Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			Dec 2009	Nov 2009	Dec 2008
Civilian Labor Force			175.2	177.1	177.0
	Employment		162.5	165.5	170.4
	Unemployment		12.7	11.6	6.6
		Unemployment Rate	7.3	6.6	3.7
Total Nonfarm Payroll			168.2	168.6	168.2
Total Private			125.9	126.3	127.4
Goods-Producing			23.5	23.7	25.5
	Mining & Logging		5.1	5.1	6.1
	Construction		8.0	8.2	8.2
	Manufacturing		10.3	10.4	11.2
Service-Providing			144.7	144.9	142.7
Private Service-Providing			102.5	102.7	101.9
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		29.3	29.3	29.1
		Wholesale Trade	3.9	3.9	3.8
		Retail Trade	19.3	19.4	19.8
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	6.1	6.0	5.4
	Information		1.9	1.9	1.9
	Financial Activities		4.7	4.8	4.8
	Professional & Business Services		11.5	11.5	11.5
	Educational & Health Services		28.3	28.2	28.1
	Leisure & Hospitality		15.7	15.8	15.7
	Other Services		11.1	11.1	10.9
	Government		42.3	42.2	40.8
		Federal	7.1	7.1	6.9
		State	18.5	18.5	17.4
		Local	16.6	16.6	16.5
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark