- 2 Areas Added to Substantial Unemployment List Canton (Stark County), Ohio Lorain-Elyria (Lorain County), Ohio Other Areas McRae (Telfair County), Ga. Farmington (Franklin County), Maine Patten (Parts of Penobscot and Aroostook Counties), Northumberland-Stratford (Towns of Northumberland, Sulphur (Murray County), Okla. Morgan (Morgan County), Utah Vernal (Uintah County), Utah Areas Added to Persistent Unemployment List Other Areas Carson City (Carson City city, formerly Ormsby Co.), Nev. Yerington (Lyon County), Nev. Winchester (Franklin County), Tenn. Areas Deleted from Substantial Unemployment List Major Areas South Bend (Marshall and St. Joseph Counties), Ind. Terre Haute (Clay. Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo Counties), Ind. Other Areas Cheyenne (Roger Mills County), Okla. Pawnee (Pawnee County), Okla. Texarkana (Bowie County, Tex.; Miller County, Ark.) Tex. There are now 850 areas classified as areas of substantial or persistent unemployment. The following table distributes these areas by size and nature of unemployment. Persistent unemployment areas are potentially eligible for all types of assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act. The six major labor areas now in the persistent unemployment category are Fresno and Stockton, Calif.; New Bedford, Mass.; Muskegon-Muskegon Heights, Mich.; and Mayaguez and Ponce, P. R. In addition to the 506 labor areas shown in this category in the table above, three large cities--Oakland, Calif.; Newark, N. J.; and Cleveland, Ohio--and 24 separately classified counties are considered persistent unemployment areas. There were also 16 areas newly added to the list of areas eligible for public works assistance under Title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act. There are now 284 labor areas and 10 separate counties which are eligible for this type of assistance on the basis of high 1970 annual average unemployment rates. These areas are shown in the section "Eligible Areas Under Title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act. Sections of Concentrated Unemployment or Underemployment Two counties in Tennessee--Overton and White --were added this month to the list of classified sections of concentrated unemployment or underemployment. There are now 140 cities containing such sections. Parts or all of 164 counties in 18 States, 30 Indian reservations, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are also classified as sections of concentrated unemployment or underemployment. As indicated in the Explanation on page 6, firms in or near these sections, which agree to hire disadvantaged workers, are eligible for first preference in bidding on certain Federal procurement contracts. |