Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 7			Dec 2011	Nov 2011	Dec 2010
Civilian Labor Force			110.8	110.6	111.0
	Employment		102.3	102.9	100.7
	Unemployment		8.5	7.7	10.3
		Unemployment Rate	7.6	7.0	9.3
Total Nonfarm Payroll			71.7	72.4	71.8
Total Private			52.4	53.1	52.8
Goods-Producing			10.3	10.8	10.6
	Mining & Logging		0.6	0.6	0.6
	Construction		2.0	2.5	2.3
	Manufacturing		7.6	7.7	7.6
Service-Providing			61.4	61.6	61.2
Private Service-Providing			42.2	42.3	42.2
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		12.5	12.3	12.4
		Wholesale Trade	1.6	1.6	1.5
		Retail Trade	8.5	8.4	8.5
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	2.3	2.3	2.3
	Information		2.1	2.2	2.1
	Financial Activities		2.2	2.2	2.2
	Professional & Business Services		2.8	3.0	3.6
	Educational & Health Services		9.2	9.3	8.9
	Leisure & Hospitality		9.0	9.1	8.8
	Other Services		4.2	4.2	4.2
	Government		19.2	19.3	19.0
		Federal	4.8	4.8	4.9
		State	3.8	3.9	3.6
		Local	10.6	10.6	10.5
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2010 benchmark