Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 5			Jan 2010	Dec 2009	Jan 2009
Civilian Labor Force			68.9	68.6	70.2
	Employment		59.7	61.2	64.1
	Unemployment		9.1	7.4	6.2
		Unemployment Rate	13.3	10.8	8.8
Total Nonfarm Payroll			70.3	72.1	70.5
Total Private			60.2	61.2	60.5
Goods-Producing			11.4	11.5	11.6
	Mining & Logging		1.5	1.6	1.4
	Construction		1.8	1.9	1.7
	Manufacturing		8.1	8.1	8.4
Service-Providing			58.9	60.5	59.0
Private Service-Providing			48.8	49.7	49.0
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		11.8	12.2	11.8
		Wholesale Trade	2.3	2.5	2.4
		Retail Trade	7.8	7.9	7.6
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	1.7	1.7	1.7
	Information		0.5	0.6	0.6
	Financial Activities		2.6	2.6	2.6
	Professional & Business Services		5.3	5.3	5.6
	Educational & Health Services		12.8	13.0	12.5
	Leisure & Hospitality		8.9	9.2	9.1
	Other Services		6.9	6.9	6.8
	Government		10.1	10.9	10.0
		Federal	0.7	0.7	0.7
		State	1.7	2.0	1.7
		Local	7.7	8.2	7.7
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2009 benchmark