Economic Indicators
	June 2004	June 2003	July 2004	July 2003	Aug. 2004	Aug. 2003	Sept. 2004	Sept. 2003	Oct. 2004	Oct. 2003
CITY USE TAX COLLECTIONS BY SIC CODE FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN                                                                                          Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission	$80,098.96	$71,518.12	$149,154.65	$92,936.32	$113,446.33	$92,936.32	$116,845.69	$106,105.96	$113,669.99	$135,547.10
CITY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS BY SIC CODE FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN                                                                                          Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission	$3,449,616.20	$3,456,073.53	$3,591,710.21	$3,315,006.97	$3,710,318.88	$3,315,006.97	$3,823,730.05	$3,276,844.12	$3,558,109.78	$3,608,711.22
NORMAN AREA UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS                                                                   Source: U.S. Department of Labor	May 2004	May 2003	June 2004	June 2003	July 2004	July 2003	Aug. 2004	Aug. 2003	Sept. 2004	Sept. 2003
Labor Force	55,554	54,875	56,900	55,487	57,164	55,787	55,664	54,914	56,022	54,432
Employment	53,810	52,072	54,445	52,541	55,191	53,384	54,137	52,626	54,243	52,228
Unemployment	1,744	2,803	2,455	2,946	1,973	2,403	1,527	2,288	1,779	2,204
Unemployment Rate	3.10%	5.10%	4.30%	5.30%	3.50%	4.30%	2.70%	4.20%	3.20%	4.00%
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY SUMMARY	July 2004	July 2003	Aug. 2004	Aug. 2003	Sept. 2004	Sept. 2003	Oct. 2004	Oct. 2003	YTD  2004	YTD 2003
Source: City of Norman
New Single Family:
Number of Permits	55	69	63	60	53	67	52	44	556	532
Total Construction Value	$9,200,853.00	$10,486,806.00	$9,753,627.00	$9,121,508.00	$9,258,071.00	$9,607,589.00	$8,939,324.00	6,469,305.00	$92,260,836.00	$75,886,528.00
Avg. Construction Value	$167,288.24	$151,982.70	$154,819.48	$152,025.13	$174,680.58	$143,396.85	$171,910.08	147,029.66	$165,936.76	$142,643.85
New Non-Residential:
Number of Permits	13	6	9	3	5	2	15	7	102	46
Total Construction Value	$1,404,800.00	$1,111,400.00	$425,815.00	$776,640.00	$691,305.00	$315,000.00	$2,368,587.00	3,340,700.00	$20,183,641.00	$24,315,245.00
Avg. Construction Value	$108,061.54	$185,233.33	$47,312.78	$258,880.00	$138,261.00	$157,500.00	$157,905.80	477,242.86	$197,878.83	$528,592.28
Cleveland County Non-Farm Wages *	2003 4th Quarter April, May, June	2003 3nd Quarter Jan., Feb. March.	2003 2nd Quarter Oct., Nov. Dec.	2003 1st Quarter July, Aug. Sept.	2002 4th Quarter April, May, June
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission	$449,235,915.00	$404,150,361.00	$412,838,574.00	$394,978,905.00	$423,235,636
* Non-Farm Wages was calculated by subtracting the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting wages from total wages.