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percent in the Nashville metropolitan area, placing it 155th among 299 metropolitam areas inthe nation, according to a surveyg by the of America. The area lost 4,700 construction, mininbg and logging jobs between Aprilp 2008 andApril 2009. About 35,3009 people are now employed in the comparedto 40,000 last April, the report Arizona has taken a big hit in construction relateed employment, posting job declinee of more than 25 percent each in Flagstaff, Prescott, Tucson and Many metro areas in Florida also posted industry declines well into the double digits, and Calif., Reno, Nev., and Pascagoula, all posted declines of around 30 percengt or more.
All construction employment fell in 276 ofthe nation’s largest 299 metro areas, accordinfg to the report derived from governmenf data and conducted by AGCA chief economist Ken Simonson. The trads association is using the data to push for quickere distribution of federalstimulus “Job loss figures like these are exactly what promptedx Congress and the Administration to craft a stimuluas package designed to get Americansa back to work as quicklyt as possible,” Simonson says. “Putting theses funds to good use as quickly as possibld is the best way to get Americanas back to work and the economhy backon track.
” Some metro areasz posted growth in construction employment. Texas, had an 8 percent gain and Batonh Rouge, La., had a 7.3 percent
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