Labour Market Statistics - January 2004
| East Midlands | December 2003 | January 2004 | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Employment | 2,028,000 | 75.6 | 2,040,000 | 76.1 |
| Unemployment | 95,000 | 4.5 | 94,000 | 4.4 |
| Economically active | 2,123,000 | 79.2 | 2,133,000 | 79.6 |
| Economically inactive | 538,000 | 20.8 | 528,000 | 20.4 |
| Claimant count (seasonally adjusted) | 57,800 | 2.8 | 55,800 | 2.7 |
| Claimant count (unadjusted)* | 55,781 | 2.2 | 59,657 | 2.3 |
| United Kingdom |
December 2003 |
January 2004 | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Employment | 28,149,000 | 74.6 | 28,156,000 | 74.5 |
| Unemployment | 1,460,000 | 4.9 | 1,459,000 | 4.9 |
| Economically active | 29,610,000 | 78.5 | 29,615,000 | 78.5 |
| Economically inactive | 7,836,000 | 21.5 | 7,848,000 | 21.5 |
| Claimant count (seasonally adjusted) | 908,200 | 3.0 | 892,000 | 2.9 |
| Claimant count (unadjusted)* | 889,717 | 2.4 | 952,429 | 2.6 |
| Selected Travel To Work Areas (TTWAs) |
December 2003 |
January 2004 | ||
| Claimant count (unadjusted)* | No. | % | No. | % |
| Derby | 5,106 | 2.4 | 5,420 | 2.6 |
| Leicester | 12,594 | 3.2 | 12,838 | 3.3 |
| Nottingham | 11,216 | 2.4 | 11,967 | 2.6 |
| High and Low TTWAs (top & bottom 3) |
December 2003 |
January 2004 | ||
| Claimant count (unadjusted)* | No. | % | No. | % |
| Skegness & Mablethorpe | 1,023 | 3.1 | 1,214 | 3.7 |
| Gainsborough | 663 | 3.2 | 743 | 3.6 |
| Leicester | 12,594 | 3.2 | 12,838 | 3.3 |
| Stamford | 323 | 0.6 | 344 | 0.7 |
| Melton Mowbray and Oakham | 239 | 0.9 | 282 | 1.0 |
| Sleaford | 278 | 1.1 | 306 | 1.2 |
| * - as a proportion of the resident working age population | ||||
| Data supplied by the Office for National Statistics | ||||
| The whole of February's ONS Labour Market Press Release for the East Midlands can be viewed by clicking here. | ||||
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