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