Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 6			Apr 2008	Mar 2008	Apr 2007
Civilian Labor Force			181.5	179.5	178.9
	Employment		173.3	170.9	171.6
	Unemployment		8.3	8.6	7.3
		Unemployment Rate	4.6	4.8	4.1
Total Nonfarm Payroll			166.7	166.0	164.7
Total Private			126.3	125.4	124.8
Goods-Producing			25.2	24.6	25.7
	Natural Resources & Mining		5.6	5.6	5.5
	Construction		7.4	6.9	8.0
	Manufacturing		12.2	12.1	12.3
Service-Providing			141.5	141.4	139.0
Private Service-Providing			101.1	100.9	99.1
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		28.8	28.7	28.4
		Wholesale Trade	3.9	3.9	3.9
		Retail Trade	19.9	19.9	19.6
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	5.0	5.0	4.9
	Information		2.0	2.0	2.0
	Financial Activities		5.0	4.9	4.9
	Professional & Business Services		11.8	11.8	11.6
	Educational & Health Services		27.3	27.4	26.7
	Leisure & Hospitality		15.3	15.2	14.7
	Other Services		10.9	10.9	10.8
	Government		40.4	40.5	39.9
		Federal	6.8	6.7	6.8
		State	17.5	17.7	17.2
		Local	16.1	16.2	15.8
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark