Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			Dec 2011	Nov 2011	Dec 2010
Civilian Labor Force			176.1	176.7	176.5
	Employment		163.8	165.8	161.9
	Unemployment		12.3	10.9	14.6
		Unemployment Rate	7.0	6.2	8.3
Total Nonfarm Payroll			170.5	171.5	169.6
Total Private			128.0	128.7	126.9
Goods-Producing			25.1	25.7	24.1
	Mining & Logging		6.7	6.8	6.2
	Construction		8.9	9.4	8.2
	Manufacturing		9.5	9.4	9.7
Service-Providing			145.4	145.8	145.5
Private Service-Providing			102.9	103.0	102.9
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		28.0	28.0	28.3
		Wholesale Trade	3.3	3.3	3.5
		Retail Trade	19.8	19.8	19.5
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	4.9	4.9	5.2
	Information		1.9	1.9	1.9
	Financial Activities		4.6	4.6	4.9
	Professional & Business Services		12.2	12.4	12.4
	Educational & Health Services		29.3	29.2	28.8
	Leisure & Hospitality		16.0	16.1	15.6
	Other Services		10.8	10.8	11.1
	Government		42.5	42.8	42.6
		Federal	7.0	7.0	7.2
		State	19.1	19.3	18.7
		Local	16.4	16.5	16.8
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2010 benchmark