Ritchie County
CALENDAR YEAR 2007
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			4,580	4,520	4,580	4,580	4,620	4,720	4,740	4,660	4,660	4,680	4,700	4,670	4,640
	Total Employment		4,250	4,180	4,290	4,340	4,420	4,500	4,520	4,430	4,490	4,500	4,520	4,450	4,410
	Total Unemployment		320	340	290	240	200	220	220	220	180	180	190	220	240
		Unemployment Rate	7.0	7.6	6.4	5.2	4.4	4.7	4.6	4.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.7	5.1
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			3,400	3,310	3,460	3,510	3,590	3,640	3,630	3,640	3,660	3,690	3,670	3,650	3,570
Goods Producing			1,550	1,450	1,560	1,610	1,660	1,700	1,690	1,680	1,680	1,660	1,640	1,630	1,630
	Natural Resources And Mining		360	350	380	380	390	410	420	420	420	410	400	390	390
	Construction		170	90	160	170	170	180	170	170	180	170	180	180	160
	Manufacturing		**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Service Providing			1,850	1,870	1,900	1,900	1,930	1,940	1,940	1,950	1,980	2,030	2,030	2,030	1,950
Private Service Providing			1,260	1,260	1,300	1,300	1,320	1,320	1,350	1,340	1,340	1,370	1,360	1,360	1,320
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		570	560	580	560	580	570	620	620	620	620	620	620	600
		Wholesale Trade	220	220	220	210	210	200	250	250	250	240	250	250	230
		Retail Trade	270	270	280	280	280	280	290	290	280	290	290	290	280
		Trans. And Utilities	70	70	80	80	90	90	90	80	90	90	90	90	80
	Information		30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
	Financial Activities		100	100	110	110	110	110	100	110	110	110	110	110	110
	Professional And Business Services		30	40	40	40	40	30	30	30	30	60	50	50	40
	Education & Health Servs		190	200	190	200	200	210	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
	Leisure And Hospitality		80	80	90	100	110	120	110	110	110	110	100	100	100
	Other Services		260	260	260	260	260	260	260	260	250	250	250	250	260
	Total Government		590	610	610	590	610	620	590	610	650	660	670	660	620
		Federal Government	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
		State Government	120	120	120	120	130	150	150	150	140	130	120	120	130
		Local Government	440	460	460	440	450	450	410	440	480	510	520	520	460
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