| Employment & Unemployment Data | |||||
| Workforce Investment Area 4 | Sep 2009 | Aug 2009 | Sep 2008 | ||
| Civilian Labor Force | 83.6 | 84.4 | 83.5 | ||
| Employment | 74.9 | 75.0 | 79.9 | ||
| Unemployment | 8.7 | 9.3 | 3.7 | ||
| Unemployment Rate | 10.4 | 11.0 | 4.4 | ||
| Total Nonfarm Payroll | 72.5 | 71.2 | 73.5 | ||
| Total Private | 58.7 | 58.9 | 60.5 | ||
| Goods-Producing | 13.4 | 13.5 | 14.6 | ||
| Mining & Logging | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Construction | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Manufacturing | 7.2 | 7.1 | 8.3 | ||
| Service-Providing | 59.1 | 57.7 | 58.9 | ||
| Private Service-Providing | 45.3 | 45.4 | 45.9 | ||
| Trade, Transportation, & Utilities | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.2 | ||
| Wholesale Trade | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| Retail Trade | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | ||
| Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| Information | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | ||
| Financial Activities | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | ||
| Professional & Business Services | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| Educational & Health Services | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | ||
| Leisure & Hospitality | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | ||
| Other Services | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Government | 13.8 | 12.3 | 13.0 | ||
| Federal | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| State | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| Local | 9.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | ||
| Labor-Management Dispute Status | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark | |||||