Mercer County
CALENDAR YEAR 2004
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			23,930	24,040	24,030	24,050	24,270	24,500	24,020	23,750	23,790	23,850	23,920	23,780	23,990
	Total Employment		22,290	22,320	22,350	22,580	22,920	23,070	22,770	22,470	22,780	22,820	22,800	22,650	22,650
	Total Unemployment		1,640	1,720	1,680	1,470	1,350	1,430	1,250	1,270	1,020	1,030	1,120	1,120	1,340
		Unemployment Rate	6.9	7.2	7.0	6.1	5.6	5.9	5.2	5.4	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.7	5.6
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			23,620	23,500	23,870	23,820	24,090	23,980	23,650	23,590	23,650	23,980	23,880	23,870	23,790
Goods Producing			2,060	2,030	2,070	2,180	2,230	2,250	2,270	2,260	2,220	2,200	2,180	2,140	2,170
	Natural Resources And Mining		80	40	50	60	60	60	60	60	70	80	90	90	70
	Construction		760	760	790	880	920	940	920	900	870	850	810	750	850
	Manufacturing		1,220	1,230	1,230	1,240	1,250	1,250	1,290	1,300	1,280	1,270	1,290	1,300	1,260
Service Providing			21,560	21,470	21,810	21,650	21,870	21,730	21,370	21,330	21,440	21,780	21,700	21,730	21,620
Private Service Providing			16,440	16,410	16,590	16,430	16,620	16,600	16,490	16,440	16,420	16,560	16,520	16,510	16,500
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		4,910	4,880	4,910	4,910	4,950	4,980	4,910	4,860	4,780	4,890	5,010	5,030	4,920
		Wholesale Trade	600	600	600	610	610	600	600	590	590	600	590	590	600
		Retail Trade	3,480	3,450	3,480	3,500	3,540	3,570	3,510	3,480	3,400	3,510	3,630	3,640	3,520
		Trans. And Utilities	830	830	830	800	810	800	790	780	780	780	800	800	800
	Information		410	410	410	400	400	410	400	400	390	390	390	390	400
	Financial Activities		780	800	810	810	800	800	830	820	830	850	850	860	820
	Professional And Business Services		1,900	1,870	1,930	1,840	1,930	1,940	1,970	1,970	1,960	2,010	1,990	2,020	1,950
	Education & Health Servs		3,840	3,830	3,830	3,710	3,710	3,690	3,590	3,630	3,640	3,640	3,550	3,510	3,680
	Leisure And Hospitality		2,290	2,290	2,370	2,410	2,460	2,430	2,450	2,410	2,440	2,380	2,350	2,310	2,380
	Other Services		2,310	2,340	2,330	2,360	2,370	2,350	2,350	2,340	2,380	2,400	2,380	2,390	2,360
	Total Government		5,120	5,060	5,220	5,210	5,250	5,130	4,880	4,890	5,020	5,220	5,180	5,220	5,120
		Federal Government	270	270	270	270	270	260	270	260	260	260	260	260	260
		State Government	1,560	1,510	1,650	1,650	1,650	1,540	1,450	1,470	1,500	1,690	1,660	1,700	1,590
		Local Government	3,290	3,290	3,300	3,300	3,330	3,330	3,170	3,160	3,270	3,270	3,250	3,260	3,270
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	XX
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 04/11/08