Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 2			Dec 2009	Nov 2009	Dec 2008
Civilian Labor Force			123.8	125.4	127.4
	Employment		114.1	116.2	122.7
	Unemployment		9.7	9.2	4.7
		Unemployment Rate	7.8	7.4	3.7
Total Nonfarm Payroll			120.9	120.7	124.3
Total Private			100.1	100.0	103.4
Goods-Producing			24.6	24.6	27.6
	Mining & Logging		9.0	9.0	10.1
	Construction		7.1	7.1	8.6
	Manufacturing		8.5	8.5	9.0
Service-Providing			96.3	96.1	96.7
Private Service-Providing			75.5	75.4	75.7
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		24.4	24.3	24.3
		Wholesale Trade	4.6	4.6	4.7
		Retail Trade	14.2	14.2	14.0
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.6	5.5	5.6
	Information		1.4	1.4	1.5
	Financial Activities		3.7	3.7	3.9
	Professional & Business Services		10.1	10.1	10.6
	Educational & Health Services		18.2	18.2	17.6
	Leisure & Hospitality		9.7	9.8	10.1
	Other Services		8.0	7.9	7.7
	Government		20.8	20.7	21.0
		Federal	3.1	3.1	2.9
		State	5.6	5.5	6.0
		Local	12.1	12.0	12.0
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark

Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 2			Sept 2008	Aug 2008	Sept 2007
Civilian Labor Force			128.0	128.2	129.6
	Employment		123.5	123.5	124.4
	Unemployment		4.5	4.7	5.2
		Unemployment Rate	3.5	3.7	4.0
Total Nonfarm Payroll			118.6	118.5	119.7
Total Private			99.2	98.9	100.0
Goods-Producing			24.9	24.6	25.3
	Natural Resources & Mining		9.3	9.3	9.1
	Construction		6.5	6.3	7.4
	Manufacturing		9.0	9.0	8.9
Service-Providing			93.8	93.9	94.4
Private Service-Providing			74.4	74.3	74.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		24.4	24.5	24.1
		Wholesale Trade	4.5	4.5	4.4
		Retail Trade	14.2	14.3	13.9
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.7	5.7	5.7
	Information		1.5	1.6	1.6
	Financial Activities		3.6	3.6	3.8
	Professional & Business Services		10.0	9.9	10.9
	Educational & Health Services		17.0	16.9	16.6
	Leisure & Hospitality		10.3	10.3	10.1
	Other Services		7.5	7.5	7.6
	Government		19.4	19.6	19.7
		Federal	2.8	2.8	2.7
		State	5.0	5.0	5.4
		Local	11.6	11.8	11.7
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0