Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			Sept 2008	Aug 2008	Sept 2007
Civilian Labor Force			180.3	178.6	179.9
	Employment		174.4	172.7	173.4
	Unemployment		5.9	6.0	6.5
		Unemployment Rate	3.3	3.3	3.6
Total Nonfarm Payroll			167.9	165.5	166.0
Total Private			127.5	127.5	126.9
Goods-Producing			26.2	26.3	25.9
	Natural Resources & Mining		5.9	5.9	5.7
	Construction		8.3	8.2	7.8
	Manufacturing		12.0	12.2	12.4
Service-Providing			141.7	139.2	140.2
Private Service-Providing			101.3	101.2	101.0
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		28.9	28.9	29.0
		Wholesale Trade	3.9	3.9	3.9
		Retail Trade	20.0	19.9	20.1
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.0	5.0	5.0
	Information		2.0	2.0	2.0
	Financial Activities		5.0	5.0	5.0
	Professional & Business Services		11.8	11.9	11.6
	Educational & Health Services		27.3	27.0	27.0
	Leisure & Hospitality		15.5	15.5	15.4
	Other Services		10.8	10.9	10.9
	Government		40.4	38.0	39.2
		Federal	6.8	6.9	6.7
		State	17.6	15.2	16.6
		Local	15.9	16.0	15.8
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark