Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 3 Dec 2011 Nov 2011  Dec 2010
Civilian Labor Force 88.8 88.7 87.2
  Employment 82.8 83.1 79.9
  Unemployment 6.1 5.7 7.3
    Unemployment Rate 6.8 6.4 8.3
       
Total Nonfarm Payroll 117.9 117.8 112.7
       
Total Private 95.7 95.5 91.3
       
Goods-Producing 12.2 12.7 9.7
  Mining & Logging 2.5 2.6 2.4
  Construction 6.6 7.0 4.0
  Manufacturing 3.1 3.1 3.2
         
Service-Providing 105.7 105.1 103.1
Private Service-Providing 83.5 82.9 81.6
  Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 20.3 20.0 20.4
    Wholesale Trade 3.7 3.7 3.7
    Retail Trade 12.8 12.6 12.8
    Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities 3.8 3.7 3.9
  Information 2.1 2.1 2.0
  Financial Activities 7.1 7.1 6.9
  Professional & Business Services 13.6 13.5 13.2
  Educational & Health Services 21.5 21.3 20.3
  Leisure & Hospitality 9.8 9.7 9.7
  Other Services 9.1 9.1 9.0
  Government 22.2 22.2 21.4
    Federal 2.0 2.0 2.0
    State 11.5 11.4 11.1
    Local 8.6 8.8 8.4
       
Labor-Management Dispute Status 0.0 0.0 0.0
Data in thousands. March 2010 benchmark