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