                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 10, 1995              TAG: 9501100386
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

UNEMPLOYMENT IN VIRGINIA

ILLUSTRATION: Early holiday hires contributed to the lowest unemployment rate

in Hampton Roads since November 1990. "Things are fairly strong in

Hampton Roads right now," said William F. Mezger at the Virginia

Employment Commission. Total nonfarm employment rose 2.7 percent in

November from a year ago, to 629,300.

Hampton Roads Unemployment

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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Map

Chart

SOURCE: The Virginia Employment Commission

[For a copy of the chart, see microfilm for this date.]

KEYWORDS: UNEMPLOYMENT JOBLESS RATE by CNB