Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 2			Apr 2008	Mar 2008	Apr 2007
Civilian Labor Force			129.8	127.8	128.3
	Employment		123.8	121.7	122.7
	Unemployment		6.1	6.0	5.6
		Unemployment Rate	4.7	4.7	4.4
Total Nonfarm Payroll			119.7	119.4	119.2
Total Private			99.1	98.8	98.9
Goods-Producing			24.5	24.3	25.0
	Natural Resources & Mining		9.1	9.0	9.0
	Construction		6.5	6.3	7.0
	Manufacturing		8.9	8.9	9.0
Service-Providing			95.1	95.2	94.2
Private Service-Providing			74.6	74.6	73.9
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		24.3	24.3	24.0
		Wholesale Trade	4.5	4.5	4.4
		Retail Trade	14.1	14.1	13.9
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.7	5.8	5.8
	Information		1.6	1.6	1.5
	Financial Activities		3.7	3.7	3.9
	Professional & Business Services		10.6	10.6	10.5
	Educational & Health Services		16.7	16.8	16.4
	Leisure & Hospitality		10.0	10.0	9.9
	Other Services		7.6	7.6	7.6
	Government		20.6	20.6	20.3
		Federal	2.8	2.7	2.7
		State	5.7	5.8	5.8
		Local	12.1	12.1	11.9
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark