Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 4			Apr 2008	Mar 2008	Apr 2007
Civilian Labor Force			86.2	85.0	85.3
	Employment		80.8	79.5	80.9
	Unemployment		5.4	5.5	4.4
		Unemployment Rate	6.2	6.4	5.2
Total Nonfarm Payroll			74.1	73.7	73.6
Total Private			60.8	60.6	60.7
Goods-Producing			14.9	14.5	14.6
	Natural Resources & Mining		1.9	2.0	1.8
	Construction		4.4	4.2	3.9
	Manufacturing		8.5	8.4	8.8
Service-Providing			59.2	59.2	59.1
Private Service-Providing			46.0	46.1	46.2
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		15.5	15.6	15.4
		Wholesale Trade	1.8	1.8	1.8
		Retail Trade	10.4	10.4	10.3
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	3.4	3.4	3.3
	Information		1.1	1.1	1.1
	Financial Activities		3.2	3.1	3.1
	Professional & Business Services		3.9	3.9	4.0
	Educational & Health Services		10.5	10.5	10.6
	Leisure & Hospitality		6.2	6.2	6.4
	Other Services		5.6	5.6	5.6
	Government		13.2	13.1	12.9
		Federal	2.6	2.6	2.6
		State	2.5	2.5	2.3
		Local	8.1	8.1	8.0
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark