| Employment & Unemployment Data | |||||
| Workforce Investment Area 1 | Sep 2009 | Aug 2009 | Sep 2008 | ||
| Civilian Labor Force | 132.6 | 133.6 | 134.1 | ||
| Employment | 121.3 | 121.6 | 129.2 | ||
| Unemployment | 11.3 | 12.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Unemployment Rate | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.7 | ||
| Total Nonfarm Payroll | 117.7 | 117.6 | 120.0 | ||
| Total Private | 93.4 | 93.8 | 96.2 | ||
| Goods-Producing | 17.8 | 17.9 | 19.1 | ||
| Mining & Logging | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | ||
| Construction | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| Manufacturing | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | ||
| Service-Providing | 99.9 | 99.8 | 101.0 | ||
| Private Service-Providing | 75.6 | 75.9 | 77.1 | ||
| Trade, Transportation, & Utilities | 23.1 | 23.2 | 23.7 | ||
| Wholesale Trade | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Retail Trade | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.3 | ||
| Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Information | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| Financial Activities | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Professional & Business Services | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.0 | ||
| Educational & Health Services | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.4 | ||
| Leisure & Hospitality | 12.7 | 13.1 | 13.6 | ||
| Other Services | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | ||
| Government | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.8 | ||
| Federal | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | ||
| State | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| Local | 15.3 | 14.9 | 15.1 | ||
| Labor-Management Dispute Status | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark | |||||