Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 4			Aug 2008	July 2008	Aug 2007
Civilian Labor Force			84.6	85.7	85.6
	Employment		80.5	81.3	81.1
	Unemployment		4.0	4.5	4.5
		Unemployment Rate	4.8	5.2	5.2
Total Nonfarm Payroll			73.3	73.2	74.0
Total Private			60.5	60.4	61.4
Goods-Producing			14.4	14.3	14.8
	Natural Resources & Mining		2.0	2.0	2.0
	Construction		4.0	3.9	4.1
	Manufacturing		8.4	8.4	8.7
Service-Providing			58.9	58.8	59.3
Private Service-Providing			46.1	46.1	46.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		15.6	15.5	15.6
		Wholesale Trade	1.8	1.8	1.8
		Retail Trade	10.4	10.3	10.4
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	3.4	3.4	3.4
	Information		1.1	1.1	1.1
	Financial Activities		3.2	3.2	3.2
	Professional & Business Services		3.9	4.0	3.9
	Educational & Health Services		10.5	10.4	10.6
	Leisure & Hospitality		6.2	6.3	6.7
	Other Services		5.6	5.6	5.6
	Government		12.8	12.8	12.7
		Federal	2.6	2.6	2.6
		State	2.3	2.4	2.4
		Local	7.9	7.8	7.7
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark