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Wheeling-Bridgeport
MSA
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Ohio
and Marshall Counties, WV; Belmont County, OH
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Total
Population July 1, 2003 (est)
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150,361
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16
years & over (Based on 2000 Census):
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Population
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123,892
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Labor
Force Participation Rate (2002)
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60.6%
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Percapita
Personal Income 2002
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$23,783
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Poverty
Rate
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12.8%
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In December 2004...
Total nonfarm payroll employment declined 800
Total unemployment (+200) rose slightly
Unemployment rate climbed four-tenths
of a percentage point to 5.5 percent
Over the year...
Total nonfarm payroll employment (-200) was nearly unchanged
Total unemployment rose 700
Unemployment rate jumped nearly a percentage point