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