| Employment & Unemployment Data | |||||
| Workforce Investment Area 4 | Dec 2011 | Nov 2011 | Dec 2010 | ||
| Civilian Labor Force | 79.5 | 80.0 | 79.3 | ||
| Employment | 72.3 | 73.2 | 70.2 | ||
| Unemployment | 7.2 | 6.8 | 9.2 | ||
| Unemployment Rate | 9.1 | 8.4 | 11.5 | ||
| Total Nonfarm Payroll | 70.1 | 70.0 | 69.6 | ||
| Total Private | 56.2 | 56.1 | 56.1 | ||
| Goods-Producing | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | ||
| Mining & Logging | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| Construction | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| Manufacturing | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | ||
| Service-Providing | 59.0 | 58.7 | 58.2 | ||
| Private Service-Providing | 45.1 | 44.9 | 44.7 | ||
| Trade, Transportation, & Utilities | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.5 | ||
| Wholesale Trade | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| Retail Trade | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | ||
| Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | ||
| Information | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | ||
| Financial Activities | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Professional & Business Services | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | ||
| Educational & Health Services | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | ||
| Leisure & Hospitality | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | ||
| Other Services | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Government | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.5 | ||
| Federal | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| State | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| Local | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.2 | ||
| Labor-Management Dispute Status | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Data in thousands. March 2010 benchmark | |||||