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<br />Building Permits
<br />TABLE 4
<br />Building Permits
<br />New Residential Permits(3)
<br />Total Permits ~mcludin_„g Apartment Buildinesl
<br />Number Value Number Value
<br />1991(1) N/A $37,855,390 N/A N/A
<br />1990 7,640 (2) 55,000,000 .131 $20,533,780
<br />1989 6,302_ (2) 80,500,000 147 24,400,000
<br />1988 6,263 (2) 67,380,000 140 14,856,385
<br />1987 6,571 (2) 48,100,000 80. 9,315,232
<br />1986 1,661 61,291,112. 15 7,948,700
<br />1985 1,954 63,011,520 27 3,694,000
<br />1984 1,653 38,101,370 20 4,923,806
<br />1983 .1,503 50,721,450. 26 4,256,784
<br />1982 1,486 25,667,709 29 4,814,000
<br />1981 1,516 19,460,393 40 3,859,200
<br />(1) Through 3rd Quarter 1991, total value increased by 127.2% from third quarter 1990.
<br />(2) The total number of permits included signage, utilities, and miscellaneous permits in addition to building
<br />permits.
<br />(3) The total number of residential permits only includes one permit for each single and multifamily building
<br />and does not include one-for each unit within building.
<br />Employment Statistics
<br />Table 5 below summarizes the total labor force and the. unemployment rate for the South Bend/Mishawaka
<br />MSA for-the past 5 years.
<br />TABLE 5
<br />Average Annual Unemplovment Statistics
<br />(in thousands)
<br />State of
<br />South Bend/Mishawaka MSA Indiana
<br />Labor Rate
<br />.Force Rate
<br />1991 126.1 5.7% 5.9%
<br />1990 130.7 5.4% 5.3%
<br />1989 133.6 4.5% ~ . 4.7%
<br />1988. 130.8 4.9% 5.3%
<br />1987. 127.2 5.5% 6.4%
<br />Source: Indiana Department of Employment and Training.5ervices.
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