Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 3			Apr 2008	Mar 2008	Apr 2007
Civilian Labor Force			92.6	90.8	91.2
	Employment		88.6	86.9	87.5
	Unemployment		4.0	4.0	3.7
		Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.4	4.0
Total Nonfarm Payroll			117.0	116.2	115.3
Total Private			95.2	94.3	93.2
Goods-Producing			13.0	12.7	12.0
	Natural Resources & Mining		3.3	3.2	2.9
	Construction		5.8	5.6	5.0
	Manufacturing		3.8	3.9	4.1
Service-Providing			104.0	103.5	103.2
Private Service-Providing			82.2	81.6	81.1
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		21.1	21.2	21.2
		Wholesale Trade	4.6	4.6	4.6
		Retail Trade	12.5	12.7	12.6
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	3.9	3.9	4.0
	Information		2.4	2.4	2.3
	Financial Activities		7.4	7.4	7.2
	Professional & Business Services		13.2	13.1	12.8
	Educational & Health Services		18.7	18.7	18.5
	Leisure & Hospitality		10.2	9.6	10.1
	Other Services		9.3	9.2	9.2
	Government		21.7	21.8	22.1
		Federal	2.4	2.4	2.5
		State	10.8	10.9	10.9
		Local	8.6	8.6	8.7
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark