Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			July 2008	June 2008	July 2007
Civilian Labor Force			181.3	182.0	181.5
	Employment		174.9	173.1	174.0
	Unemployment		6.4	8.9	7.5
		Unemployment Rate	3.5	4.9	4.1
Total Nonfarm Payroll			165.6	164.9	162.9
Total Private			127.3	126.8	125.8
Goods-Producing			26.2	26.1	26.2
	Natural Resources & Mining		5.8	5.8	5.7
	Construction		8.1	8.0	8.1
	Manufacturing		12.3	12.4	12.4
Service-Providing			139.4	138.8	136.7
Private Service-Providing			101.0	100.7	99.6
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		28.9	28.7	28.7
		Wholesale Trade	3.8	3.8	3.9
		Retail Trade	20.0	19.9	19.7
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.0	5.0	5.1
	Information		2.0	2.0	2.0
	Financial Activities		5.0	5.0	4.9
	Professional & Business Services		12.2	11.9	11.7
	Educational & Health Services		26.8	26.9	26.2
	Leisure & Hospitality		15.3	15.3	15.2
	Other Services		10.9	10.9	10.9
	Government		38.3	38.1	37.1
		Federal	6.8	6.8	6.8
		State	15.6	14.8	15.1
		Local	15.9	16.4	15.2
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark