Mercer County
CALENDAR YEAR 2006
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			23,730	23,780	24,050	24,090	24,290	24,750	24,470	24,320	24,380	24,570	24,710	24,520	24,300
	Total Employment		22,550	22,480	22,840	22,930	23,170	23,450	23,220	23,100	23,370	23,600	23,650	23,570	23,160
	Total Unemployment		1,180	1,300	1,200	1,160	1,120	1,300	1,250	1,220	1,010	980	1,050	950	1,140
		Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.6	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.2	4.0	4.3	3.9	4.7
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			23,240	23,200	23,060	23,410	23,630	23,610	23,230	23,550	23,670	24,130	24,500	24,580	23,650
Goods Producing			2,200	2,220	2,230	2,290	2,370	2,400	2,370	2,400	2,400	2,390	2,400	2,380	2,340
	Natural Resources And Mining		80	80	90	90	100	120	120	130	140	150	150	160	120
	Construction		750	760	770	790	830	860	830	840	820	810	820	800	810
	Manufacturing		1,370	1,370	1,370	1,410	1,450	1,420	1,430	1,440	1,440	1,430	1,430	1,420	1,410
Service Providing			21,050	20,980	20,830	21,120	21,260	21,220	20,850	21,150	21,270	21,740	22,090	22,200	21,310
Private Service Providing			16,000	16,000	16,090	16,130	16,170	16,320	16,260	16,480	16,570	16,450	16,860	16,920	16,350
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		4,790	4,720	4,790	4,830	4,880	4,950	4,900	5,020	4,980	5,020	5,300	5,300	4,960
		Wholesale Trade	700	700	700	740	740	750	690	700	700	680	680	690	710
		Retail Trade	3,300	3,250	3,310	3,300	3,330	3,370	3,370	3,470	3,420	3,480	3,750	3,730	3,420
		Trans. And Utilities	790	780	780	790	820	820	840	850	860	860	870	870	830
	Information		390	390	380	360	350	370	370	360	350	360	370	360	370
	Financial Activities		840	830	830	810	810	810	800	800	800	770	760	780	800
	Professional And Business Services		1,910	1,930	1,880	1,930	1,860	1,870	1,840	1,860	1,940	1,870	1,940	2,010	1,900
	Education & Health Servs		3,550	3,570	3,580	3,480	3,480	3,480	3,510	3,550	3,570	3,560	3,580	3,570	3,540
	Leisure And Hospitality		2,270	2,300	2,360	2,460	2,510	2,560	2,570	2,620	2,670	2,640	2,680	2,690	2,530
	Other Services		2,260	2,270	2,280	2,270	2,290	2,280	2,270	2,270	2,260	2,240	2,230	2,230	2,260
	Total Government		5,050	4,980	4,740	4,990	5,090	4,900	4,600	4,660	4,710	5,290	5,230	5,280	4,960
		Federal Government	280	270	270	270	270	270	260	260	270	260	270	270	270
		State Government	1,520	1,460	1,220	1,440	1,530	1,310	1,170	1,170	1,200	1,710	1,660	1,710	1,420
		Local Government	3,260	3,260	3,260	3,280	3,290	3,330	3,170	3,240	3,240	3,320	3,310	3,300	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: 04/21/08