Chart 1

The title is "Job Losses Persist in Ohio."

A line chart that shows the year-to-year percentage change in nonfarm employment throughout Ohio and in the Ohio manufacturing sector. Ohio employment was 3.05 percent higher in the third quarter of 1994, compared to one year earlier. Employment growth slowed to 1.26 percent in the second quarter of 1999, improved somewhat to 1.95 percent in the first quarter of 2000, fell to minus 2.49 percent in the first quarter of 2002, improved to minus 0.69 percent in the first quarter of 2003, and dropped to minus 1.14 percent in the third quarter of 2003. Ohio manufacturing employment was 2.24 percent higher in the third quarter of 1994, compared to one year earlier. Ohio manufacturing employment growth expanded to 4.37 percent in the second quarter of 1995, dropped to minus 0.92 percent in the second quarter of 1996, remained below 1.00 percent through 2000, plummeted to minus 9.68 percent in the first quarter of 2002, improved to minus 3.06 percent in the first quarter of 2003, and declined to minus 3.50 percent in the third quarter of 2003.