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City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 17 88 a 88 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice labor force .27 Table 16 shows the total civilian labor force in the City for the reporting year of 2000. The City rate of 63.5% is slightly lower than the State of Ohio(64,8 %),28 and the rate for the United States (63.9 %).29 It should also be noted that the data indicates that the difference in the number and percentage of the civilian labor force of persons over 16 years of age and excluding the military is either nonexistent or falls below the threshold in terms of measurement. Table 16: Total Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates and Number, 2000 ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS Total Civilian Labor Force CITY of CUYAHOGA FALLS 63.5% 34,299 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Census Tract The City of Cuyahoga Falls Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) for the last five (5) years are shown in Table 17. The most recent 2004 unemployment rate in the City of Cuyahoga was higher than the annual average of 3.42% for the previous five years. The annual average unemployment rate in the City during the last five years was as low as 2.8% in 2000. During the four (4) years since the 2000 rate of 2.8 %, the unemployment rate has increased .3% in 2001, increased 1,0% in 2002, neither increased or decreased in 2003 but has decreased .1 % in 2004. Looking at the civilian labor force numbers, we see a different picture: 2001 showed an increase of .03 %, 2002 showed a increase of .04 %, 2003 an increase of 0.04% and 2004 an increase of .04 %. Statewide, for 2004, the annual average unemployment rate was 6.1 % while the U.S. unemployment rate for the same period was 5.5 %.30 27 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Census Tract 26 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by State 29 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Table P43 (SF3) Employment Status by Sex by Nation 30 www bls,gov