Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 7			Sep 2009	Aug 2009	Sep 2008
Civilian Labor Force			112.8	111.7	114.5
	Employment		103.6	102.3	110.2
	Unemployment		9.2	9.4	4.3
		Unemployment Rate	8.2	8.4	3.8
Total Nonfarm Payroll			72.1	71.8	74.0
Total Private			53.6	53.8	55.8
Goods-Producing			12.3	12.4	13.3
	Mining & Logging		0.7	0.7	0.7
	Construction		3.2	3.2	4.1
	Manufacturing		8.5	8.5	8.5
Service-Providing			59.8	59.4	60.7
Private Service-Providing			41.3	41.5	42.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		12.2	12.3	12.8
		Wholesale Trade	1.6	1.6	1.6
		Retail Trade	8.5	8.5	8.9
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	2.2	2.2	2.3
	Information		1.9	1.9	2.2
	Financial Activities		2.5	2.5	2.5
	Professional & Business Services		4.3	4.3	4.4
	Educational & Health Services		8.2	8.1	8.1
	Leisure & Hospitality		8.0	8.2	8.4
	Other Services		4.2	4.2	4.2
	Government		18.5	18.0	18.2
		Federal	5.0	5.0	4.9
		State	3.2	2.9	3.2
		Local	10.3	10.1	10.1
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark