Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			Sep 2009	Aug 2009	Sep 2008
Civilian Labor Force			176.1	175.3	179.5
	Employment		164.3	162.9	173.7
	Unemployment		11.9	12.5	5.8
		Unemployment Rate	6.8	7.1	3.2
Total Nonfarm Payroll			166.3	164.1	168.1
Total Private			125.3	125.1	127.6
Goods-Producing			24.0	24.1	26.0
	Mining & Logging		5.1	5.1	6.1
	Construction		8.6	8.6	8.5
	Manufacturing		10.4	10.4	11.5
Service-Providing			142.3	140.0	142.1
Private Service-Providing			101.3	101.0	101.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		28.6	28.5	29.1
		Wholesale Trade	3.9	3.9	3.9
		Retail Trade	19.3	19.2	19.7
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.4	5.4	5.5
	Information		1.9	1.9	1.9
	Financial Activities		4.8	4.8	4.9
	Professional & Business Services		11.4	11.5	11.4
	Educational & Health Services		27.7	27.4	27.6
	Leisure & Hospitality		16.0	16.0	15.7
	Other Services		11.0	10.9	11.0
	Government		41.0	39.0	40.5
		Federal	7.0	7.0	6.8
		State	17.6	15.7	17.5
		Local	16.3	16.2	16.2
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark