Preston County
CALENDAR YEAR 2005
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			14,030	14,200	14,250	14,250	14,400	14,190	14,450	14,290	14,510	14,330	14,650	14,630	14,350
	Total Employment		13,210	13,280	13,380	13,560	13,770	13,520	13,860	13,680	13,980	13,780	14,100	14,060	13,680
	Total Unemployment		830	920	860	700	630	670	590	610	530	550	550	570	670
		Unemployment Rate	5.9	6.5	6.1	4.9	4.4	4.7	4.1	4.3	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.6
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			7,180	7,180	7,270	7,490	7,610	7,770	7,690	7,680	7,670	7,560	7,470	7,440	7,500
Goods Producing			1,720	1,710	1,780	1,820	1,850	1,890	1,920	1,930	1,880	1,830	1,820	1,760	1,830
	Natural Resources And Mining		360	360	370	380	370	380	370	360	350	350	360	370	370
	Construction		440	460	520	590	600	620	650	660	630	580	570	500	570
	Manufacturing		920	890	890	860	880	890	910	910	900	900	890	890	890
Service Providing			5,460	5,470	5,490	5,670	5,760	5,870	5,770	5,750	5,790	5,730	5,650	5,680	5,670
Private Service Providing			3,460	3,430	3,460	3,580	3,680	3,730	3,680	3,680	3,690	3,630	3,540	3,560	3,590
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		1,340	1,290	1,290	1,320	1,350	1,360	1,360	1,370	1,350	1,350	1,330	1,360	1,340
		Wholesale Trade	130	120	130	150	150	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	150
		Retail Trade	840	800	800	810	820	820	830	840	820	810	800	830	820
		Trans. And Utilities	370	370	360	370	380	380	380	370	380	380	370	370	370
	Information		80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
	Financial Activities		200	210	210	220	240	250	250	250	260	260	260	260	240
	Professional And Business Services		280	300	300	290	290	280	270	270	270	250	230	230	270
	Education & Health Servs		670	680	680	670	690	690	680	690	700	690	690	690	680
	Leisure And Hospitality		360	370	390	470	500	540	520	490	490	470	410	400	450
	Other Services		520	520	510	520	530	540	530	530	540	540	540	540	530
	Total Government		2,000	2,040	2,030	2,090	2,080	2,150	2,090	2,070	2,100	2,110	2,120	2,120	2,080
		Federal Government	310	350	330	380	380	400	430	430	440	450	450	440	400
		State Government	410	410	400	410	400	410	410	410	400	400	400	400	410
		Local Government	1,280	1,280	1,300	1,300	1,290	1,340	1,250	1,230	1,250	1,250	1,260	1,280	1,280
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