Mercer County
CALENDAR YEAR 2009
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			24,960	24,840	24,840	24,970	24,890	25,180	24,760	24,330	24,500	24,570	24,480	24,300	24,720
	Total Employment		23,530	23,240	23,240	23,370	23,310	23,290	22,940	22,610	22,820	22,880	22,790	22,480	23,040
	Total Unemployment		1,430	1,590	1,600	1,610	1,590	1,890	1,820	1,720	1,680	1,690	1,690	1,820	1,680
		Unemployment Rate	5.7	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	7.5	7.3	7.1	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.5	6.8
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			24,080	23,740	24,100	23,780	23,900	23,670	23,200	23,250	23,410	24,040	23,980	23,980	23,760
Goods Producing			2,250	2,230	2,230	2,260	2,260	2,260	2,230	2,250	2,260	2,270	2,290	2,260	2,250
	Mining & Logging		310	310	300	240	250	240	230	240	240	240	240	240	260
	Construction		640	660	670	710	710	720	710	730	750	760	760	730	710
	Manufacturing		1,300	1,260	1,260	1,310	1,300	1,290	1,290	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,290	1,290	1,290
Service Providing			21,820	21,520	21,870	21,520	21,650	21,420	20,970	21,000	21,140	21,760	21,690	21,730	21,510
Private Service Providing			16,620	16,540	16,410	16,110	16,110	16,140	16,180	16,140	16,200	16,200	16,240	16,230	16,260
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		4,800	4,750	4,780	4,760	4,780	4,830	4,770	4,750	4,760	4,780	4,820	4,870	4,790
		Wholesale Trade	660	650	640	630	640	630	630	610	620	620	620	630	630
		Retail Trade	3,210	3,170	3,170	3,180	3,200	3,250	3,210	3,220	3,230	3,250	3,280	3,290	3,220
		Trans. And Utilities	940	940	970	950	940	950	930	920	910	910	920	950	940
	Information		330	330	320	330	320	320	300	300	300	300	300	300	310
	Financial Activities		720	730	730	740	720	740	730	720	720	720	720	720	730
	Professional And Business Services		2,100	2,110	2,090	2,060	2,020	1,990	2,120	2,140	2,150	2,130	2,110	2,100	2,090
	Education & Health Servs		3,460	3,480	3,530	3,530	3,550	3,520	3,560	3,520	3,580	3,590	3,610	3,560	3,540
	Leisure And Hospitality		3,030	2,960	2,740	2,480	2,480	2,510	2,480	2,490	2,460	2,460	2,450	2,430	2,580
	Other Services		2,190	2,190	2,220	2,220	2,240	2,240	2,230	2,230	2,240	2,230	2,240	2,250	2,230
	Total Government		5,200	4,970	5,460	5,410	5,530	5,280	4,790	4,860	4,940	5,560	5,450	5,490	5,250
		Federal Government	250	240	240	270	260	250	250	240	240	240	240	240	250
		State Government	1,530	1,310	1,810	1,710	1,770	1,560	1,260	1,290	1,350	1,860	1,760	1,810	1,580
		Local Government	3,430	3,430	3,410	3,440	3,510	3,470	3,280	3,320	3,360	3,460	3,450	3,450	3,420
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	XX
* Data Have Been Revised To 2009 Benchmark.
** Nondisclosure

Date last revised: 04/09/10