Nicholas County
CALENDAR YEAR 2008
MONTHLY REPORT ON THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT *
			JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVG
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Civilian Labor Force			10,480	10,470	10,510	10,650	10,740	10,940	10,830	10,720	10,620	10,560	10,460	10,340	10,610
	Total Employment		9,940	9,900	9,970	10,200	10,280	10,440	10,410	10,270	10,210	10,140	9,990	9,830	10,130
	Total Unemployment		540	570	530	450	460	510	420	450	410	430	470	500	480
		Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.5	5.1	4.2	4.3	4.6	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.5	4.8	4.5
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			9,060	9,050	9,180	9,320	9,430	9,460	9,340	9,410	9,380	9,390	9,350	9,290	9,300
Goods Producing			2,030	2,050	2,080	2,150	2,190	2,200	2,240	2,300	2,320	2,390	2,380	2,330	2,220
	Mining & Logging		880	890	910	960	1,030	1,050	1,060	1,130	1,160	1,270	1,290	1,270	1,070
	Construction		250	230	240	260	250	260	270	280	260	240	240	220	250
	Manufacturing		900	930	930	920	910	890	900	900	900	880	860	840	900
Service Providing			7,030	7,000	7,100	7,180	7,240	7,270	7,100	7,100	7,060	7,000	6,960	6,960	7,080
Private Service Providing			5,190	5,170	5,240	5,310	5,370	5,370	5,330	5,320	5,240	5,180	5,130	5,130	5,250
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		1,850	1,800	1,850	1,860	1,890	1,910	1,910	1,910	1,900	1,900	1,900	1,910	1,880
		Wholesale Trade	180	190	190	190	200	200	210	210	200	200	200	200	200
		Retail Trade	1,420	1,390	1,430	1,420	1,460	1,470	1,460	1,470	1,450	1,450	1,460	1,470	1,450
		Trans. And Utilities	250	230	240	250	240	240	240	240	250	240	240	240	240
	Information		50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	40	40	40	40	50
	Financial Activities		410	400	400	390	380	380	360	350	330	320	330	300	360
	Professional And Business Services		380	370	370	370	400	410	410	420	410	410	400	410	400
	Education & Health Servs		970	990	980	980	950	940	870	860	890	870	880	900	930
	Leisure And Hospitality		690	710	740	820	830	840	870	860	800	790	740	720	780
	Other Services		840	850	850	850	860	860	870	870	870	850	850	840	850
	Total Government		1,840	1,840	1,870	1,860	1,870	1,890	1,770	1,780	1,820	1,820	1,830	1,830	1,840
		Federal Government	110	100	110	110	110	110	120	120	110	100	90	100	110
		State Government	200	200	190	180	180	210	210	210	190	170	170	170	190
		Local Government	1,540	1,540	1,570	1,570	1,580	1,580	1,440	1,460	1,520	1,550	1,570	1,570	1,540
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	XX
2009 Benchmark
** Nondisclosure

Date last revised: 08/02/10