33,888	0.6	8.7	-1.9
Aug	33,953	0.8	7.9	-1.3
Sep	33,395	0.3	7.7	-2.5
Oct	33,826	0.5	7.3	-1.9
Nov	33,919	0.6	7.3	-1.6
Dec	33,894	1.0	6.5	-1.7
1994-Jan	32,364	-1.9	7.7	-1.7
Feb	31,998	-2.9	9.2	-0.2
Mar	32,448	-1.3	8.4	-1.0
Apr	32,858	-0.9	8.7	-0.6
May	32,974	-1.1	8.9	-0.8
Jun	33,523	-0.9	8.0	-1.1
Jul	33,357	-1.6	7.3	-1.4
Aug	33,686	-0.8	6.7	-1.2
Sep	33,427	0.1	6.6	-1.1
Oct	33,736	-0.3	6.5	-0.7
Nov	33,719	-0.6	6.6	-0.7
Dec	33,722	-0.5	5.6	-0.9
1995-Jan	32,029	-1.0	7.2	-0.5
Feb	32,219	0.7	7.3	-1.9
Mar	32,351	-0.3	7.5	-0.9
Apr	32,506	-1.1	8.0	-0.7
May	32,444	-1.6	8.4	-0.5
Jun	32,847	-2.0	8.2	0.2
Jul	32,875	-1.4	7.7	0.4
Aug	33,008	-2.0	6.9	0.2
Sep	32,796	-1.9	6.7	0.1
Oct	33,145	-1.8	6.1	-0.5
Nov	33,145	-1.7	5.9	-0.7
Dec	32,761	-2.8	5.4	-0.1
1996-Jan	30,987	-3.3	8.8	1.6
Feb	31,837	-1.2	7.3	0.0
Mar	32,199	-0.5	7.9	0.5
Apr	32,468	-0.1	7.5	-0.5
May	32,819	1.2	7.4	-0.9
Jun	33,367	1.6	6.8	-1.3
Jul	33,673	2.4	7.0	-0.7
Aug	33,782	2.3	5.6	-1.2
Sep	33,621	2.5	5.8	-0.9
Oct	34,147	3.0	5.6	-0.4
Nov	33,935	2.4	5.4	-0.6
Dec	33,784	3.1	4.9	-0.5
1997-Jan	32,998	6.5	6.3	-2.5
Feb	32,880	3.3	6.6	-0.7
Mar	33,294	3.4	7.2	-0.7
Apr	33,400	2.9	6.4	-1.1
May	33,760	2.9	7.4	0.0
Jun	34,009	1.9	7.6	0.8
Jul	34,078	1.2	7.2	0.2
Aug	34,173	1.2	6.2	0.5
Sep	33,741	0.4	6.6	0.8
Oct	33,951	-0.6	6.0	0.4
Nov	34,072	0.4	5.5	0.1
Dec	34,041	0.8	5.0	0.1
1998-Jan	32,496	-1.5	5.9	-0.4
Feb	32,473	-1.2	6.1	-0.5
Mar	32,550	-2.2	6.3	-0.9
Apr	32,862	-1.6	5.1	-1.3
May	32,868	-2.6	6.2	-1.2
Jun	32,999	-3.0	6.2	-1.4
Jul	32,754	-3.9	6.4	-0.8
Aug	33,027	-3.4	5.7	-0.4
Sep	32,619	-3.3	5.8	-0.8
Oct	32,809	-3.4	5.5	-0.5
Nov	32,805	-3.7	5.2	-0.3
Dec	32,931	-3.3	4.7	-0.3
1999-Jan	31,909	-1.8	6.0	0.1
Feb	31,893	-1.8	6.8	0.7
Mar	31,916	-1.9	6.9	0.6
Apr	31,979	-2.7	6.8	1.7
May	32,269	-1.8	7.1	0.9
Jun	32,493	-1.5	7.9	1.7
Jul	32,618	-0.4	6.5	0.1
Aug	32,600	-1.3	5.5	-0.3
Sep	32,351	-0.8	5.6	-0.2
Oct	32,549	-0.8	4.9	-0.5
Nov	32,723	-0.2	4.5	-0.7
Dec	32,941	0.0	3.9	-0.8
2000-Jan	32,073	0.5	5.3	-0.7
Feb	31,901	0.0	5.7	-1.0
Mar	31,975	0.2	5.4	-1.5
Apr	32,044	0.2	4.8	-2.0
May	31,844	-1.3	5.7	-1.4
Jun	32,464	-0.1	5.6	-2.3
Jul	32,476	-0.4	5.6	-0.9
Aug	32,410	-0.6	5.2	-0.3
Sep	32,230	-0.4	5.4	-0.2
Oct	32,338	-0.6	5.2	0.3
Nov	32,437	-0.9	5.7	1.2
Dec	32,650	-0.9	5.4	1.5
