Declines in not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rates for select 
metropolitan areas from December 1997 to December 1998

Metropolitan area			Percentage point decline
					in unemployment rate

Rocky Mount, N.C. 			-2.4
New London-Norwich, Conn.-R.I.		-1.9
Decatur, Ill.				-1.8
Hartford, Conn.				-1.6
Glen Falls, N.Y.			-1.5
St. Joseph, Mo.				-1.5
Terre Haute, Ind.			-1.5
Williamsport, Pa.			-1.5
United States				-0.4