Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 3			Sep 2009	Aug 2009	Sep 2008
Civilian Labor Force			89.9	90.2	91.8
	Employment		83.5	83.8	89.0
	Unemployment		6.4	6.5	2.8
		Unemployment Rate	7.1	7.1	3.1
Total Nonfarm Payroll			114.7	115.0	116.0
Total Private			93.5	93.8	94.4
Goods-Producing			13.0	13.1	12.8
	Mining & Logging		2.8	2.8	3.3
	Construction		6.6	6.7	5.6
	Manufacturing		3.5	3.6	3.9
Service-Providing			101.7	101.9	103.2
Private Service-Providing			80.6	80.6	81.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		20.4	20.5	20.9
		Wholesale Trade	4.0	4.0	4.1
		Retail Trade	12.3	12.4	12.5
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	4.2	4.1	4.3
	Information		2.2	2.2	2.3
	Financial Activities		6.8	6.8	6.9
	Professional & Business Services		11.8	11.9	12.5
	Educational & Health Services		20.1	20.0	19.5
	Leisure & Hospitality		10.2	10.2	10.4
	Other Services		9.1	9.1	9.3
	Government		21.1	21.2	21.6
		Federal	2.1	2.2	2.3
		State	10.8	10.9	10.9
		Local	8.3	8.2	8.3
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark