Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 5			Sep 2009	Aug 2009	Sep 2008
Civilian Labor Force			69.9	70.8	71.1
	Employment		63.0	63.4	67.9
	Unemployment		6.9	7.4	3.2
		Unemployment Rate	9.8	10.5	4.5
Total Nonfarm Payroll			71.2	71.1	73.0
Total Private			60.5	60.6	62.7
Goods-Producing			11.6	11.7	12.4
	Mining & Logging		1.3	1.3	1.4
	Construction		2.0	2.0	2.3
	Manufacturing		8.3	8.3	8.7
Service-Providing			59.6	59.5	60.6
Private Service-Providing			48.9	48.9	50.3
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		11.4	11.3	11.6
		Wholesale Trade	2.2	2.1	2.3
		Retail Trade	7.4	7.4	7.5
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	1.8	1.8	1.8
	Information		0.6	0.6	0.6
	Financial Activities		2.8	2.8	2.8
	Professional & Business Services		5.5	5.6	5.6
	Educational & Health Services		12.5	12.5	12.9
	Leisure & Hospitality		9.3	9.3	9.8
	Other Services		6.8	6.8	6.9
	Government		10.7	10.5	10.4
		Federal	0.7	0.7	0.7
		State	1.8	1.7	1.8
		Local	8.2	8.1	7.9
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark