u.s. conference of mayors survey
the job gap & low-skill job seekers vs. projected job growth

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City-County	Welfare	Other*	Total	Est. Job Growth Low-Skill Occup.1998 to 2003	Low-Skill Job Gap(or Surplus)	Low-SkillJob Seekersper Job
Albuquerque-Bernalillo County	3,132	4,381	7,513	6,700	813	1.1
Anchorage-Anchorage Borough	1,191	1,303	2,494	1,840	654	1.4
Atlanta-Fulton County	11,402	7,798	19,200	7,160	12,040	2.7
Austin-Travis County	3,206	11,022	14,229	12,180	2,049	1.2
Baltimore (City)	18,854	(1,862)	16,992	(7,270)	24,262	(neg)
Billings-Yellowstone County	599	598	1,198	940	258	1.3
Birmingham-Jefferson County	5,322	4,114	9,436	3,880	5,556	2.4
Boise, ID - Ada County	230	4,704	4,934	7,050	(2,116)	0.7
Boston-Suffolk County	9,542	1,964	11,506	9,300	2,206	1.2
Buffalo-Erie County	12,732	262	12,994	10,820	2,174	1.2
Burlington, VT -Chittenden Co.	1,188	1,200	2,388	1,960	428	1.2
Charleston, WV -Kanawha Co.	1,112	781	1,893	1,430	463	1.3
Charlotte, NC -Mecklenburg Co.	4,860	6,599	11,459	8,340	3,119	1.4
Cheyenne- Laramie County	392	252	644	740	(96)	0.9
Chicago-Cook County	92,439	5,437	97,874	20,920	76,957	4.7
Cincinnati-Hamilton County	5,670	2,835	8,505	5,280	3,225	1.6
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County	21,602	3,506	25,107	2,510	22,597	10.0
Columbia, SC -Richland Co.	3,080	870	3,950	1,840	2,110	2.1
Columbus, OH -Franklin County	8,364	6,482	14,846	4,700	10,146	3.2
Dallas-Dallas County	12,960	18,964	31,924	18,680	13,244	1.7
Denver-Denver County	4,689	3,854	8,543	6,580	1,963	1.3

City-County	Welfare	Other*	Total	Est. Job Growth Low-Skill Occup.1998 to 2003	Low-Skill Job Gap(or Surplus)	Low-SkillJob Seekersper Job
Des Moines, IA - Polk County	9,266	1,131	10,397	2,270	8,127	4.6
Detroit-Wayne County	47,048	8,437	55,485	2,350	53,135	23.6
El Paso- El Paso County	8,741	2,274	11,048	7,540	3,508	1.5
Fargo, ND - Cass County	242	1,714	1,957	1,560	397	1.3
Fort Worth-Tarrant County	5,449	9,554	15,003	16,710	(1,707)	0.9
Fresno-Fresno County	25,518	4,173	29,690	18,310	11,380	1.6
Hartford-Hartford County	2,586	(5,126)	(2,541)	3,850	(6,391)	N/A
Honolulu - Honolulu County	12,994	(223)	12,741	2,940	9,831	4.3
Houston-Harris County	19,038	19,652	38,691	33,030	5,661	1.2
Indianapolis-Marion County	6,160	5,519	11,679	3,490	8,189	3.3
Jackson, MS - Hinds County	1,666	1,284	2,950	1,620	1,330	1.8
Jacksonville, FL - Duval County	4,068	5,896	9,964	2,490	7,474	4.0
Kansas City, MO - Jackson CountyKansas City, KS - Wyandotte County	10,320	6,256	16,486	(1,350)	17,836	(neg)
Las Vegas-Clark County	4,914	21,535	26,449	93,690	(67,241)	0.3
Little Rock-Pulaski County	635	1,412	2,047	2,530	(483)	0.8
Los Angeles andLong Beach - Los Angeles County	199,184	24,856	224,040	102,000	122,040	2.2
Louisville-Jefferson County	5,788	217	6,005	4,510	1,495	1.3
Manchester, NH - Hillsborough County	5,094	1,931	7,025	940	6,085	7.5
Memphis-Shelby County	15,664	7,162	22,826	2,850	19,976	8.0
Miami-Dade County	13,528	4,861	18,389	17,650	739	1.0