2001-Jan	31,720	-1.1	6.7	1.5
Feb	31,572	-1.0	7.1	1.4
Mar	31,762	-0.7	7.7	2.3
Apr	31,707	-1.1	7.1	2.3
May	31,705	-0.4	7.2	1.5
Jun	32,111	-1.1	7.3	1.6
Jul	32,173	-0.9	7.3	1.7
Aug	32,093	-1.0	6.9	1.7
Sep	32,025	-0.6	6.6	1.2
Oct	31,769	-1.8	7.5	2.3
Nov	31,829	-1.9	7.7	2.0
Dec	31,934	-2.2	7.3	1.8
2002-Jan	30,967	-2.4	8.9	2.1
Feb	31,014	-1.8	9.1	2.0
Mar	31,145	-1.9	9.2	1.5
Apr	31,168	-1.7	8.6	1.5
May	31,288	-1.3	8.6	1.3
Jun	31,553	-1.7	8.7	1.4
Jul	31,521	-2.0	8.4	1.1
Aug	31,593	-1.6	7.8	0.9
Sep	31,573	-1.4	7.8	1.2
Oct	31,386	-1.2	9.1	1.5
Nov	31,154	-2.1	9.8	2.1
Dec	31,117	-2.6	9.3	2.0
2003-Jan	29,860	-3.6	10.5	1.6
Feb	29,530	-4.8	10.1	1.1
Mar	29,614	-4.9	9.9	0.8
Apr	29,722	-4.6	9.0	0.5
May	29,760	-4.9	8.9	0.3
Jun	30,105	-4.6	9.2	0.5
Jul	30,107	-4.5	8.8	0.4
Aug	30,142	-4.6	8.2	0.4
Sep	29,996	-5.0	8.0	0.2
Oct	30,180	-3.8	8.3	-0.7
Nov	30,456	-2.2	8.0	-1.8
Dec	30,493	-2.0	7.5	-1.8
2004-Jan	29,604	-0.9	8.8	-1.6
Feb	29,662	0.4	8.5	-1.6
Mar	29,826	0.7	9.1	-0.8
Apr	29,899	0.6	7.9	-1.1
May	30,190	1.4	8.1	-0.8
Jun	30,447	1.1	8.4	-0.9
Jul	30,506	1.3	7.8	-1.0
Aug	30,596	1.5	7.9	-0.3
Sep	30,472	1.6	7.2	-0.9
Oct	30,708	1.7	7.1	-1.2
Nov	30,925	1.5	7.2	-0.8
Dec	30,753	0.9	7.0	-0.5
2005-Jan	30,001	1.3	8.4	-0.4
Feb	29,901	0.8	8.7	0.2
Mar	30,165	1.1	8.3	-0.8
Apr	30,314	1.4	7.6	-0.3
May	30,466	0.9	7.6	-0.5
Jun	30,743	1.0	7.8	-0.5
Jul	30,696	0.6	7.4	-0.3
Aug	30,911	1.0	8.2	0.3
Sep	30,941	1.5	7.3	0.1
Oct	31,202	1.6	7.1	0.0
Nov	31,125	0.6	7.2	0.0
Dec	30,976	0.7	6.8	-0.2
2006-Jan	30,336	1.1	7.7	-0.7
Feb	30,249	1.2	7.8	-1.0
Mar	30,401	0.8	7.7	-0.6
Apr	30,590	0.9	7.0	-0.6
May	30,677	0.7	7.1	-0.4
Jun	31,013	0.9	7.0	-0.8
Jul	30,967	0.9	6.8	-0.7
Aug	31,160	0.8	6.3	-1.9
Sep	30,990	0.2	6.0	-1.3
Oct	31,313	0.4	5.8	-1.3
Nov	31,422	1.0	5.8	-1.4
Dec	31,481	1.6	5.6	-1.2
2007-Jan	30,873	1.8	7.0	-0.6
Feb	30,628	1.3	7.0	-0.8
Mar	30,841	1.4	6.7	-1.0
Apr	30,853	0.9	6.0	-1.0
May	30,885	0.7	6.6	-0.5
Jun	31,277	0.9	6.7	-0.2
Jul	31,285	1.0	6.6	-0.2
Aug	30,943	-0.7	6.3	0.0
Sep	30,821	-0.5	6.2	0.2
Oct	30,904	-1.3	6.2	0.3
Nov	31,016	-1.3	6.0	0.2
Dec	30,984	-1.6	6.3	0.8
2008-Jan	30,672	-0.7	7.9	0.9
Feb	30,404	-0.7	8.0	1.0
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.

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