Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 2 Dec 2011 Nov 2011  Dec 2010
Civilian Labor Force 123.0 122.9 122.3
  Employment 114.0 114.7 111.6
  Unemployment 9.0 8.3 10.8
    Unemployment Rate 7.3 6.7 8.8
       
Total Nonfarm Payroll 118.9 118.9 119.4
       
Total Private 98.2 98.4 98.1
       
Goods-Producing 24.7 25.2 24.2
  Mining & Logging 9.9 10.0 9.6
  Construction 6.3 6.8 6.4
  Manufacturing 8.4 8.4 8.3
         
Service-Providing 94.2 93.7 95.1
Private Service-Providing 73.6 73.2 73.9
  Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 22.5 22.7 23.4
    Wholesale Trade 4.3 4.3 4.4
    Retail Trade 13.5 13.7 14.1
    Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities 4.8 4.8 4.9
  Information 1.3 1.4 1.5
  Financial Activities 3.7 3.7 4.0
  Professional & Business Services 9.9 9.3 9.4
  Educational & Health Services 18.6 18.7 18.5
  Leisure & Hospitality 10.2 10.1 9.7
  Other Services 7.3 7.4 7.4
  Government 20.6 20.5 21.3
    Federal 2.8 2.7 2.9
    State 5.6 5.5 5.6
    Local 12.3 12.3 12.7
       
Labor-Management Dispute Status 0.0 0.0 0.1
Data in thousands. March 2010 benchmark