Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 4			May 2009	Apr 2009	May 2008
Civilian Labor Force			84.3	84.1	85.4
	Employment		75.0	75.3	81.0
	Unemployment		9.4	8.8	4.4
		Unemployment Rate	11.1	10.5	5.1
Total Nonfarm Payroll			72.2	72.2	73.8
Total Private			58.8	58.7	60.7
Goods-Producing			13.1	13.0	14.3
	Mining & Logging		1.8	1.8	2.0
	Construction		3.9	3.8	3.9
	Manufacturing		7.5	7.4	8.4
Service-Providing			59.1	59.2	59.5
Private Service-Providing			45.7	45.7	46.4
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		15.2	15.2	15.4
		Wholesale Trade	1.6	1.7	1.7
		Retail Trade	10.1	10.0	10.3
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	3.5	3.5	3.4
	Information		1.1	1.1	1.1
	Financial Activities		3.0	3.0	3.0
	Professional & Business Services		3.4	3.5	3.9
	Educational & Health Services		10.8	10.8	10.7
	Leisure & Hospitality		6.9	6.8	6.7
	Other Services		5.2	5.3	5.5
	Government		13.5	13.5	13.1
		Federal	2.5	2.6	2.6
		State	2.5	2.5	2.4
		Local	8.4	8.5	8.1
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2008 benchmark