Economic Indicators
	April 2004	April 2003	May 2004	May 2003	June 2004	June 2003	July 2004	July2003	August 2004	August 2003
CITY USE TAX COLLECTIONS BY SIC CODE FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN           Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission	$154,913.67	$83,672.42	$121,979.24	$83,096.69	$80,098.96	$71,518.12	$149,154.65	$92,936.32	$113,446.33	$92,936.32
CITY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS BY SIC CODE FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN                          Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission	$3,491,551.03	$3,443,756.65	$3,792,431.55	$3,346,368.72	$3,449,616.20	$3,456,073.53	$3,591,710.21	$3,315,006.97	$3,710,318.88	$3,315,006.97
NORMAN AREA UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS                                                                   Source: U.S. Department of Labor	April 2004	April 2003	May 2004	May 2003	June 2004	June 2003	July 2004	July2003
Labor Force	55,242	54,152	55,554	54,875	56,900	55,487	57,164	55,787
Employment	53,466	51,972	53,810	52,072	54,445	52,541	55,191	53,384
Unemployment	1,776	2,180	1,744	2,803	2,455	2,946	1,973	2,403
Unemployment Rate	3.20%	4.00%	3.10%	5.10%	4.30%	5.30%	3.50%	4.30%
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY SUMMARY	May 2004	May 2003	June 2004	June 2003	July 2004	July 2003	August 2004	August 2003	YTD  2004	YTD 2003
Source: City of Norman
New Single Family:
Number of Permits	58	67	53	54	55	69	63	60	451	421
Total Construction Value	$9,245,270.00	$8,765,137.00	$7,996,874.00	$7,296,787.00	$9,200,853.00	$10,486,806.00	$9,753,627.00	$9,121,508.00	$74,063,441.00	$59,809,634.00
Avg. Construction Value	$159,401.21	$130,822.94	$150,884.42	$135,125.69	$167,288.24	$151,982.70	$154,819.48	$152,025.13	$164,220.49	$142,065.64
New Non-Residential:
Number of Permits	11	8	14	8	13	6	9	3	82	37
Total Construction Value	$5,676,289.00	$8,640,167.00	$876,075.00	$3,875,200.00	$1,404,800.00	$1,111,400.00	$425,815.00	$776,640.00	$17,123,749.00	$20,659,545.00
Avg. Construction Value	$516,026.27	$1,080,020.88	$62,576.79	$484,400.00	$108,061.54	$185,233.33	$47,312.78	$258,880.00	$208,826.21	$558,366.08
Cleveland County Non-Farm Wages *	2003 3rd 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	404,150,361	412,838,574	394,978,905.00	$423,235,636
* Non-Farm Wages was calculated by subtracting the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting wages from total wages.