City-County	Welfare	Other*	Total	Est. Job Growth Low-Skill Occup.1998 to 2003	Low-Skill Job Gap(or Surplus)	Low-SkillJob Seekersper Job
Milwaukee-Milwaukee County	8,182	3,238	11,419	3,740	7,649	3.0
Minneapolis -Hennepin Co.St. Paul - Ramsey County	21,795	10,203	31,998	6,310	25,688	5.1
Nashville-Davidson County	6,454	5,397	11,851	2,120	9,731	5.6
New Orleans-Orleans Parrish	11,214	888	12,102	2,370	9,732	5.1
New York-New York City	198,122	19,414	217,535	33,870	183,665	6.4
Newark-Essex County	17,682	(321)	17,360	1,480	15,880	11.7
Oakland-Alameda County	22,132	3,782	25,914	18,220	7,694	1.4
Oklahoma City-Oklahoma Co.	5,142	2,912	8,053	3,450	4,603	2.3
Omaha-Douglas County	4,531	4,472	9,003	2,780	6,223	3.2
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.	50,497	(3,785)	46,712	(950)	47,662	(neg)
Phoenix-Maricopa County	13,938	47,958	61,896	71,100	(9,204)	0.9
Pittsburgh-Allegheny County	11,370	(818)	10,551	4,880	5,671	2.2
Portland, ME-Cumberland Co.	2,056	1,491	3,547	2,950	597	1.2
Portland, OR-Multnomah Co.	5,046	6,142	11,188	6,850	4,338	1.6
Providence, RI -Providence Co.	11,200	(857)	10,343	850	9,493	12.2
Sacramento-Sacramento Co.	34,673	4,680	39,353	14,430	24,923	2.7
Salt Lake City-Salt Lake Co.	1,727	11,557	13,284	2,600	10,684	5.1
San Antonio-Bexar County	12,160	10,293	22,453	16,270	6,183	1.4
San Diego-San Diego County	38,199	9,700	47,900	29,380	18,250	1.6
San Francisco (City)	6,629	1,557	8,186	33,590	(25,404)	0.2

City-County	Welfare	Other*	Total	Est. Job Growth Low-Skill Occup.1998 to 2003	Low-Skill Job Gap(or Surplus)	Low-Skill Job Seekers per Job
San Jose-Santa Clara Co.	14,386	15,412	29,799	8,650	21,149	3.4
Santa Ana, CA -Orange Co	22,107	11,068	33,176	41,600	(8,424)	0.8
Seattle-King County	12,798	18,709	31,507	28,060	3,447	1.1
Sioux Falls, SD - Minnehaha Co.	174	2,160	2,334	1,580	754	1.5
St. Louis-St. Louis County	11,791	(533)	11,258	9,420	1,838	1.2
Tampa-Hillsborough Co.	7,119	9,315	16,434	11,490	4,944	1.4
Toledo, OH - Lucas County	6,596	1,260	7,856	1,460	6,396	5.4
Tucson-Pima County	5,284	5,816	11,100	17,720	(6,620)	0.6
Tulsa-Tulsa County	3,059	3,015	6,075	2,520	3,555	2.4
Virginia Beach (City)	1,336	1,212	2,548	5,780	(3,232)	0.4
Washington-DC	16,427	(6,962)	9,465	4,280	5,185	2.2
Wichita, KS - Sedgwick Co	2,819	1,498	4,317	18,930	(14,613)	0.2
Wilmington, DE - New Castle Co	2,715	2,102	4,817	3,490	1,327	1.4
TOTAL	1,209,768	409,557	1,619,325	855,860	763,465	1.9

* Estimates from CPS March Supplement (1993, 1997): 14.5% of the Change in Labor Force were not on welfare and not H.S. grads. This estimate was applied to County Change in Labor Force.

SOURCES: Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics; County Business Patterns, Current Population Survey, Bureau of the Census; Regional Financial Associates; State Welfare Agencies.