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MW <br />nCity of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 17 <br />r�q� Anal sis of Impediments to Fair Housin Choice <br />labor force.27 Table 16 shows the total civilian labor force in the City for the reporting year <br />of 2000. The City rate of 63.5% is slightly lower than the State of Ohio(64.8 %),28 and the <br />rate for the United States (63.9 %).29 <br />It should also be noted that the data indicates that the difference in the number and <br />percentage of the civilian labor force of persons over 16 years of age and excluding the <br />military is either nonexistent or falls below the threshold in terms of measurement. <br />Table 16: Total Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates and Number, 2000 <br />ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS I CITY of'CUYAHOGA FALLS <br />I Total Civilian Labor Force 63.5% 34,299 <br />Source. <br />U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Census Tract <br />The City of Cuyahoga Falls Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) for the last five <br />(5) years are shown in Table 17. <br />The most recent 2004 unemployment rate in the City of Cuyahoga was higher than the <br />annual average of 3.42% for the previous five years. The annual average unemployment <br />rate in the City during the last five years was as low as 2.8% in 2000. During the four (4) <br />years since the 2000 rate of 2.8 %, the unemployment rate has increased .3% in 2001, <br />increased 1.0% in 2002, neither increased or decreased in 2003 but has decreased .1 % <br />in 2004. Looking at the civilian labor force numbers, we see a different picture: 2001 <br />showed an increase of .03 %, 2002 showed a increase of .04 %, 2003 an increase of 0.04% <br />and 2004 an increase of .04 %. Statewide, for 2004, the annual average unemployment <br />rate was 6.1 % while the U.S. unemployment rate for the same period was 5.5 %.30 <br />27 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Census Tract <br />28 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by State <br />29 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Nation <br />30 www.bls.gov <br />