Workforce Investment Area 1
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			133,690	134,080	133,360	134,190	134,440	137,860	138,030	136,240	135,280	134,590	134,420	133,850	135,000
	Total Employment		125,260	124,860	125,510	127,260	128,040	130,900	131,130	129,340	129,410	128,450	128,000	127,010	127,930
	Total Unemployment		8,430	9,220	7,850	6,930	6,400	6,950	6,900	6,910	5,870	6,140	6,420	6,840	7,070
		Unemployment Rate	6.3	6.9	5.9	5.2	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.1	4.3	4.6	4.8	5.1	5.2
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			115,480	114,940	116,630	117,120	118,360	119,970	118,350	119,360	119,060	119,540	118,880	119,100	118,070
Goods Producing			17,350	17,000	17,370	17,480	17,720	18,040	17,840	18,000	17,830	17,920	17,900	17,760	17,680
	Natural Resources And Mining		6,590	6,580	6,560	6,540	6,530	6,700	6,620	6,770	6,780	6,850	6,870	6,880	6,690
	Construction		4,520	4,200	4,520	4,690	4,920	5,050	4,930	4,970	4,850	4,870	4,840	4,700	4,760
	Manufacturing		6,240	6,230	6,300	6,250	6,270	6,290	6,280	6,260	6,200	6,200	6,190	6,180	6,240
Service Providing			98,130	97,940	99,260	99,630	100,640	101,930	100,510	101,360	101,230	101,620	100,980	101,340	100,380
Private Service Providing			74,120	73,970	74,860	75,380	76,120	77,340	76,980	77,360	77,240	76,760	76,110	76,540	76,070
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		23,410	23,220	23,500	23,610	23,930	24,020	23,780	23,860	23,800	23,860	24,210	24,060	23,770
		Wholesale Trade	3,340	3,310	3,330	3,440	3,450	3,420	3,390	3,410	3,430	3,430	3,480	3,440	3,400
		Retail Trade	16,420	16,280	16,520	16,490	16,740	16,850	16,750	16,750	16,650	16,690	16,980	16,920	16,670
		Trans. And Utilities	3,660	3,640	3,650	3,680	3,730	3,750	3,640	3,710	3,720	3,740	3,740	3,700	3,700
	Information		1,370	1,350	1,340	1,350	1,370	1,410	1,400	1,380	1,380	1,370	1,380	1,380	1,370
	Financial Activities		3,830	3,810	3,810	3,820	3,810	3,900	3,880	3,840	3,760	3,800	3,770	3,770	3,820
	Professional And Business Services		7,130	7,110	7,210	7,190	7,190	7,370	7,300	7,340	7,220	7,160	7,110	7,170	7,210
	Education & Health Servs		16,560	16,680	16,750	16,510	16,710	16,700	16,480	16,560	17,030	17,020	17,010	16,840	16,740
	Leisure And Hospitality		11,870	11,890	12,230	12,850	13,000	13,840	14,060	14,280	13,960	13,460	12,550	13,230	13,100
	Other Services		9,950	9,910	10,020	10,060	10,110	10,110	10,070	10,100	10,090	10,090	10,100	10,100	10,060
	Total Government		24,010	23,970	24,400	24,250	24,510	24,590	23,530	23,990	24,000	24,860	24,870	24,800	24,320
		Federal Government	2,920	2,870	2,890	2,910	2,930	2,970	3,000	2,970	2,960	2,950	2,940	2,930	2,940
		State Government	5,810	5,820	6,090	5,940	6,150	6,010	5,840	5,940	5,830	6,310	6,270	6,230	6,020
		Local Government	15,280	15,280	15,430	15,400	15,430	15,610	14,690	15,080	15,210	15,600	15,660	15,640	15,360
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	310	0	0	0	0	0	120	120	120	XX
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 04/21/08