Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 5			May 2010	Apr 2010	May 2009
Civilian Labor Force			69.7	69.5	71.5
	Employment		62.1	61.7	64.5
	Unemployment		7.6	7.9	7.0
		Unemployment Rate	10.9	11.3	9.7
Total Nonfarm Payroll			71.5	70.8	71.7
Total Private			60.6	60.2	60.8
Goods-Producing			11.6	11.5	11.5
	Mining & Logging		1.5	1.5	1.4
	Construction		2.0	1.9	1.9
	Manufacturing		8.0	8.0	8.1
Service-Providing			59.9	59.4	60.2
Private Service-Providing			49.0	48.7	49.3
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		11.7	11.7	11.6
		Wholesale Trade	2.2	2.2	2.2
		Retail Trade	7.9	7.9	7.7
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	1.7	1.7	1.7
	Information		0.5	0.5	0.6
	Financial Activities		2.6	2.6	2.6
	Professional & Business Services		5.3	5.2	5.5
	Educational & Health Services		12.7	12.7	12.7
	Leisure & Hospitality		9.2	9.0	9.3
	Other Services		6.9	6.9	6.9
	Government		10.9	10.7	11.0
		Federal	1.0	0.7	0.7
		State	1.8	2.0	2.0
		Local	8.1	8.0	8.2
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2009 benchmark